Êxodo 25

¹ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

² Speak unto the children of Israel, that they may bring me an offering; from every man whose heart prompteth him thereto shall ye take my offering.

³ And this is the offering which ye shall take from them: gold, and silver, and copper,

⁴ And blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and linen thread, and goats’ hair,

⁵ And rams’ skins died red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,

⁶ Oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of spices,

⁷ Onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

⁸ And they shall make me a sanctuary; and I will dwell in the midst of them.

⁹ In accordance with all that I show thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

¹⁰ And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

¹¹ And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it; and thou shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.

¹² And thou shalt cast for it four rings of gold, and put them on the four corners thereof; namely, two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

¹³ And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

¹⁴ And thou shalt place the staves into the rings, upon the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

¹⁵ In the rings of the ark shall the staves remain: they shall not be removed therefrom.

¹⁶ And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I will give unto thee.

¹⁷ And thou shalt make a cover of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

¹⁸ And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, on the two ends of the cover.

¹⁹ And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end; from the cover itself shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof.

²⁰ And the cherubim shall be spreading forth their wings on high, overshadowing the cover with their wings, with their faces turned one to the other; toward the cover shall the faces of the cherubim be directed.

²¹ And thou shalt put the cover above upon the ark; and in the ark shalt thou put the testimony which I will give unto thee.

²² And I will meet with thee there, and I will speak with thee from above the cover, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, all that which I will command thee unto the children of Israel.

²³ Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood; two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

²⁴ And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

²⁵ And thou shalt make unto it a rim of a hand’s breadth round about; and thou shalt make a golden crown on its rim round about.

²⁶ And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and thou shalt put the rings on the four corners that are on its four feet.

²⁷ Close under the rim shall the rings be; as receptacles for the staves, to bear the table.

²⁸ And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold; and the table shall be borne with them.

²⁹ And thou shalt make its dishes, and its spoons, and its supporters, and its purifying tubes, wherewith the bread is to be covered: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

³⁰ And thou shalt set upon the table show–bread before me always.

³¹ And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made; its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, shall be out of one piece with it.

³² And six branches shall come out of its sides; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side.

³³ Three bowls, almond–shaped, shall be on one branch, with a knob and a flower; and three bowls, almond–shaped, on the other branch, with a knob and a flower: so on the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

³⁴ And on the candlestick itself shall be four bowls, almond–shaped, with its knobs and its flowers.

³⁵ And there shall be a knob under the two branches that come out of the same, and a knob under the two branches that come out of the same, and a knob under the two branches that come out of the same; for the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

³⁶ Their knobs and their branches shall be out of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of beaten work of pure gold.

³⁷ And thou shalt make its seven lamps; and when they light its lamps, it shall give light toward the body of it.

³⁸ And its tongs, and its snuff–dishes shall be of pure gold.

³⁹ Out of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

⁴⁰ And look that thou make them after their pattern, which thou wast shown on the mount.