Exodus 25:23–39

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.