25:2 “Tell the Israelites to bring me gifts. You will accept gifts for me from everyone who is willing to give.
25:3 Here is the list of the things that you should accept from the people: gold, silver, and bronze;
25:4 blue, purple, and red yarn and fine linen; goat hair,
25:5 ram skins dyed red, and fine leather; acacia wood;
25:6 oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and spices for the sweet-smelling incense.
25:7 Also accept onyx stones and other jewels to be put on the ephod and the judgment pouch.
25:8 “The people will build a holy place for me. Then I can live among them.
25:9 I will show you what the Holy Tent and everything in it should look like. Build everything exactly as I show you.
25:10 “Use acacia wood and build a special box. This Holy Box must be 2 1/2 cubits long, 1 1/2 cubits wide, and 1 1/2 cubits high.
25:11 Use pure gold to cover the Box inside and out. Put gold trim around the edges of the Box.
25:12 Make four gold rings for carrying the Box. Put the gold rings on the four corners, two rings on each side.
25:13 Then make poles for carrying the Box. These poles should be made from acacia wood and covered with gold.
25:14 Put the poles through the rings on the corners of the Box. Use these poles to carry the Box.
25:15 These poles should always stay in the rings of the Box. Don’t take the poles out.
25:16 “I will give you the Agreement. Put it into this Box.
25:17 Then make a lid, the mercy-cover. Make it from pure gold. Make it 2 1/2 cubits long and 1 1/2 cubits wide.
25:18 Then make two Cherub angels and put them on each end of the mercy-cover. Hammer gold to make these angels.
25:19 Put one angel on one end of the mercy-cover, and put the other angel on the other end. Join the angels together with the mercy-cover to make one piece.
25:20 The wings of these angels should spread up toward the sky. The angels should cover the Box with their wings and should face each other, looking toward the mercy-cover.
25:21 “I will give you the Agreement. Put it in the Box, and put the mercy-cover on the Box.
25:22 When I meet with you, I will speak from between the Cherub angels on the mercy-cover that is on the Box of the Agreement. From that place, I will give all my commands to the Israelites.
25:23 “Make a table from acacia wood. The table must be 2 cubits long, 1 cubit wide, and 1 1/2 cubits high.
25:24 Cover the table with pure gold and put gold trim around it.
25:25 Then make a frame 1 handbreadth wide around the table. And put gold trim on the frame.
25:26 Then make four gold rings and put them on the four corners of the table, where the four legs are.
25:27 Put the rings close to the frame around the top of the table. These rings will hold the poles used to carry the table.
25:28 Use acacia wood to make the poles, and cover them with gold. The poles are for carrying the table.
25:29 Make the plates, the spoons, the pitchers, and the bowls from pure gold. The pitchers and bowls will be used for pouring the drink offerings.
25:30 Put the special bread before me on the table. It must always be there in front of me.
25:31 “Then you must make a lampstand. Use pure gold and hammer it to make the base and the shaft. Make flowers, buds, and petals from pure gold. Join all these things together into one piece.
25:32 “The lampstand must have six branches—three branches on one side and three branches on the other.
25:33 Each branch must have three flowers. Make these flowers like almond flowers with buds and petals.
25:34 Make four more flowers for the lampstand. These flowers must be made like almond flowers with buds and petals.
25:35 There will be six branches on the lampstand—three branches coming out from each side of the shaft. Make a flower with buds and petals below each of the three places where the branches join the shaft.
25:36 The whole lampstand with the flowers and branches must be made from pure gold. All this gold must be hammered and joined together into one piece.
25:37 Then make seven lamps to go on the lampstand. These lamps will give light to the area in front of the lampstand.
25:38 Use pure gold to make the lamp snuffers and trays.
25:39 Use 75 pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and the things to be used with it.
25:40 Be very careful to make everything exactly the way I showed you on the mountain.
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