Exodus 25:1-9

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Offerings for the Tabernacle^(A)

25 The Lord said to Moses, ²“Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts^(B) them to give. ³These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze; ⁴blue, purple and scarlet yarn^(C) and fine linen; goat hair; ⁵ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather^[a];^(D) acacia wood;^(E) ⁶olive oil^(F) for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;^(G) ⁷and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod^(H) and breastpiece.^(I)

⁸“Then have them make a sanctuary^(J) for me, and I will dwell^(K) among them. ⁹Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern^(L) I will show you.

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Exodus 25:5 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals

Exodus 35:4-19

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Materials for the Tabernacle^(A)^(B)

⁴Moses said to the whole Israelite community, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ⁵From what you have, take an offering for the Lord. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the Lord an offering of gold, silver and bronze; ⁶blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; ⁷ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather^[a]; acacia wood; ⁸olive oil^(C) for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; ⁹and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

¹⁰“All who are skilled among you are to come and make everything the Lord has commanded:^(D) ¹¹the tabernacle^(E) with its tent and its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; ¹²the ark^(F) with its poles and the atonement cover and the curtain^(G) that shields it; ¹³the table^(H) with its poles and all its articles and the bread of the Presence; ¹⁴the lampstand^(I) that is for light with its accessories, lamps and oil for the light; ¹⁵the altar^(J) of incense with its poles, the anointing oil^(K) and the fragrant incense;^(L) the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;^(M) ¹⁶the altar^(N) of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the bronze basin^(O) with its stand; ¹⁷the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;^(P) ¹⁸the tent pegs^(Q) for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, and their ropes; ¹⁹the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary—both the sacred garments^(R) for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests.”

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Footnotes

Exodus 35:7 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals; also in verse 23

Exodus 40:34-38

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The Glory of the Lord

³⁴Then the cloud^(A) covered the tent of meeting, and the glory^(B) of the Lord filled the tabernacle. ³⁵Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory^(C) of the Lord filled the tabernacle.^(D)

³⁶In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out;^(E) ³⁷but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out—until the day it lifted. ³⁸So the cloud^(F) of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels.

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