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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 take for me an offering; from all whose hearts prompt them to give you shall receive the offering for me.
3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
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This is the offering that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,
4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
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blue, purple, and crimson yarns and fine linen, goats' hair,
5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
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tanned rams' skins, 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 fragrant incense,
7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
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onyx stones and gems to be set in the ephod and for the breastpiece.
8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
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And have them make me a sanctuary, so that I may dwell 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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In accordance with all that I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.
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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They shall make an ark of acacia wood; it shall be two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half 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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You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside you shall overlay it, and you shall make a molding of gold upon it all around.
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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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.
13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
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You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay 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 you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, by which to carry the ark.
15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
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The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
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You shall put into the ark the covenant that I shall give you.
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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Then 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 width.
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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You shall make two cherubim of gold; you shall make them of hammered work, at the two ends of the mercy seat.
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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Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other; of one piece with the mercy seat you shall make the cherubim at its two ends.
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 cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings. They shall face one to another; the faces of the cherubim shall be turned toward the mercy seat.
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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You shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark; and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I shall give you.
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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There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the covenant, I will deliver to you all my commands for the Israelites.
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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You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
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You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold 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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You shall make around it a rim a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold 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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You shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
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The rings that hold the poles used for carrying the table shall be close to 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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You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.
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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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 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
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And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me always.
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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You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The base and the shaft of the lampstand shall be made of hammered work; its cups, its calyxes, and its petals shall be of 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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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 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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three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with calyx and petals, on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with calyx and petals, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
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On the lampstand itself there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyxes 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 shall be a calyx of one piece with it under the first pair of branches, a calyx of one piece with it under the next pair of branches, and a calyx of one piece with it under the last pair of branches—so for the six branches that go out of the lampstand.
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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Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it one hammered piece of pure 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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You shall make the seven lamps for it; and the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.
38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
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Its snuffers and trays shall be of pure gold.
39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
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It, and all these utensils, shall be made from a talent of pure gold.
40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
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And see that you make them according to the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.
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New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.