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Exodus 25

¹The LORD said to Moses,

²"Tell the Israelites to make an offering to me. Receive whatever offerings anyone wishes to give.

³These offerings are to be: gold, silver, and bronze;

⁴fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; cloth made of goats' hair;

⁵rams' skin dyed red; fine leather; acacia wood;

⁶oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense;

⁷carnelians and other jewels to be set in the ephod of the High Priest and in his breastpiece.

⁸The people must make a sacred Tent for me, so that I may live among them.

⁹Make it and all its furnishings according to the plan that I will show you.

¹⁰"Make a Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

¹¹Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it.

¹²Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side.

¹³Make carrying poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold

¹⁴and put them through the rings on each side of the Box.

¹⁵The poles are to be left in the rings and must not be taken out.

¹⁶Then put in the Box the two stone tablets that I will give you, on which the commandments are written.

¹⁷"Make a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

¹⁸Make two winged creatures of hammered gold,

¹⁹one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid.

²⁰The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, and their outspread wings are to cover it.

²¹Put the two stone tablets inside the Box and put the lid on top of it.

²²I 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"Make a table out of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

²⁴Cover it with pure gold and put a gold border around it.

²⁵Make a rim 3 inches wide around it and a gold border around the rim.

²⁶Make four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs are.

²⁷The rings to hold the poles for carrying the table are to be placed near the rim.

²⁸Make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.

²⁹Make plates, cups, jars, and bowls to be used for the wine offerings. All of these are to be made of pure gold.

³⁰The 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"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.

³²Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side.

³³Each of the six branches is to have three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

³⁴The shaft of the lampstand is to have four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

³⁵There is to be one bud below each of the three pairs of branches.

³⁶The buds, the branches, and the lampstand are to be a single piece of pure hammered gold.

³⁷Make seven lamps for the lampstand and set them up so that they shine toward the front.

³⁸Make its tongs and trays of pure gold.

³⁹Use seventy-five pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and all this equipment.

⁴⁰Take care to make them according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.