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Offerings for the Tabernacle
The Lord said to Moses,
The Lord said to Moses,
Offerings for the Sanctuary
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
“Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give.
These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze;
And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair;
blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair;
olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;
and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.
“Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.
Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.
According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.
The Ark of the Testimony
“And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits shall be its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
“And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits shall be its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a molding of gold all around.
Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners; two rings shall be on one side, and two rings on the other side.
Then make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them.
The poles are to remain in the rings of this ark; they are not to be removed.
The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law, which I will give you.
And you shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you.
“Make an atonement cover of pure gold — two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its length and a cubit and a half its width.
And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends.
Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it of one piece with the mercy seat.
The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.
And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law that I will give you.
You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you.
There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.
And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.
The Table for the Showbread
“You shall also make a table of acacia wood; two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
“You shall also make a table of acacia wood; two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.
And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold all around.
You shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.
Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners, where the four legs are.
And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that are at its four legs.
The rings are to be close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.
The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table.
Make the poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold and carry the table with them.
And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
And make its plates and dishes of pure gold, as well as its pitchers and bowls for the pouring out of offerings.
You shall make its dishes, its pans, its pitchers, and its bowls for pouring. You shall make them of pure gold.
Put the bread of the Presence on this table to be before me at all times.
And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.
The Lampstand
“Make a lampstand of pure gold. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them.
“Make a lampstand of pure gold. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them.
The Gold Lampstand
“You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece.
“You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece.
Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand — three on one side and three on the other.
And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side.
Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand.
Three bowls shall be made like almond blossoms on one branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower — and so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand.
And on the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
On the lampstand itself four bowls shall be made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower.
One bud shall be under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair — six branches in all.
And there shall be a knob under the first two branches of the same, a knob under the second two branches of the same, and a knob under the third two branches of the same, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.
The buds and branches shall all be of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered piece of pure gold.
“Then make its seven lamps and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it.
You shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.
Its wick trimmers and trays are to be of pure gold.
And its wick-trimmers and their trays shall be of pure gold.
It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.