Exodus 25–27

Contributions for the Sanctuary

25The Lord said to Moses, ^2r“Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From ^severy man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. ³And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, ^4tblue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats’ hair, ⁵tanned ^urams’ skins, goatskins,¹ acacia wood, ^6voil for the lamps, ^wspices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, ⁷onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ^xephod and for the breastpiece. ⁸And let them make me a ^ysanctuary, that ^zI may dwell in their midst. ^9aExactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the ^btabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.

The Ark of the Covenant

^10c“They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits² and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. ¹¹You shall overlay it with ^dpure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it. ¹²You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its ^efour feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. ¹³You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. ¹⁴And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them. ¹⁵The ^fpoles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it. ^16gAnd you shall put into the ark the ^htestimony that I shall give you.

¹⁷ⁱ“You shall make a mercy seat³ of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. ¹⁸And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of ^jhammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. ¹⁹Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. ^kOf one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends. ^20lThe 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. 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. ^22mThere I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from ⁿbetween 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.

The Table for Bread

^23o“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. ²⁴You shall overlay it with ^ppure gold and make a molding of gold around it. ²⁵And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth⁴ wide, and a molding of gold around the rim. ²⁶And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs. ²⁷Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as ^qholders for the poles to carry the table. ²⁸You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these. ²⁹And you shall make its plates and ^rdishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. ³⁰And you shall set the ^sbread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.

The Golden Lampstand

^31t“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. 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; 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. ³⁴And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers, ³⁵and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand. 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. ³⁷You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps ^ushall be set up so as ^vto give light on the space in front of it. ³⁸Its tongs and their trays shall be of pure gold. ³⁹It shall be made, with all these utensils, out of a talent⁵ of pure gold. ⁴⁰And ^wsee that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.

The Tabernacle

26“Moreover, ^xyou shall make the ^ytabernacle with ten curtains of ^zfine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim ^zskillfully worked into them. ²The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits,¹ and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall be the same size. ³Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another. ⁴And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set. Likewise you shall make loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set. ⁵Fifty loops you shall make on the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one another. ⁶And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to the other with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single whole.

⁷“You shall also make ^acurtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make. ⁸The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains shall be the same size. ⁹You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and the sixth curtain you shall double over at the front of the tent. ¹⁰You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set.

¹¹“You shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together that it may be a single whole. ¹²And the part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. ¹³And the extra that remains in the length of the curtains, the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and that side, to cover it. ^14bAnd you shall make for the tent a covering of tanned ^crams’ skins² and a covering of goatskins on top.

¹⁵“You shall make upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood. ¹⁶Ten cubits shall be the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame. ¹⁷There shall be two tenons in each frame, for fitting together. So shall you do for all the frames of the tabernacle. ¹⁸You shall make the frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side; ¹⁹and forty bases of silver you shall make under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons; ²⁰and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side twenty frames, ²¹and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame, and two bases under the next frame. ²²And for the rear of the tabernacle westward you shall make six frames. ²³And you shall make two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear; ²⁴they shall be separate beneath, but joined at the top, at the first ring. Thus shall it be with both of them; they shall form the two corners. ²⁵And there shall be eight frames, with their bases of silver, sixteen bases; two bases under one frame, and two bases under another frame.

²⁶“You shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle, ²⁷and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the side of the tabernacle at the rear westward. ²⁸The middle bar, halfway up the frames, shall run from end to end. ²⁹You shall overlay the frames with gold and shall make their rings of gold for ^dholders for the bars, and you shall overlay the bars with gold. ³⁰Then you shall erect the tabernacle ^eaccording to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain.

^31f“And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and ^gfine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim ^gskillfully worked into it. ³²And you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, on four bases of silver. ³³And you shall hang ^fthe veil from the clasps, and bring ^hthe ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy. ³⁴ⁱYou shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place. ³⁵And ^jyou shall set the table outside the veil, and the ^klampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side.

³⁶“You shall make a ^lscreen for the entrance of the tent, of ^mblue and purple and scarlet yarns and ^gfine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. ³⁷And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them.

The Bronze Altar

27“You shall make the ⁿaltar of acacia wood, five cubits¹ long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. ²And you shall make ^ohorns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and ^pyou shall overlay it with bronze. ³You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and ^qforks and fire pans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze. ⁴You shall also make for it a…