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From every man whose heart moves him [to give willingly] you shall take My offering. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>This is the offering you are to receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, fine twisted linen, goats’ <i>hair,</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>rams’ <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>skins dyed red, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>porpoise skins, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>acacia wood, <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>[olive] oil for lighting, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>balsam for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>onyx stones and setting stones for the [priest’s] ephod and for the breastpiece. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Have them build a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You shall construct it in accordance with everything that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture. <p class="hdg">Ark of the Covenant</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“They shall make an ark of acacia wood two and a half <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You shall overlay the ark with pure gold, overlay it inside and out, and you shall make a gold border (frame) around its top. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You shall cast four gold rings for it and attach them to the four feet, two rings on either side. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You shall make [carrying] poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and put the poles through the rings on the sides of the ark, by which to carry it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it [so that the ark itself need not be touched]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You shall put into the ark the Testimony (Ten Commandments) which I will give you. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“You shall make a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>mercy seat (cover) of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>You shall make two cherubim (winged angelic figures) of [solid] hammered gold at the two ends of the mercy seat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Make one cherub at each end, making the cherubim <i>of one piece</i> with the mercy seat at its two ends. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing each other. The faces of the cherubim are to be <i>looking downward</i> toward the mercy seat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>You shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony which I will give you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>There I will meet with you; from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, I will speak [intimately] with you regarding every commandment that I will give you for the Israelites. <p class="hdg">The Table of Bread</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a border of gold around the top of it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>You shall make a rim of a hand width around it; you shall make a gold border for the rim around it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>You shall make four gold rings for it and fasten them at the four corners that are on the table’s four legs. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The rings shall be close against the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>You shall make its plates [for the showbread] and its cups [for incense] and its pitchers and bowls for sacrificial drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>You shall set the bread of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>Presence (showbread) on the table before Me at all times. <p class="hdg">The Golden Lampstand</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>lampstand and its base and its shaft shall be made of hammered work; its cups, its <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>calyxes and its flowers shall be <i>all of one piece</i> with it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Six branches shall come out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand out of the one side and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side [the shaft being the seventh branch]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Three cups shall be made like almond <i>blossoms,</i> each with a calyx and a flower on one branch, and three cups made like almond <i>blossoms</i> on the other branch with a calyx and a flower--so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand; <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>and in the [center shaft of the] lampstand [you shall make] four cups shaped like almond <i>blossoms,</i> with their calyxes and their flowers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>A calyx shall be under the <i>first</i> pair of branches coming out of it, and a calyx under the <i>second</i> pair of branches coming out of it, and a calyx under the <i>third</i> pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Their calyxes and their branches <i>shall be of one piece</i> with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Then you shall make the lamps [of the lampstand] <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>seven <i>in number</i> [with one lamp at the top of the shaft]. The priests shall set up its <i>seven</i> lamps so that they will light the space in front of it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Its snuffers and their trays shall be of pure gold. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>It shall be made from a talent (50-80 lbs.) of pure gold, including all these utensils. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/25-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>See that you make them [exactly] after their pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> The finished product would be similar to morocco leather.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> The meaning of the Hebrew word is not certain; some scholars have suggested that the material is instead a fine leather of unspecified origin.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> The acacia tree grows wild in the Sinai region. The organic compounds in its wood, which is harder than oak, repel insects and grazing animals.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Various pleasantly scented plant products.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> There is usually uncertainty about the identification of precious stones mentioned in the Bible.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Ancient measurements like the cubit were intended to be practical in that they usually were equivalent to something that was handy and readily available. The cubit was the distance from the elbow to the outstretched fingers, and the hand width (v 25)--as its name implies--was the width of the four fingers.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> This was a special cover serving as the place of atonement for sin, where the high priest would sprinkle the blood of a sacrifice to reconcile the Israelites to God.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">30</span> Lit <i>Face</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">31</span> In Hebrew, <i>menorah</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">31</span> Leaf-like outer part of the flower.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">37</span> The first objective evidence of the sevenfold lamp was found during an excavation of Tel Beit Mirsim, south of Jerusalem, where seven-armed lamps dated about 1200 B.C. were found. 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