Exodus 25

1Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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2"Speak to the children of Israel, that they take first fruits from everyone who gives it willingly from the heart. Thus you shall take My first fruits.

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3This is the offering you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

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4blue, purple, and scarlet cloth, fine spun linen; and female goats' hair,

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5ram skins dyed red and skins dyed blue, and incorruptible wood;

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6oil for the light, and incense for anointing oil and for the composition of incense;

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7sardius stones, and stones for the carved work of the breastplate and the full-length robe.

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8Also, you shall make Me a sanctuary, and I will appear among you.

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9According to all I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, so you shall make it.

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10'Thus you shall make the ark of testimony from incorruptible wood; two and a half cubits shall be its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

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11You shall overlay it with pure gold; inside and out you shall overlay it and shall make on it a wreath of gold all around.

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12You shall cast four golden rings for it and put them on its four corners; two rings on one side and two rings on the other.

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13You shall make poles of incorruptible wood and overlay them with gold.

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14You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them.

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15The poles shall remain fixed in the rings of the ark.

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16Then you shall put into the ark the testimonies I will give you.

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17'You shall also make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its length and a cubit and a half its width.

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18Then you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

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19Make one cherub at one end and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it of one piece with the mercy seat.

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20And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

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21You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimonies I will give you.

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22There I will make Myself known to you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of testimony, about everything I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.

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23'You shall also make a golden table of pure gold; two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

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24You shall make for it golden wreaths twisted all around, and also a crown of a handbreadth all around,

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25and you shall make a twisted wreath of gold for the crown all around.

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26You shall make four golden rings for it and put the rings on the four corners of its four legs under the crown.

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27The rings shall be bearings for the poles, so they may bear the table with them.

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28And you shall make the poles of incorruptible wood and overlay them with pure gold, that the table may be carried with them.

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29You shall make its dishes, censers, bowls, and cups of pure gold, that you may offer drink offerings with them;

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30and you shall set the bread on the table before Me continually.

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31'You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold which shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, branches, and bowls, and its stem and corolla shall be of one piece.

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32Six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side and three branches out of the other.

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33Three bowls shall be made like almonds on each branch, with its ornamental knobs and lilies—and so for the six branches that come out of the lamp-stand.

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34On the lampstand itself four bowls shall be made like almonds, and each with its ornamental knob and lilies.

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35There shall be a knob under the first two branches of the same, a knob under the second two branches of the same, and a knob under the third two branches of the same, according to the six branches that extend from the lamp-stand.

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36Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered piece of pure gold.

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37You shall make its seven lamps, and you will lay the lamps upon them. From this one presence they will shine outward.

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38You shall make its funnels and dishes of pure gold.

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39It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.

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40And see to it you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

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