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Exodus 25

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1 The LORD said to Moses,
1 God spoke to Moses:
2 "Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.
2 "Tell the Israelites that they are to set aside offerings for me. Receive the offerings from everyone who is willing to give.
3 And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,
3 These are the offerings I want you to receive from them: gold, silver, bronze;
4 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats' hair,
4 blue, purple, and scarlet material; fine linen; goats' hair;
5 tanned rams' skins, goatskins, acacia wood,
5 tanned rams' skins; dolphin skins; acacia wood;
6 oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
6 lamp oil; spices for anointing oils and for fragrant incense;
7 onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.
7 onyx stones and other stones for setting in the Ephod and the Breastpiece.
8 And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.
8 Let them construct a Sanctuary for me so that I can live among them.
9 Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.
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 "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
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 You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it.
11 . Cover it with a veneer of pure gold inside and out and make a molding of gold all around it.
12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
12 Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
13 You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
13 Make poles from acacia wood and cover them with a veneer of gold
14 And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them.
14 and insert them into the rings on the sides of the Chest for carrying the Chest.
15 The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
15 The poles are to stay in the rings; they must not be removed.
16 And you shall put into the ark the testimony that I shall give you.
16 "Place The Testimony that I give you in the Chest.
17 "You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
17 "Now make a lid of pure gold for the Chest, an Atonement-Cover, three and three-quarters feet long and two and one-quarter feet wide.
18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat.
18 "Sculpt two winged angels out of hammered gold for either end of the Atonement-Cover,
19 Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends.
19 one angel at one end, one angel at the other. Make them of one piece with the Atonement-Cover.
20 The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
20 Make the angels with their wings spread, hovering over the Atonement-Cover, facing one another but looking down on it.
21 And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.
21 Set the Atonement-Cover as a lid over the Chest and place in the Chest The Testimony that I will give you.
22 There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.
22 I will meet you there at set times and speak with you from above the Atonement-Cover and from between the angel-figures that are on it, speaking the commands that I have for the Israelites. The Table
23 "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
23 "Next make a Table from acacia wood. Make it three feet long, one and one-half feet wide and two and one-quarter feet high.
24 You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.
24 Cover it with a veneer of pure gold. Make a molding all around it of gold.
25 And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.
25 Make the border a handbreadth wide all around it and a rim of gold for the border.
26 And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
26 Make four rings of gold and attach the rings to the four legs
27 Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
27 parallel to the table top. They will serve as holders for the poles used to carry the Table.
28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.
28 Make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with a veneer of gold. They will be used to carry the Table.
29 And you shall make its plates and dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.
29 "Make plates, bowls, jars, and jugs for pouring out offerings. Make them of pure gold.
30 And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.
30 "Always keep fresh Bread of the Presence on the Table before me. The Lampstand
31 "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
31 "Make a Lampstand of pure hammered gold. Make its stem and branches, cups, calyxes, and petals all of one piece.
32 And there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;
32 Give it six branches, three from one side and three from the other;
33 three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch--so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
33 put three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with calyx and petals, on one branch, three on the next, and so on - the same for all six branches.
34 And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,
34 On the main stem of the Lampstand, make four cups shaped like almonds, with calyx and petals,
35 and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand.
35 a calyx extending from under each pair of the six branches,
36 Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.
36 the entire Lampstand fashioned from one piece of hammered pure gold.
37 You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.
37 "Make seven of these lamps for the Table. Arrange the lamps so they throw their light out in front.
38 Its tongs and their trays shall be of pure gold.
38 Make the candle snuffers and trays out of pure gold.
39 It shall be made, with all these utensils, out of a talent of pure gold.
39 "Use a seventy-five-pound brick of pure gold to make the Lampstand and its accessories.
40 And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.
40 Study the design you were given on the mountain and make everything accordingly.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.