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The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Exodus 25
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, that
they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you
shall take my offering.
3 This is the offering which you shalltake
from them: gold, silver, bronze,
4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’
hair,
5 rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides,†
acacia wood,
6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing
oil and for the sweet incense,
7 onyx stones, and stones to be set for the
ephod and for the breastplate.
8 Let them make me a sanctuary, that I
may dwell among them.
9 According to all that I show you, the
pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern
of all of its furniture, even so you shall
make it.
10 “They shall make an ark of acacia
wood. Its length shall be two and a half
cubits,‡ its width a cubit and a half, and a
cubit and a half its height.
11 Youshall overlay it withpure gold. You
shall overlay it inside and outside, and you
shall make a gold molding around it.
12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it,
and put them in its four feet. Two rings
shall be on the one side of it, and two rings
on the other side of it.
13 You shall make poles of acacia wood,
and overlay them with gold.
14 Youshallputthepoles into the rings on
the sides of the ark to carry the ark.
15 The poles shall be in the rings of the
ark. They shall not be taken from it.
16 You shall put the covenant which I
shall give you into the ark.
17 You shall make a mercy seat of pure
gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its
length, and a cubit and a half its width.
18 You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the
two ends of the mercy seat.
19 Make one cherub at the one end, and
one cherub at the other end. You shall
make the cherubim on its two ends of one
piece with the mercy seat.
20 The cherubim shall spread out their
wings upward, covering the mercy seat
with their wings, with their faces toward
one another. The faces of the cherubim
shall be toward the mercy seat.
21 You shall put the mercy seat on top of
the ark, and in the ark you shall put the
covenant that I will give you.
22 There I will meet with you, and I will
tell you from above the mercy seat, from
between the two cherubim which are on
the ark ofthe covenant, allthatI command
you for the children of Israel.
23 “Youshallmake a table of acacia wood.
Its length shall be two cubits, and its width
a cubit, and its height one and a half cubits.
24Youshall overlay it withpure gold, and
make a gold molding around it.
25 You shall make a rim of a hand width
around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.
26 You shall make four rings of gold for it,
and put the rings in the four corners that
are on its four feet.
27 The rings shall be close to the rim, for
places for the poles to carry the table.
28 You shall make the poles of acacia
wood, and overlay them with gold, thatthe
table may be carried with them.
29 You shall make its dishes, its spoons,
its ladles, and its bowls with which to pour
out offerings. You shall make them of pure
gold.
30 You shall set bread of the presence on
the table before me always.
31 “You shall make a lamp stand of pure
gold. The lamp stand shall be made of
hammered work. Its base, its shaft, its
cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be of
one piece with it.
32 There shall be six branches going
out of its sides: three branches of the
lamp stand out of its one side, and three
branches of the lamp stand out of its other
side;
33 three cupsmade like almond blossoms
in one branch, a bud and a flower; and
three cups made like almond blossoms in
the other branch, a bud and a flower, so
for the six branches going out of the lamp
stand;
34 and in the lamp stand four cups made
like almondblossoms, itsbuds anditsflowers;
35 and a bud under two branches of
one piece with it, and a bud under two
branches of one piece with it, and a bud
under two branches of one piece with it,
for the six branches going out of the lamp
stand.
36 Their buds and their branches shall
be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten
work of pure gold.
37 You shall make its lamps seven, and
they shall light its lamps to give light to the
space in front of it.
38 Its snuffers andits snuff dishes shallbe
of pure gold.
39 It shall be made of a talent§ of pure
gold, with all these accessories.
40 See that you make them after their
pattern, which has been shown to you on
the mountain.
24:10 or, lapis lazuli † 25:5 or, fine leather ‡ 25:10 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the
elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
Word English Bible
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