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1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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The Lord said to Moses:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring firstfruits to me: of every man that offereth of his own accord, you shall take them.
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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 these are the things you must take: Gold, and silver, and brass,
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This is the offering that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,
4 Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, 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 violet skins, and setim wood:
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tanned rams' skins, fine leather, acacia wood,
6 Oil to make lights: spices for ointment, and for sweetsmelling incense:
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oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
7 Onyx stones, and precious stones to adorn the ephod and the rational.
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onyx stones and gems to be set in the ephod and for the breastpiece.
8 And they shall make me a sanctuary, and I will dwell in the midst of them:
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And have them make me a sanctuary, so that I may dwell among them.
9 According to all the likeness of the tabernacle which I will shew thee, and of all the vessels for the service thereof: and thus you shall 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 Frame an ark of setim wood, the length whereof shall be of two cubits and a half; the breadth, a cubit and a half; the height, likewise, a cubit and a half.
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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 the purest gold, within and without; and over it thou shalt make a golden crown 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 four golden rings, which thou shalt put at the four corners of the ark: let two rings be on the one side, and two on the other.
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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 Thou shalt make bars also of setim wood, and shalt 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 them in through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, that it may be carried on 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 And they shall be always in the rings, neither shall they at any time be drawn out of them.
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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 in the ark the testimony which I will give thee.
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You shall put into the ark the covenant that I shall give you.
17 Thou shalt make also a propitiatory of the purest gold: the length thereof shall be two cubits and a half, and the breadth a cubit and a half.
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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 Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle.
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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 Let one cherub be on the one side, and the other on the other.
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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 Let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings, and covering the oracle, and let them look one towards the other, their faces being turned towards the propitiatory wherewith the ark is to be covered.
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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 In which thou shalt put the testimony that I will 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 Thence will I give orders, and will speak to thee over the propitiatory, and from the midst of the two cherubims, which shall be upon the ark of the testimony, all things which I will command the children of Israel by thee.
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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 make a table also of setim wood, of two cubits in length, and a cubit in breadth, and a cubit and a half in height.
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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 the purest gold: and thou shalt make to it a golden ledge round about.
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You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold around it.
25 And to the ledge itself a polished crown, four inches high; and over the same another little golden crown.
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You shall make around it a rim a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.
26 Thou shalt prepare also four golden rings, and shalt put them in the four corners of the same table, over each foot.
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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 Under the crown shall the golden rings be, that the bars may be put through them, and the table may be carried.
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The rings that hold the poles used for carrying the table shall be close to the rim.
28 The bars also themselves thou shalt make of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold, to bear up the table.
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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 Thou shalt prepare also dishes, and bowls, censers, and cups, wherein the libations are to be offered, of the purest gold.
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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 loaves of proposition in my sight always.
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And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me always.
31 Thou shalt make also a candlestick of beaten work, of the finest gold, the shaft thereof, and the branches, the cups, and the bowls, and the lilies going forth from it.
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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 Six branches shall come out of the sides, three out of one side, and three out of the other.
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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 cups as it were nuts to every branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily: and three cups likewise of the fashion of nuts in the other branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily. Such shall be the work of the six branches, that are to come out from the shaft:
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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 itself shall be four cups in the manner of a nut, and at every one bowls and lilies.
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On the lampstand itself there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyxes and petals.
35 Bowls under two branches in three places, which together make six, coming forth out of one shaft.
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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 And both the bowls and the branches shall be of the same beaten work of the purest 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 Thou shalt make also seven lamps, and shalt set them upon the candlestick, to give light over against.
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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 The snuffers also, and where the snuffings shall be put out, shall be made of the purest gold.
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Its snuffers and trays shall be of pure gold.
39 The whole weight of the candlestick, with all the furniture thereof, shall be a talent of the purest gold.
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It, and all these utensils, shall be made from a talent of pure gold.
40 Look, and make it according to the pattern that was shewn 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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