EXODUS – Chapter 25
Collection of Materials.
2Speak to the Israelites: Let them receive contributions for me. From each you shall receive the contribution that their hearts prompt them to give me.
3These are the contributions you shall accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
4violet, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
5rams’ skins dyed red, and tahash skins; acacia wood;
6oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
7onyx stones and other gems for mounting on the ephod and the breastpiece.
8They are to make a sanctuary for me, that I may dwell in their midst.
9According to all that I show you regarding the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of its furnishings, so you are to make it.
Plan of the Ark.
10You shall make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.
11Plate it inside and outside with pure gold, and put a molding of gold around the top of it.
12Cast four gold rings and put them on the four supports of the ark, two rings on one side and two on the opposite side.
13Then make poles of acacia wood and plate them with gold.
14These poles you are to put through the rings on the sides of the ark, for carrying it;
15they must remain in the rings of the ark and never be withdrawn.
16In the ark you are to put the covenant which I will give you.
17You shall then make a cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide.
18Make two cherubim of beaten gold for the two ends of the cover;
19make one cherub at one end, and the other at the other end, of one piece with the cover, at each end.
20The cherubim shall have their wings spread out above, sheltering the cover with them; they shall face each other, with their faces looking toward the cover.
21This cover you shall then place on top of the ark. In the ark itself you are to put the covenant which I will give you.
22There I will meet you and there, from above the cover, between the two cherubim on the ark of the covenant, I will tell you all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
The Table.
23You shall also make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
24Plate it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.
25Make a frame for it, a handbreadth high, and make a molding of gold around the frame.
26You shall also make four rings of gold for it and fasten them at the four corners, one at each leg.
27The rings shall be alongside the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.
28These poles for carrying the table you shall make of acacia wood and plate with gold.
29You shall make its plates and cups, as well as its pitchers and bowls for pouring libations; make them of pure gold.
30On the table you shall always keep showbread set before me.
The Menorah.
31You shall make a menorah of pure beaten gold—its shaft and branches—with its cups and knobs and petals springing directly from it.
32Six branches are to extend from its sides, three branches on one side, and three on the other.
33 On one branch there are to be three cups, shaped like almond blossoms, each with its knob and petals; on the opposite branch there are to be three cups, shaped like almond blossoms, each with its knob and petals; and so for the six branches that extend from the menorah.
34On the menorah there are to be four cups, shaped like almond blossoms, with their knobs and petals.
35The six branches that go out from the menorah are to have a knob under each pair.
36Their knobs and branches shall so spring from it that the whole will form a single piece of pure beaten gold.
37 You shall then make seven lamps for it and so set up the lamps that they give their light on the space in front of the menorah.
38These, as well as the trimming shears and trays, must be of pure gold.
39Use a talent of pure gold for the menorah and all these utensils.
40See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
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