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1 The LORD said to Moses,
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And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
2 "Tell the people of Israel to bring me an offering. You must receive the offering for me from all whose hearts move them to give.
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"Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From every man who giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take My offering.
3 "Here are the offerings you must receive from them. "gold, silver and bronze
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And this is the offering which ye shall take from them: gold and silver and brass;
4 blue, purple and bright red yarn and fine linen goat hair
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and blue and purple and scarlet, and fine linen and goats' hair;
5 ram skins that are dyed red the hides of sea cows acacia wood
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and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood;
6 olive oil for the lights spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense
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oil for the light, spices for anointing oil and for sweet incense;
7 onyx stones and other jewels for the linen apron and chest cloth
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onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.
8 "Have them make a sacred tent for me. I will live among them.
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And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
9 Make the holy tent and everything that belongs to it. Make them exactly like the pattern I will show you.
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According to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
10 "Have them make a chest out of acacia wood. Make it three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide and high.
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"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.
11 Cover it inside and outside with pure gold. Put a strip of gold around it.
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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.
12 "Make four gold rings for it. Join them to its four bottom corners. Put two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
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And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
13 "Then make poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold.
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And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood and overlay them with gold.
14 Put the poles through the rings on the sides of the chest to carry it.
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And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
15 The poles must remain in the rings of the chest. Do not remove them.
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The staves shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
16 I will give you the tablets of the covenant. When I do, put them into the chest.
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And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
17 "Make its cover out of pure gold. The cover is the place where sin will be paid for. Make it three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide.
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"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.
18 "Make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
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And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 Put one cherub on each end of it. Make the cherubim as part of the cover itself.
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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.
20 The cherubim must have their wings spread up over the cover. The cherubim must face each other and look toward the cover.
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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.
21 "Place the cover on top of the chest. I will give you the tablets of the covenant. Put them into the chest.
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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.
22 "The chest is the ark where the tablets of the covenant are kept. I will meet with you above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark. There I will give you all of my commands for the people of Israel.
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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.
23 "Make a table out of acacia wood. Make it three feet long, one foot six inches wide and two feet three inches high.
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"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.
24 Cover it with pure gold. Put a strip of gold around it.
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And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
25 Also make a rim around it that is three inches wide. Put a strip of gold around the rim.
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And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown for the border thereof round about.
26 "Make four gold rings for the table. Join them to the four corners, where the four legs are.
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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.
27 The rings must be close to the rim. They must hold the poles that will be used to carry the table.
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Over against the border shall the rings be for places for the staves to bear the table.
28 "Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold. Use them to carry the table.
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And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
29 "Make its plates and dishes out of pure gold. Also make its pitchers and bowls out of pure gold. Use the pitchers and bowls to pour out drink offerings.
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And thou shalt make the dishes thereof and spoons thereof and covers thereof and bowls thereof for pouring; of pure gold shalt thou make them.
30 "Put the holy bread on the table. It must be near my holy throne on the ark of the covenant at all times.
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And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before Me always.
31 "Make a lampstand out of pure gold. Hammer out its base and stem. Its buds, blooms and cups must branch out from it.
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"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 buds, and his flowers shall be of the same.
32 "Six branches must come out from the sides of the lampstand. Make three on one side and three on the other.
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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.
33 On one branch make three cups that are shaped like almond flowers with buds and blooms. Then put three on the next branch. Do the same with all six branches that come out from the lampstand.
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Three bowls made like unto almonds with a bud and a flower on one branch, and three bowls made like almonds on the other branch with a bud and a flower -- so for the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
34 "On the lampstand there must be four cups that are shaped like almond flowers with buds and blooms.
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And on the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their buds and their flowers.
35 One bud must be under the first pair of branches that come out from the lampstand. Put a second bud under the second pair. And put a third bud under the third pair. Make a total of six branches.
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And there shall be a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
36 The buds and branches must come out from the lampstand. "The whole lampstand must be one piece that is hammered out of pure gold.
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Their buds and their branches shall be of the same. All of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
37 "Then make its seven lamps. Set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it.
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And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof; and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over the face of it.
38 The trays and wick cutters must be made out of pure gold.
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And the tongs thereof and the snuff dishes thereof shall be of pure gold;
39 Use 75 pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and everything that is used with it.
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of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
40 "Be sure to make everything just like the pattern I showed you on the mountain.
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And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shown thee on the mount.
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