Exodus 25:1-9

Instruction to Collect Materials

1 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Speak to the {Israelites}, and let them bring to me a contribution. You will receive my contribution from every man whose heart prompts him.

3 And this is the contribution that you will receive from them--gold and silver and bronze,

4 blue, purple, and crimson [yarns], and fine linen and goat hair,

5 and red-dyed ram skins, and fine leather, and acacia wood,

6 oil for the lamp, balsam oils for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

7 onyx stones and stones for mountings on the ephod and the breast piece.

8 And make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell in the midst of them,

9 according to all that I show you--the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its equipment--and so you will do.

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Exodus 25:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 25

In this chapter an order is given for a freewill offering towards various things for the worship and service of God, and the materials to be offered, which would be useful and acceptable, are mentioned particularly, Ex 25:1-7, as also another order to build a sanctuary for God, after a model that he would give, Ex 25:8,9, and, an ark to put in the law on tables of stone, the fashion of which, and the various things belonging to it, are described, Ex 25:10-16, and a mercy seat with cherubim on it to be set over the ark, where the Lord promises to meet Moses and commune with him, Ex 25:17-22 and a table with various appurtenances to it to place the shewbread on, Ex 25:23-30 and a candlestick of gold, whose parts are described, and all the instruments relative to it, Ex 25:31-40.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

What Was the Spiritual Meaning and Symbolism of the Tabernacle in Exodus? Clarence L. Haynes Jr.

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[a]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"
[b]. The particular kind of leather is uncertain

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