25:2 Speak to the Israelites: Let them receive contributions for me. From each you shall receive the contribution that their hearts prompt them to give me.
25:3 These are the contributions you shall accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
25:4 violet, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
25:5 rams’ skins dyed red, and tahash skins; acacia wood;
25:6 oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
25:7 onyx stones and other gems for mounting on the ephod and the breastpiece.
25:8 They are to make a sanctuary for me, that I may dwell in their midst.
25:9 According to all that I show you regarding the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of its furnishings, so you are to make it.
25:10 You shall make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.
25:11 Plate it inside and outside with pure gold, and put a molding of gold around the top of it.
25:12 Cast four gold rings and put them on the four supports of the ark, two rings on one side and two on the opposite side.
25:13 Then make poles of acacia wood and plate them with gold.
25:14 These poles you are to put through the rings on the sides of the ark, for carrying it;
25:15 they must remain in the rings of the ark and never be withdrawn.
25:16 In the ark you are to put the covenant which I will give you.
25:17 You shall then make a cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide.
25:18 Make two cherubim of beaten gold for the two ends of the cover;
25:19 make one cherub at one end, and the other at the other end, of one piece with the cover, at each end.
25:20 The cherubim shall have their wings spread out above, sheltering the cover with them; they shall face each other, with their faces looking toward the cover.
25:21 This cover you shall then place on top of the ark. In the ark itself you are to put the covenant which I will give you.
25:22 There I will meet you and there, from above the cover, between the two cherubim on the ark of the covenant, I will tell you all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
25:23 You shall also make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
25:24 Plate it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.
25:25 Make a frame for it, a handbreadth high, and make a molding of gold around the frame.
25:26 You shall also make four rings of gold for it and fasten them at the four corners, one at each leg.
25:27 The rings shall be alongside the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.
25:28 These poles for carrying the table you shall make of acacia wood and plate with gold.
25:29 You shall make its plates and cups, as well as its pitchers and bowls for pouring libations; make them of pure gold.
25:30 On the table you shall always keep showbread set before me.
25:31 You shall make a menorah of pure beaten gold—its shaft and branches—with its cups and knobs and petals springing directly from it.
25:32 Six branches are to extend from its sides, three branches on one side, and three on the other.
25:33 On one branch there are to be three cups, shaped like almond blossoms, each with its knob and petals; on the opposite branch there are to be three cups, shaped like almond blossoms, each with its knob and petals; and so for the six branches that extend from the menorah.
25:34 On the menorah there are to be four cups, shaped like almond blossoms, with their knobs and petals.
25:35 The six branches that go out from the menorah are to have a knob under each pair.
25:36 Their knobs and branches shall so spring from it that the whole will form a single piece of pure beaten gold.
25:37 You shall then make seven lamps for it and so set up the lamps that they give their light on the space in front of the menorah.
25:38 These, as well as the trimming shears and trays, must be of pure gold.
25:39 Use a talent of pure gold for the menorah and all these utensils.
25:40 See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
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