Exodus 25

Offerings for the Sacred Tent

25The Lord said to Moses, ²“Tell the Israelites to make an offering to me. Receive whatever offerings anyone wishes to give. ³These offerings are to be: gold, silver, and bronze; ⁴fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; cloth made of goats’ hair; ⁵rams’ skin dyed red; fine leather; acacia wood; ⁶oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense; ⁷carnelians and other jewels to be set in the ephod^z of the High Priest and in his breast-piece. ⁸The people must make a sacred tent for me, so that I may live among them. ⁹Make it and all its furnishings according to the plan that I will show you.

The Covenant Box

¹⁰“Make a box out of acacia wood, 110 centimetres long, 66 centimetres wide, and 66 centimetres high. ¹¹Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all round it. ¹²Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side. ¹³Make carrying poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold ¹⁴and put them through the rings on each side of the box. ¹⁵The poles are to be left in the rings and must not be taken out. ¹⁶Then put in the box the two stone tablets that I will give you, on which the commandments are written.

^17*“Make a lid of pure gold, 110 centimetres long and 66 centimetres wide. ¹⁸Make two winged creatures^a of hammered gold, ¹⁹one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid. ²⁰The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, and their outspread wings are to cover it. ²¹Put the two stone tablets inside the box and put the lid on top of it. ²²I will meet you there, and from above the lid between the two winged creatures I will give you all my laws for the people of Israel.

The Table for the Bread Offered to God

²³“Make a table out of acacia wood, 88 centimetres long, 44 centimetres wide, and 66 centimetres high. ²⁴Cover it with pure gold and put a gold border round it. ²⁵Make a rim 75 millimetres wide round it and a gold border round the rim. ²⁶Make four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs are. ²⁷The rings to hold the poles for carrying the table are to be placed near the rim. ²⁸Make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold. ²⁹Make plates, cups, jars, and bowls to be used for the wine offerings. All of these are to be made of pure gold. ^30*The table is to be placed in front of the Covenant Box, and on the table there is always to be the sacred bread offered to me.

The Lamp-Stand

³¹“Make a lamp-stand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it. ³²Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side. ³³Each of the six branches is to have three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals. ³⁴The shaft of the lamp-stand is to have four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals. ³⁵There is to be one bud below each of the three pairs of branches. ³⁶The buds, the branches, and the lamp-stand are to be a single piece of pure hammered gold. ³⁷Make seven lamps for the lamp-stand and set them up so that they shine towards the front. ³⁸Make its tongs and trays of pure gold. ³⁹Use 35 kilogrammes of pure gold to make the lamp-stand and all this equipment. ^40*Take care to make them according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.^b