Exodus 25
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Offerings for the Tabernacle
(Exodus 35:4–9)

1And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the sons of Israel, and they shall take for Me a contribution. From every man whose heart impels him, you⁺ shall take My contribution. 3And this is the contribution that you⁺ shall take from them:

gold, and silver, and bronze,

4and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn,

and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

5and ram skins dyed red, and badger skins,

and acacia wood,

6oil for the light,

and spices for the anointing oil and for the incense of spices,

7onyx stones, and stones as settings for the ephod and for the breastplate.

8And let them make for Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst. 9According to all that I am showing you—the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its vessels—and thus you⁺ shall make it.

The Ark of the Covenant
(Exodus 37:1–5)

10And they shall make an ark of acacia wood, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height. 11And you shall overlay it with pure gold—from within and from without you shall overlay it—and you shall make on it a molding of gold all around.

12And you shall cast for it four rings of gold and put them on its four feet, and two rings on the one side, and two rings on the second side. 13And you shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 14And you shall bring the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them. 15In the rings of the ark shall be the poles; they shall not be taken from it. 16And you shall put into the ark the Testimony that I shall give to you.

The Mercy Seat
(Exodus 37:6–9)

17And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its width. 18And you shall make two cherubim of gold—of hammered work you shall make them—from the two ends of the mercy seat. 19And make one cherub from this end, and one cherub from that end; from the mercy seat you⁺ shall make the cherubim on its two ends. 20And the cherubim shall be stretching out wings upward, covering over the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces each toward his brother; toward the mercy seat shall be the faces of the cherubim.

21And you shall put the mercy seat on the ark from above, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I shall give to you.

22And I will meet with you there, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat (from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the Testimony) all that I command you for the sons of Israel.

The Table of Showbread
(Exodus 37:10–16; Leviticus 24:5–9)

23And you shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits its length, and a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height. 24And you shall overlay it with pure gold and make for it a molding of gold all around. 25And you shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for its frame all around.

26And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and you shall put the rings on the four corners that are at its four feet. 27Close to the frame shall be the rings as holders for the poles, to carry the table. 28And you shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table may be carried with them.

29And you shall make its dishes, and its pans, and its pitchers, and its bowls with which it shall be poured out; of pure gold you shall make them.

30And you shall set on the table the Bread of the Presence before My face continually.

The Lampstand
(Exodus 37:17–24; Numbers 8:1–4)

31And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold, it shall be made of hammered work; the lampstand, its base, and its branches, its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be from it.

32And six branches shall come out from its sides, three branches out of the one side of the lampstand, and three branches of the lampstand out of the second side. 33Three cups made like almond blossoms on the one branch—a bud and a flower—and three cups made like almond blossoms on the one branch—a bud and a flower—thus for the six branches coming out from the lampstand.

34And on the lampstand itself are four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers. 35And a bud under two branches from it, and a bud under two branches from it, and a bud under two branches from it, for the six branches going out from the lampstand. 36Their buds and their branches are from it, all of it one hammered work of pure gold.

37And you shall make its seven lamps; and he shall cause its lamps to go up and they shall give light on the side of its face. 38And its wick trimmers and their trays are of pure gold. 39Of a talent of pure gold it shall be made, with all these vessels.

40And see and make according to their pattern that you are being shown on the mountain.




Footnotes:

5 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals
10 The ark was approximately 3.75 feet long, 2.25 feet wide, and 2.25 feet high (114.3 centimeters long, 68.6 centimeters wide, and 68.6 centimeters high).
16 The Testimony refers to the stone tablets in the ark of the covenant inscribed with the Ten Commandments; also in verses 21 and 22.
17 Or an atonement cover; here and throughout Exodus
17 The mercy seat was approximately 3.75 feet long and 2.25 feet wide (114.3 centimeters long and 68.6 centimeters wide).
22 That is, the ark of the covenant
23 The table was approximately 3 feet long, 1.5 feet wide, and 2.25 feet high (91.4 centimeters long, 45.7 centimeters wide, and 68.6 centimeters high).
25 A handbreadth is approximately 2.9 inches or 7.4 centimeters.
39 A talent is approximately 75.4 pounds or 34.2 kilograms of gold.
40 Cited in Hebrews 8:5

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