Exodus 25:2-12

2 "Tell the Israelites that they are to set aside offerings for me. Receive the offerings from everyone who is willing to give.

3 These are the offerings I want you to receive from them: gold, silver, bronze;

4 blue, purple, and scarlet material; fine linen; goats' hair;

5 tanned rams' skins; dolphin skins; acacia wood;

6 lamp oil; spices for anointing oils and for fragrant incense;

7 onyx stones and other stones for setting in the Ephod and the Breastpiece.

8 Let them construct a Sanctuary for me so that I can live among them.

9 You are to construct it following the plans I've given you, the design for The Dwelling and the design for all its furnishings. The Chest

10 "First let them make a Chest using acacia wood: make it three and three-quarters feet long and two and one-quarter feet wide and deep

11 . Cover it with a veneer of pure gold inside and out and make a molding of gold all around it.

12 Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other.

Exodus 25:2-12 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.