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25:1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
25:2 “Tell the sons of Israel to take a ①contribution for Me; from everyone whose heart moves him you shall take My ②contribution.
▷ ①Or uplifted offering ②Or uplifted offering
25:3 This is the ①contribution which you are to take from them: gold, silver, and bronze,
▷ ①Or uplifted offering
25:4 ①violet, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair,
▷ ①Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color
25:5 rams’ skins dyed red, ①fine leather, acacia wood,
▷ ①Meaning of the Heb uncertain
25:6 oil for lighting, balsam oil for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
25:7 onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the ①breastpiece.
▷ ①Or pouch
25:8 Have them construct a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
25:9 According to all that I am going to show you as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, so you shall construct it.
25:10 “Now they shall construct an ①ark of acacia wood ②two and a half cubits ③long, one and a half cubits ④wide, and one and a half cubits ⑤high.
▷ ①I.e., chest ②About 3.7 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide and high or 1.1 m and 68 cm ③Lit its length ④Lit its width ⑤Lit its height
25:11 You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding ①around it.
▷ ①Lit on it round about
25:12 You shall also cast four gold rings for it and ①fasten them on its four feet; two rings shall be on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
▷ ①Or put
25:13 And you shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
25:14 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them.
25:15 The poles shall ①remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it.
▷ ①Lit be
25:16 You shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.
25:17 “And you shall make ①an atoning cover of pure gold, ②two and a half cubits ③long and one and a half cubits ④wide.
▷ ①Also called a mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement ②About 3.7 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide or 1.1 m and 68 cm ③Lit its length ④Lit its width
25:18 You shall make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work ①at the two ends of the atoning cover.
▷ ①Lit from
25:19 Make one cherub ①at one end and one cherub ②at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece ③with the atoning cover at its two ends.
▷ ①Lit from ②Lit from ③Lit from
25:20 And the cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings and ①facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the atoning cover.
▷ ①Lit their faces to
25:21 Then you shall put the atoning cover ①on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you.
▷ ①Lit above, upon
25:22 There I will meet with you; and from above the atoning cover, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about ①every commandment that I will give you for the sons of Israel.
▷ ①Lit all that I will command
25:23 “You shall also make a table of acacia wood, ①two cubits ②long and one cubit ③wide, and one and a half cubits ④high.
▷ ①About 3 ft. long, 1.5 ft. wide, 2.25 ft. high or 90 cm, 45 cm, and 68 cm ②Lit its length ③Lit its width ④Lit its height
25:24 You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold border around it.
25:25 And you shall make for it a rim of a ①hand width around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it.
▷ ①About 3 in. or 7.5 cm
25:26 You shall also make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four legs.
25:27 The rings shall be close to the rim, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
25:28 And you shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried.
25:29 You shall also make its dishes, its pans, its jars, and its libation bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.
25:30 And you shall set the bread of the ①Presence on the table before Me continually.
▷ ①Lit Face
25:31 “Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand, 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.
▷ ①Or calyx
25:32 Six 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.
▷ ①Lit second
25:33 Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms on the one branch, a ①bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the ②other branch, a ③bulb and a flower—the same for six branches going out from the lampstand;
▷ ①Or calyx ②Lit one branch ③Or calyx
25:34 and on the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its ①bulbs and its flowers.
▷ ①Or calyxes
25:35 A ①bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a ②bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a ③bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.
▷ ①Or calyx ②Or calyx ③Or calyx
25:36 Their ①bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold.
▷ ①Or calyxes
25:37 Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and they shall ①mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it.
▷ ①Lit raise up
25:38 Its tongs and its trays shall be of pure gold.
25:39 It shall be made from a ①talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.
▷ ①About 75 lb. or 34 kg
25:40 See that you make them by the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.
25:2 “Tell the sons of Israel to take a ①contribution for Me; from everyone whose heart moves him you shall take My ②contribution.
▷ ①Or uplifted offering ②Or uplifted offering
25:3 This is the ①contribution which you are to take from them: gold, silver, and bronze,
▷ ①Or uplifted offering
25:4 ①violet, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair,
▷ ①Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color
25:5 rams’ skins dyed red, ①fine leather, acacia wood,
▷ ①Meaning of the Heb uncertain
25:6 oil for lighting, balsam oil for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
25:7 onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the ①breastpiece.
▷ ①Or pouch
25:8 Have them construct a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
25:9 According to all that I am going to show you as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, so you shall construct it.
25:10 “Now they shall construct an ①ark of acacia wood ②two and a half cubits ③long, one and a half cubits ④wide, and one and a half cubits ⑤high.
▷ ①I.e., chest ②About 3.7 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide and high or 1.1 m and 68 cm ③Lit its length ④Lit its width ⑤Lit its height
25:11 You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding ①around it.
▷ ①Lit on it round about
25:12 You shall also cast four gold rings for it and ①fasten them on its four feet; two rings shall be on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
▷ ①Or put
25:13 And you shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
25:14 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them.
25:15 The poles shall ①remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it.
▷ ①Lit be
25:16 You shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.
25:17 “And you shall make ①an atoning cover of pure gold, ②two and a half cubits ③long and one and a half cubits ④wide.
▷ ①Also called a mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement ②About 3.7 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide or 1.1 m and 68 cm ③Lit its length ④Lit its width
25:18 You shall make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work ①at the two ends of the atoning cover.
▷ ①Lit from
25:19 Make one cherub ①at one end and one cherub ②at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece ③with the atoning cover at its two ends.
▷ ①Lit from ②Lit from ③Lit from
25:20 And the cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings and ①facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the atoning cover.
▷ ①Lit their faces to
25:21 Then you shall put the atoning cover ①on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you.
▷ ①Lit above, upon
25:22 There I will meet with you; and from above the atoning cover, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about ①every commandment that I will give you for the sons of Israel.
▷ ①Lit all that I will command
25:23 “You shall also make a table of acacia wood, ①two cubits ②long and one cubit ③wide, and one and a half cubits ④high.
▷ ①About 3 ft. long, 1.5 ft. wide, 2.25 ft. high or 90 cm, 45 cm, and 68 cm ②Lit its length ③Lit its width ④Lit its height
25:24 You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold border around it.
25:25 And you shall make for it a rim of a ①hand width around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it.
▷ ①About 3 in. or 7.5 cm
25:26 You shall also make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four legs.
25:27 The rings shall be close to the rim, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
25:28 And you shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried.
25:29 You shall also make its dishes, its pans, its jars, and its libation bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.
25:30 And you shall set the bread of the ①Presence on the table before Me continually.
▷ ①Lit Face
25:31 “Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand, 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.
▷ ①Or calyx
25:32 Six 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.
▷ ①Lit second
25:33 Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms on the one branch, a ①bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the ②other branch, a ③bulb and a flower—the same for six branches going out from the lampstand;
▷ ①Or calyx ②Lit one branch ③Or calyx
25:34 and on the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its ①bulbs and its flowers.
▷ ①Or calyxes
25:35 A ①bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a ②bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a ③bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.
▷ ①Or calyx ②Or calyx ③Or calyx
25:36 Their ①bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold.
▷ ①Or calyxes
25:37 Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and they shall ①mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it.
▷ ①Lit raise up
25:38 Its tongs and its trays shall be of pure gold.
25:39 It shall be made from a ①talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.
▷ ①About 75 lb. or 34 kg
25:40 See that you make them by the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.