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1 The Lord said to Moses,
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The Lord said to Moses,
2 "Tell the Israelites to make an offering to me. Receive whatever offerings anyone wishes to give.
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“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.
3 These offerings are to be: gold, silver, and bronze;
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And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,
4 fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; cloth made of goats' hair;
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blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats’ hair,
5 rams' skin dyed red; fine leather; acacia wood;
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tanned rams’ skins, goatskins, acacia wood,
6 oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense;
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oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
7 carnelians and other jewels to be set in the ephod of the High Priest and in his breastpiece.
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onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.
8 The people must make a sacred Tent for me, so that I may live among them.
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And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.
9 Make it and all its furnishings according to the plan that I will show you.
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Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.
10 "Make a Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
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“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.
11 Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it.
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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.
12 Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side.
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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.
13 Make carrying poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold
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You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
14 and put them through the rings on each side of the Box.
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And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them.
15 The poles are to be left in the rings and must not be taken out.
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The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
16 Then put in the Box the two stone tablets that I will give you, on which the commandments are written.
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And you shall put into the ark the testimony that I shall give you.
17 "Make a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
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“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.
18 Make two winged creatures of hammered gold,
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And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid.
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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.
20 The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, and their outspread wings are to cover it.
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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.
21 Put the two stone tablets inside the Box and put the lid on top of it.
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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.
22 I will meet you there, and from above the lid between the two winged creatures I will give you all my laws for the people of Israel.
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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.
23 "Make a table out of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
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“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.
24 Cover it with pure gold and put a gold border around it.
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You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.
25 Make a rim 3 inches wide around it and a gold border around the rim.
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And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.
26 Make four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs are.
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And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
27 The rings to hold the poles for carrying the table are to be placed near the rim.
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Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
28 Make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.
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You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.
29 Make plates, cups, jars, and bowls to be used for the wine offerings. All of these are to be made of pure gold.
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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.
30 The table is to be placed in front of the Covenant Box, and on the table there is always to be the sacred bread offered to me.
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And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.
31 "Make a lampstand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it.
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“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.
32 Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side.
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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;
33 Each of the six branches is to have three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
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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.
34 The shaft of the lampstand is to have four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
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And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,
35 There is to be one bud below each of the three pairs of branches.
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and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand.
36 The buds, the branches, and the lampstand are to be a single piece of pure hammered gold.
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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.
37 Make seven lamps for the lampstand and set them up so that they shine toward the front.
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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.
38 Make its tongs and trays of pure gold.
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Its tongs and their trays shall be of pure gold.
39 Use seventy-five pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and all this equipment.
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It shall be made, with all these utensils, out of a talent of pure gold.
40 Take care to make them according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.
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And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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