Exodus 25–27

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.

Chapter 26

Curtains of Linen

¹“^aMoreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and ¹blue and purple and scarlet material; you shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.

²“The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight ¹cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have ²the same measurements.

³“Five curtains shall be ¹joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be joined to one another.

⁴“You shall make loops of ¹blue on the edge of the ²outermost curtain in the first set, and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second ³set.

⁵“You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops on the ¹edge of the curtain that is in the second ²set; the loops shall be opposite each other.

⁶“You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and ¹join the curtains to one another with the clasps so that the ²tabernacle will be a unit.

Curtains of Goats’ Hair

⁷“Then ^ayou shall make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains in all.

⁸“The length of each curtain shall be thirty ¹cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have ²the same measurements.

⁹“You shall ¹join five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain ²at the front of the tent.

¹⁰“You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the ¹curtain that is outermost in the first ²set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set.

¹¹“You shall make fifty clasps of ¹bronze, and you shall put the clasps into the loops and ²join the tent together so that it will be ³a unit.

¹²“The ¹overlapping part that is left over in the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that is left over, shall lap over the back of the tabernacle.

¹³“The cubit on one side and the cubit on the other, of what is left over in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall lap over the sides of the tabernacle on one side and on the other, to cover it.

¹⁴“^aYou shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins ¹dyed red and a covering of porpoise skins above.

Boards and Sockets

¹⁵“Then you shall make ^athe boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.

¹⁶“Ten cubits shall be the length of ¹each board and one and a half cubits the width of each board.

¹⁷“There shall be two tenons for each board, ¹fitted to one another; thus you shall do for all the boards of the tabernacle.

¹⁸“You shall make the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards ¹for the south side.

¹⁹“You shall make forty ^1asockets of silver under the twenty boards, two sockets under one board for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons;

²⁰and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards,

²¹and their forty ¹sockets of silver; two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board.

²²“For the ¹rear of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six boards.

²³“You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the ¹rear.

²⁴“They shall be double beneath, and together they shall be complete ¹to its top ²to the first ring; thus it shall be with both of them: they shall form the two corners.

²⁵“There shall be eight boards with their ¹sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board.

²⁶“Then you shall make ^abars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle,

²⁷and five bars for the boards of the ¹other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle for the ²rear side to the west.

²⁸“The middle bar in the ¹center of the boards shall pass through from end to end.

²⁹“You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold as holders for the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold.

³⁰“Then you shall erect the tabernacle ^aaccording to its plan which you have been shown in the mountain.

The Veil and Screen

³¹“You shall make ^aa veil of ¹blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.

³²“You shall ¹hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks also being of gold, on four ²sockets of silver.

³³“You shall ¹hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring in ^athe ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall ²serve for you as a partition ^bbetween the holy place and the holy of holies.

³⁴“^aYou shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies.

³⁵“^aYou shall set the table outside the veil, and the ^blampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.

³⁶“^aYou shall make a screen for the doorway of the tent of ¹blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a ²weaver.

³⁷“^aYou shall make five pillars of acacia for the screen and overlay them with gold, their hooks also being of gold; and you shall cast five ¹sockets of ²bronze for them.

Chapter 27

The Bronze Altar

¹“And you shall make ^athe altar of acacia wood, five ¹cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three…