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Offerings for the Sanctuary

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Offerings for the Tabernacle

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

“Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an [a]offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.

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Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me a heave-offering: of every one whose heart prompteth him, ye shall take my heave-offering.

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And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

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And this is the heave-offering that ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and copper,

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blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair;

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and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus, and goats' [hair],

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ram skins dyed red, [b]badger skins, and acacia wood;

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and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins; and acacia-wood;

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oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;

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oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs;

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onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.

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onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

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And let them make Me a sanctuary,[c] that I may dwell among them.

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And they shall make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

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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.

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According to all that I shall shew thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the utensils thereof, even so shall ye make [it].

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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.

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The Ark of the Covenant

And they shall make an ark of acacia-wood; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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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.

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And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold: inside and outside shalt thou overlay it; and shalt make upon it a border of gold round about.

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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.

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And cast four rings of gold for it, and put [them] at the four corners thereof, that two rings may be upon the one side thereof and two rings upon the other side thereof.

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And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

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And make staves of acacia-wood and overlay them with gold.

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You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them.

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And put the staves into the rings upon the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

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The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.

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The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not come out from it.

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And you shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you.

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And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.

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“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.

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The Mercy Seat

And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

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And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; [of] beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.

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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.

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And make one cherub at the end of the one side, and one cherub at the end of the other side; out of the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim at the two ends thereof.

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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.

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And the cherubim shall stretch out [their] wings over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat, and their faces opposite to one another: toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be [turned].

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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.

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And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above on the ark, and shalt put in the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.

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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.

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And there will I meet with thee, and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, everything that I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

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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.

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The Table of Showbread

And thou shalt make a table of acacia-wood, two cubits the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold all around.

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And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make upon it a border of gold round about.

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You shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.

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And thou shalt make for it a margin of a handbreadth round about, and shalt make a border of gold for the margin thereof round about.

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And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that are at its four legs.

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And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings at the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

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The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table.

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Close to the margin shall the rings be, as receptacles of the staves to carry the table.

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And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

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And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold; and the table shall be carried upon them.

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You shall make its dishes, its pans, its pitchers, and its bowls for pouring. You shall make them of pure gold.

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And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and cups thereof, and goblets thereof, and bowls thereof, with which to pour out: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

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And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.

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And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually.

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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.

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The Golden Lampstand

And thou shalt make a lamp-stand of pure gold; [of] beaten work shall the lamp-stand be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same.

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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.

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And six branches shall come out of the sides thereof -- three branches of the lamp-stand out of one side thereof, and three branches of the lamp-stand out of the other side thereof;

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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.

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three cups shaped like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower: and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the lamp-stand.

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On the lampstand itself four bowls shall be made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower.

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And in the lamp-stand four cups shaped like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;

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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.

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and a knob under two branches of it, and [again] a knob under two branches of it, and [again] a knob under two branches of it, for the six branches that proceed out of the lamp-stand.

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Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered piece of pure gold.

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Their knobs and their branches shall be of itself -- all of one beaten work of pure gold.

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You shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.

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And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof, and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may shine out before it;

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And its wick-trimmers and their trays shall be of pure gold.

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and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold.

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It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.

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Of a talent of pure gold shall they make it, with all these utensils.

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And see to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.

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And see that thou make [them] according to their pattern, which hath been shewn to thee in the mountain.

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Exodus 25

Exodus 25