King James Version KJV
Good News Translation GNT
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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The Lord said to Moses,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
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"Tell the Israelites to make an offering to me. Receive whatever offerings anyone wishes to give.
3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
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These offerings are to be: gold, silver, and bronze;
4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
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fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; cloth made of goats' hair;
5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
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rams' skin dyed red; fine leather; acacia wood;
6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
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oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense;
7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
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carnelians and other jewels to be set in the ephod of the High Priest and in his breastpiece.
8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
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The people must make a sacred Tent for me, so that I may live among them.
9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
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Make it and all its furnishings according to the plan that I will show you.
10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
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"Make a Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
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Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it.
12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
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Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side.
13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
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Make carrying poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold
14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
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and put them through the rings on each side of the Box.
15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
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The poles are to be left in the rings and must not be taken out.
16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
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Then put in the Box the two stone tablets that I will give you, on which the commandments are written.
17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
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"Make a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
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Make two winged creatures of hammered gold,
19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
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one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid.
20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
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The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, and their outspread wings are to cover it.
21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
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Put the two stone tablets inside the Box and put the lid on top of it.
22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
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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.
23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
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"Make a table out of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
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Cover it with pure gold and put a gold border around it.
25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
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Make a rim 3 inches wide around it and a gold border around the rim.
26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
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Make four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs are.
27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
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The rings to hold the poles for carrying the table are to be placed near the rim.
28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
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Make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.
29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
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Make plates, cups, jars, and bowls to be used for the wine offerings. All of these are to be made of pure gold.
30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
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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.
31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
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"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.
32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
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Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side.
33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
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Each of the six branches is to have three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
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The shaft of the lampstand is to have four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
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There is to be one bud below each of the three pairs of branches.
36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
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The buds, the branches, and the lampstand are to be a single piece of pure hammered gold.
37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
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Make seven lamps for the lampstand and set them up so that they shine toward the front.
38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
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Make its tongs and trays of pure gold.
39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
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Use seventy-five pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and all this equipment.
40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
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Take care to make them according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.
The King James Version is in the public domain.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.