Christian Standard Bible

English Standard Version

1The LORD spoke to Moses:

1The LORD said to Moses,

2"Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me. You are to take my offering from everyone who is willing to give.

2“Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.

3This is the offering you are to receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

3And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,

4blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

4blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats’ hair,

5ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;

5tanned rams’ skins, goatskins, acacia wood,

6oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

6oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

7and onyx along with other gemstones for mounting on the ephod and breastpiece.

7onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

8"They are to make a sanctuary for me so that I may dwell among them.

8And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.

9You must make it according to all that I show you--the pattern of the tabernacle as well as the pattern of all its furnishings.

9Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.

10"They are to make an ark of acacia wood, forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.

10“They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

11Overlay it with pure gold; overlay it both inside and out. Also make a gold molding all around it.

11You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it.

12Cast four gold rings for it and place them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

12You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

13Make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

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

14Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.

14And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them.

15The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it.

15The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.

16Put the tablets of the testimony that I will give you into the ark.

16And you shall put into the ark the testimony that I shall give you.

17Make a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.

17“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

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

18And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat.

19Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At its two ends, make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat.

19Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends.

20The cherubim are to have wings spread out above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and are to face one another. The faces of the cherubim should be toward the mercy seat.

20The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

21Set the mercy seat on top of the ark and put the tablets of the testimony that I will give you into the ark.

21And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.

22I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony; I will speak with you from there about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

22There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.

23"You are to construct a table of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.

23“You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

24Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding all around it.

24You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.

25Make a three-inch frame all around it and make a gold molding for it all around its frame.

25And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.

26Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

26And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

27The rings should be next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.

27Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.

28Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table can be carried by them.

28You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.

29You are also to make its plates and cups, as well as its pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.

29And you shall make its plates and dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.

30Put the Bread of the Presence on the table before me at all times.

30And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.

31"You are to make a lampstand out of pure, hammered gold. It is to be made of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its buds and petals.

31“You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.

32Six branches are to extend from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.

32And there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;

33There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on the next branch. It is to be this way for the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

33three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

34There are to be four cups shaped like almond blossoms on the lampstand shaft along with its buds and petals.

34And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,

35For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches from it, a bud under the second pair of branches from it, and a bud under the third pair of branches from it.

35and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand.

36Their buds and branches are to be of one piece. All of it is to be a single hammered piece of pure gold.

36Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.

37"Make its seven lamps, and set them up so that they illuminate the area in front of it.

37You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.

38Its snuffers and firepans must be of pure gold.

38Its tongs and their trays shall be of pure gold.

39The lampstand with all these utensils is to be made from seventy-five pounds of pure gold.

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

40Be careful to make them according to the pattern you have been shown on the mountain.

40And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.

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