Exodus 24–25

Chapter 24

People Affirm Their Covenant with God

¹Then He said to Moses, “^aCome up to the Lord, you and Aaron, ^bNadab and Abihu and ^cseventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance.

²“Moses alone, however, shall come near to the Lord, but they shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him.”

³Then Moses came and recounted to the people all the words of the Lord and all the ¹ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice and said, “^aAll the words which the Lord has spoken we will do!”

^4aMoses wrote down all the words of the Lord. Then he arose early in the morning, and built an ^baltar ¹at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

⁵He sent young men of the sons of Israel, ^aand they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the Lord.

^6aMoses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

⁷Then he took ^athe book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, “^bAll that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!”

⁸So ^aMoses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Behold ^bthe blood of the covenant, which the Lord has ¹made with you ²in accordance with all these words.”

⁹Then Moses went up ¹with Aaron, ^aNadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

¹⁰and ^athey saw the God of Israel; and under His feet ^1bthere appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, ²as clear as the sky itself.

¹¹Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and ^athey saw God, and they ate and drank.

¹²Now the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and ¹remain there, and ^aI will give you the stone tablets ²with the law and the commandment which I have written for their instruction.”

¹³So Moses arose ¹with ^aJoshua his ²servant, and Moses went up to ^bthe mountain of God.

¹⁴But to the elders he said, “^aWait here for us until we return to you. And behold, ^bAaron and Hur are with you; whoever ¹has a legal matter, let him approach them.”

¹⁵Then Moses went up to the mountain, and ^athe cloud covered the mountain.

^16aThe glory of the Lord ¹rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He ^bcalled to Moses from the midst of the cloud.

^17aAnd to the eyes of the sons of Israel the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a ^bconsuming fire on the mountain top.

¹⁸Moses entered the midst of the cloud ¹as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain ^aforty days and forty nights.

Chapter 25

Offerings for the Sanctuary

¹Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

²“^aTell the sons of Israel to ¹raise a ²contribution for Me; ^bfrom every man whose heart moves him you shall raise My contribution.

³“This is the ¹contribution which you are to ²raise from them: gold, silver and bronze,

^41ablue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair,

⁵rams’ skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood,

^6aoil for lighting, ^bspices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

⁷onyx stones and setting stones for the ^aephod and for the ^1bbreastpiece.

⁸“Let them ^aconstruct a sanctuary for Me, ^bthat I may dwell among them.

⁹“^aAccording to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, just so you shall construct it.

Ark of the Covenant

¹⁰“^aThey shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half ¹cubits ²long, and one and a half cubits ³wide, and one and a half cubits ⁴high.

¹¹“You shall ^aoverlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding ¹around it.

¹²“You shall cast four gold rings for it and ¹fasten them on its four feet, and two rings shall be on one side of it and two rings on the other side of it.

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

¹⁴“You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them.

¹⁵“The ^apoles shall ¹remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it.

¹⁶“You shall ^aput into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.

¹⁷“You shall ^amake a ¹mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half ²cubits ³long and one and a half cubits ⁴wide.

¹⁸“You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work ¹at the two ends of the mercy seat.

¹⁹“Make one cherub ¹at one end and one cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.

²⁰“^aThe cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and ¹facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat.

²¹“^aYou shall put the mercy seat ¹on top of the ark, and ^bin the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you.

²²“^aThere I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from ^bbetween the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel.

The Table of Showbread

²³“^aYou shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits ¹long and one cubit ²wide and one and a half cubits ³high.

²⁴“You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold ^aborder around it.

²⁵“You shall make for it a rim of a handbreadth around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it.

²⁶“You shall make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four feet.

²⁷“The rings shall be close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table.

²⁸“You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried.

²⁹“You shall make its ^1adishes and its pans and its jars and its ²bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.

³⁰“You shall set ^athe bread of the ¹Presence on the table before Me ²at all times.

The Golden Lampstand

³¹“^aThen you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand and its base and its shaft are to be made of hammered work; its cups, its ¹bulbs and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.

³²“^aSix branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its ¹other side.

³³“^aThree cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a ¹bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the ²other branch, a bulb and a flower—so for six branches going out from the lampstand;

³⁴and ^ain the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its ¹bulbs and its flowers.

³⁵“^aA ¹bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.

³⁶“^aTheir ¹bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold.

³⁷“Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and ^athey shall ¹mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it.

³⁸“Its snuffers and ¹their trays shall be of pure gold.

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

⁴⁰“^aSee that you make them ^bafter the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.