ExodusChapter 25

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¹Then the LORD said to Moses, ²"Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to accept my offering from every man whose heart moves him to give. ³This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze; ⁴blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair; ⁵ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood; ⁶olive oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense; ⁷and onyx stones and other gems to be set on the ephod and the breastpiece. ⁸Have them make a holy place for me, so that I may live among them. ⁹You must make the tabernacle and all its furnishings just like the pattern I show you. ¹⁰Have them build an ark out of acacia wood. It is to be 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.a ¹¹Cover it with pure gold, both inside and out. Make a gold trim all around it. ¹²Make four gold rings for it by pouring melted gold into molds. Attach them to its four feet. Put two rings on one side and two on the other. ¹³Make poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold. ¹⁴Put the poles through the rings on the sides of the ark. They are for carrying it. ¹⁵The poles are to stay in the rings of the ark. They must not be taken out. ¹⁶Then put the Testimony inside the ark. I will give it to you. ¹⁷You are to make a mercy seat of pure gold. It is to be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.b ¹⁸Make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the two ends of the mercy seat. ¹⁹Put one cherub on one end and one on the other end. Make them all from one piece of gold with the mercy seat. ²⁰The cherubim are to have wings spread upward. Their wings will cover the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other. They will look down toward the mercy seat. ²¹Set the mercy seat on top of the ark. Put the Testimony that I will give you inside the ark. ²²I will meet with you there above the mercy seat. I will be between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony. There I will tell you all my commands for the Israelites. ²³You are also to make a table of acacia wood. It is to be 3 feet long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.c ²⁴Cover it with pure gold and make a gold trim all around it. ²⁵Make a rim around it about 3 inches wide. Put a gold trim on the rim.d ²⁶Make four gold rings for the table. Attach them to the four corners by its four legs. ²⁷The rings are to be close to the rim. They will hold the poles used to carry the table. ²⁸Make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold, so that the table can be carried with them. ²⁹You are also to make its plates and dishes. Make its pitchers and bowls for pouring out drink offerings too. Make them out of pure gold. ³⁰Put the Bread of the Presence on the table in front of me at all times. ³¹Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. Make it all in one piece. This includes its base and its main stem, its cups, and its buds and petals. ³²Six branches are to come out from the sides of the lampstand. Three will be on one side and three on the other. ³³Put three cups shaped like almond flowers on the first branch, each with buds and petals. Put three on the next branch. Do the same for all six branches that come out from the lampstand. ³⁴And on the main stem of the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers, with buds and petals. ³⁵For the six branches that come out from the lampstand, put a bud under the first pair of branches. Put a bud under the second pair and a bud under the third pair. ³⁶The buds and branches are to be one piece with the lampstand. They will be hammered out of pure gold. ³⁷Make seven lamps and set them on the lampstand. They will light up the area in front of it. ³⁸The wick trimmers and their trays must be made of pure gold. ³⁹The lampstand and all these tools are to be made from about 75 pounds of pure gold.e ⁴⁰Be sure that you make everything just like the pattern I showed you on the mountain.