Exodus 25
The Lord instructs Moses to have the Israelites bring offerings of various materials, including gold, silver, and fine linens, to build a sanctuary where God will dwell among them. The sanctuary is to be built according to a specific design, with an ark made of setim wood overlaid with gold, a propitiatory with two Cherubim, a table for the bread of presence, and a lampstand with seven lamps. Each item is to be crafted with precise details and made from the finest materials, including gold.
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying2"Speak to the sons of Israel, so that they may take the first-fruits to me. You shall accept these from every man who offers of his own accord3Now these are the things that you must accept: Gold, and silver, and brass4hyacinth and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, the hair of goats5and the skins of rams, dyed red, and skins of violet, and setim wood6oil to prepare lights, aromatics as ointments and sweet-smelling incense7onyx stones and gems to adorn the ephod as well as the breastplate8And they shall make a sanctuary for me, and I will live in their midst9According to exact likeness of the tabernacle, and all of the vessels for its rituals, that I will reveal to you, so shall you make it10Join together an ark of setim wood, whose length shall hold two and one half cubits; the width, one and one half cubits; the height, likewise, one and one half cubits11And you shall overlay it with the finest gold, inside and out. And over it, you shall fashion a gold crown all around12and four gold rings, which you shall set into the four corners of the ark. Let two rings be on one side and two on the other13Likewise, you shall make bars of setim wood and cover them with gold14And you shall put them through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, so that it may be carried on them15These must always be in the rings, neither shall they ever be drawn out of them16And you shall place the testimony, which I will give to you, in the ark17You shall also make a propitiatory of the finest gold. Its length shall hold two and one half cubits, and the width, one and one half cubits18Likewise, you shall make two Cherubim of formed gold, on both sides of the oracle19Let one Cherub be on the one side, and the other be on the other20And let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings and covering the oracle, and let them look out toward one another, their faces being turned toward the propitiatory, with which the ark is to be covered21in which you will place the testimony that I will give to you22From there, I will warn you and speak to you, above the propitiatory and from the middle of the two Cherubim, which will be over the ark of the testimony, about everything that I will command of the sons of Israel through you23You shall also make a table of setim wood, having two cubits of length, and one cubit in width, and one cubit and one half cubits in height24And you shall overlay it with the purest gold. And you shall make it with a gold lip all around25and for the lip itself an engraved crown, four fingers high, and above it another little gold crown26Likewise, you shall prepare four gold rings and set them in the four corners of the same table, over each foot27Under the crown, there shall be gold rings, so that the bars may be put through them and the table may be carried28Likewise, the bars themselves you shall make of setim wood, and surround them with gold, to lift up the table29You shall also prepare small cups, as well as bowls, censers, and measuring cups, with which the libations shall be offered, out of the purest gold30And you shall place upon the table the bread of the presence, in my sight always31You shall also make a lampstand, formed from the finest gold, along with its stem and arms, its bowl and little spheres, as well as the lilies proceeding from it32Six branches shall go out from the sides: three out of one side and three out of the other33Three bowls, the size of nuts, shall be on each branch, and a little sphere with it, and a lily. And three similar bowls, in the likeness of nuts, shall be on the other branch, and a little sphere with it, and a lily. This shall be the form of the six branches, which are to proceed from the stem34Then, in the lampstand itself, there shall be four bowls, the size of nuts, and each with little spheres and lilies35Little spheres under two branches in three places, which together make six, shall proceed from one of the stems36Thus both the little spheres and the branches shall be made out of the same thing: entirely formed from the purest gold37You shall also make seven lamps, and you shall place them upon the lampstand, so that they may give light in every direction38Likewise, the candle snuffers, and the place where the candles will be extinguished, shall be made from the purest gold39The entire weight of the candlestick, with all its parts, shall hold one talent of the purest gold40Observe, and then make it according to the example that was shown to you on the mountain.
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