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Offerings for the Tabernacle
The LORD said to Moses,
The LORD said to Moses,
Offerings for the Tabernacle
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
“Tell the people of Israel to bring me their sacred offerings. Accept the contributions from all whose hearts are moved to offer them.
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.
Here is a list of sacred offerings you may accept from them:
gold, silver, and bronze;
gold, silver, and bronze;
And this is the heave-offering that ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and copper,
blue, purple, and scarlet thread;
fine linen and goat hair for cloth;
fine linen and goat hair for cloth;
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus, and goats' [hair],
tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather;
acacia wood;
acacia wood;
and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins; and acacia-wood;
olive oil for the lamps;
spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs;
onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest’s chestpiece.
onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
“Have the people of Israel build me a holy sanctuary so I can live among them.
And they shall make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
You must build this Tabernacle and its furnishings exactly according to the pattern I will show you.
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].
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.
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.
Overlay it inside and outside with pure gold, and run a molding of gold all around it.
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.
Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each side.
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.
Make poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
And make staves of acacia-wood and overlay them with gold.
Insert the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.
And put the staves into the rings upon the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
These carrying poles must stay inside the rings; never remove them.
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not come out from it.
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.
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.
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.
Then make two cherubim from hammered gold, and place them on the two ends of the atonement cover.
And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; [of] beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.
Mold the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold.
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.
The cherubim will face each other and look down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they will protect it.
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].
Place inside the Ark the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you. Then put the atonement cover on top of the Ark.
And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above on the ark, and shalt put in the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.
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.
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.
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.
Overlay it with pure gold and run a gold molding around the edge.
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make upon it a border of gold round about.
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.
Make four gold rings for the table and attach them at the four corners next to the four legs.
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.
Attach the rings near the border to hold the poles that are used to carry the table.
Close to the margin shall the rings be, as receptacles of the staves to carry the table.
Make these poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold; and the table shall be carried upon them.
Make special containers of pure gold for the table — bowls, ladles, pitchers, and jars — to be used in pouring out liquid offerings.
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.
Place the Bread of the Presence on the table to remain before me at all times.
And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually.
Plans for the Lampstand
“Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. Make the entire lampstand and its decorations of one piece — the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and petals.
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.
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.
Make it with six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side.
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;
Each of the six branches will have three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
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.
Craft the center stem of the lampstand with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
And in the lamp-stand four cups shaped like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
There will also be an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extend from the center stem.
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.
The almond buds and branches must all be of one piece with the center stem, and they must be hammered from pure gold.
Their knobs and their branches shall be of itself -- all of one beaten work of pure gold.
Then make the seven lamps for the lampstand, and set them so they reflect their light forward.
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof, and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may shine out before it;
The lamp snuffers and trays must also be made of pure gold.
and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold.
Of a talent of pure gold shall they make it, with all these utensils.