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Exodus 25
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
Speak to the children of Israel, and take first-fruits of all, who may be disposed in their heart to give; and ye shall take my first-fruits.
“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold and silver and brass,
This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
and blue, and purple, and double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats' hair,
blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
and rams' skins dyed red, and blue skins, and incorruptible wood,
ram skins dyed red and fine leather (note: Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals); acacia wood;
and sardius stones, and stones for the carved work of the breast-plate, and the full-length robe.
and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
And thou shalt make me a sanctuary, and I will appear among you.
And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
And thou shalt make for me according to all things which I shew thee in the mountain; even the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its furniture: so shalt thou make it.
You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.
And thou shalt make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half.
And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high (note: The ark was approximately 3.75 feet long, 2.25 feet wide, and 2.25 feet high (114.3 centimeters long, 68.6 centimeters wide, and 68.6 centimeters high).).
And thou shalt gild it with pure gold, thou shalt gild it within and without; and thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about.
Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
And thou shalt cast for it four golden rings, and shalt put them on the four sides; two rings on the one side, and two rings on the other side.
Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.
And thou shalt make staves [of] incorruptible wood, and shalt gild them with gold.
And make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark with them.
Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry it.
The staves shall remain fixed in the rings of the ark.
The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed.
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give thee.
And place inside the ark the Testimony (note: The Testimony refers to the stone tablets in the ark of the covenant inscribed with the Ten Commandments; also in verses 21 and 22.), which I will give you.
And thou shalt make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half.
And you are to construct a mercy seat (note: Or an atonement cover; here and throughout Exodus) of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide (note: The mercy seat was approximately 3.75 feet long and 2.25 feet wide (114.3 centimeters long and 68.6 centimeters wide).).
And thou shalt make two cherubs graven in gold, and thou shalt put them on both sides of the propitiatory.
Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
They shall be made, one cherub on this side, and another cherub on the other side of the propitiatory; and thou shalt make the two cherubs on the two sides.
one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.
The cherubs shall stretch forth their wings above, overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings; and their faces shall be toward each other, the faces of the cherubs shall be toward the propitiatory.
And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
And thou shalt set the propitiatory on the ark above, and thou shalt put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give thee.
Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
And I will make myself known to thee from thence, and I will speak to thee above the propitiatory between the two cherubs, which are upon the ark of testimony, even in all things which I shall charge thee concerning the children of Israel.
And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony (note: That is, the ark of the covenant); I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
And thou shalt make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.
You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high (note: The table was approximately 3 feet long, 1.5 feet wide, and 2.25 feet high (91.4 centimeters long, 45.7 centimeters wide, and 68.6 centimeters high).).
And thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about, and thou shalt make for it a crown of an hand-breadth round about.
Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.
And thou shalt make a twisted wreath for the crown round about.
And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide (note: A handbreadth is approximately 2.9 inches or 7.4 centimeters.) and put a gold molding on the rim.
And thou shalt make four golden rings; and thou shalt put the four rings upon the four parts of its feet under the crown.
Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs.
And the rings shall be for bearings for the staves, that they may bear the table with them.
The rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.
And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and thou shalt gild them with pure gold; and the table shall be borne with them.
Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
And thou shalt make its dishes and its censers, and its bowls, and its cups, with which thou shalt offer drink-offerings: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.
And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually.
And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold; thou shalt make the candlestick of graven work: its stem and its branches, and its bowls and its knops and its lilies shall be of one piece.
Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
And six branches proceeding sideways, three branches of the candlestick from one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side.
Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.
And three bowls fashioned like almonds, on each branch a knop and a lily; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick,
There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.
and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds, in each branch knops and the flowers of the same.
And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
A knop under two branches out of it, and a knop under four branches out of it; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick; and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds.
For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.
Let the knops and the branches be of one piece, altogether graven of one piece of pure gold.
The buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
And thou shalt make its seven lamps: and thou shalt set on [it] the lamps, and they shall shine from one front.
Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.
And thou shalt make its funnel and its snuff-dishes of pure gold.
The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.
All these articles [shall be] a talent of pure gold.
The lampstand and all these utensils shall be made from a talent of pure gold (note: A talent is approximately 75.4 pounds or 34.2 kilograms of gold.).
See, thou shalt make them according to the pattern shewed thee in the mount.
See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain (note: Cited in Hebrews 8:5).