New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 The Lord said to Moses:
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And the Lord said to Moses,
2 Tell the Israelites to take for me an offering; from all whose hearts prompt them to give you shall receive the offering for me.
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Say to the children of Israel that they are to make me an offering; from every man who has the impulse in his heart take an offering for me.
3 This is the offering that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,
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And this is the offering you are to take from them: gold and silver and brass;
4 blue, purple, and crimson yarns and fine linen, goats' hair,
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And blue and purple and red, and the best linen, and goats' hair;
5 tanned rams' skins, fine leather, acacia wood,
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And sheepskins coloured red, and leather, and hard wood;
6 oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
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Oil for the light, spices for the sweet-smelling oil, sweet perfumes for burning;
7 onyx stones and gems to be set in the ephod and for the breastpiece.
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Beryls and stones of value to be put on the ephod and on the priest's bag.
8 And have them make me a sanctuary, so that I may dwell among them.
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And let them make me a holy place, so that I may be ever present among them.
9 In accordance with all that I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.
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Make the House and everything in it from the designs which I will give you.
10 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.
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And they are to make an ark of hard wood; two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide and high.
11 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.
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It is to be plated inside and out with the best gold, with an edge of gold all round 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.
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And make four rings of gold for it, to be fixed on its four feet, two rings on one side of it and two on the other.
13 You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
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And make rods of the same wood, plating them with gold.
14 And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, by which to carry the ark.
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And put the rods through the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.
15 The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
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The rods are to be kept in the rings, and never taken out.
16 You shall put into the ark the covenant that I shall give you.
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Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.
17 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.
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And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
18 You shall make two cherubim of gold; you shall make them of hammered work, at the two ends of the mercy seat.
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And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold,
19 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.
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One at one end and one at the other; the winged ones are to be part of the cover.
20 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.
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And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover.
21 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.
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And put the cover over the ark, and in the ark the record which 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 covenant, I will deliver to you all my commands for the Israelites.
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And there, between the two winged ones on the cover of the ark, I will come to you, face to face, and make clear to you all the orders I have to give you for the children of Israel.
23 You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
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And you are to make a table of the same wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high,
24 You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold around it.
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Plated with the best gold, with a gold edge all round it;
25 You shall make around it a rim a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.
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And make a frame all round it, as wide as a man's hand, with a gold edge to the frame.
26 You shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
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And make four gold rings and put them at the four angles, on the four feet of the table;
27 The rings that hold the poles used for carrying the table shall be close to the rim.
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The rings are to be fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table is to be lifted.
28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.
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Make rods of the same wood, plated with gold, for lifting the table.
29 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.
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And make the table-vessels, the spoons and the cups and the basins for liquids, all of the best gold.
30 And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me always.
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And on the table at all times you are to keep my holy bread.
31 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;
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And you are to make a support for lights, of the best gold; its base and its pillar are to be of hammered gold; its cups, its buds, and its flowers are to be made of the same metal.
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;
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It is to have six branches coming out from its sides; three branches from one side and three from the other.
33 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.
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Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower, on all the branches.
34 On the lampstand itself there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyxes and petals.
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And on the pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower:
35 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.
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And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all the six branches of it.
36 Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it one hammered piece of pure gold.
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The buds and the branches are to be made of the same metal; all together one complete work of hammered gold.
37 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.
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Then you are to make its seven vessels for the lights, putting them in their place so that they give light in front of it.
38 Its snuffers and trays shall be of pure gold.
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And the instruments and trays for use with it are all to be of the best gold.
39 It, and all these utensils, shall be made from a talent of pure gold.
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A talent of gold will be needed for it, with all these vessels.
40 And see that you make them according to the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.
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And see that you make them from the design which you saw on the mountain.
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