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25:1  The Lord said to Moses,
25:2  “Tell the Israelites to make an offering to me. Receive whatever offerings anyone wishes to give.
25:3  These offerings are to be: gold, silver, and bronze;
25:4  fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; cloth made of goats' hair;
25:5  rams' skin dyed red; fine leather; acacia wood;
25:6  oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense;
25:7  carnelians and other jewels to be set in the ephod of the High Priest and in his breastpiece.
25:8  The people must make a sacred Tent for me, so that I may live among them.
25:9  Make it and all its furnishings according to the plan that I will show you.
25:10  “Make a Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
25:11  Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it.
25:12  Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side.
25:13  Make carrying poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold
25:14  and put them through the rings on each side of the Box.
25:15  The poles are to be left in the rings and must not be taken out.
25:16  Then put in the Box the two stone tablets that I will give you, on which the commandments are written.
25:17  “Make a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
25:18  Make two winged creatures of hammered gold,
25:19  one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid.
25:20  The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, and their outspread wings are to cover it.
25:21  Put the two stone tablets inside the Box and put the lid on top of it.
25:22  I 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.
25:23  “Make a table out of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
25:24  Cover it with pure gold and put a gold border around it.
25:25  Make a rim 3 inches wide around it and a gold border around the rim.
25:26  Make four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs are.
25:27  The rings to hold the poles for carrying the table are to be placed near the rim.
25:28  Make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.
25:29  Make plates, cups, jars, and bowls to be used for the wine offerings. All of these are to be made of pure gold.
25:30  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.
25:31  “Make a lampstand 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.
25:32  Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side.
25:33  Each of the six branches is to have three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
25:34  The shaft of the lampstand is to have four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
25:35  There is to be one bud below each of the three pairs of branches.
25:36  The buds, the branches, and the lampstand are to be a single piece of pure hammered gold.
25:37  Make seven lamps for the lampstand and set them up so that they shine toward the front.
25:38  Make its tongs and trays of pure gold.
25:39  Use seventy-five pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and all this equipment.
25:40  Take care to make them according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.