Exodus 25

Revised Geneva Translation

25 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

² “Speak to the children of Israel, so that they receive an offering for Me. You shall take the offering for Me from every man whose heart gives it freely.

³ “And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold and silver, and copper,

⁴ “and blue silk, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen and goat’s hair,

⁵ “and ram’s skins (colored red), and the skins of badgers, and shittim wood,

⁶ “oil for the light, spices for anointing oil and for the perfume of sweet savor,

⁷ “onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.

⁸ “Also they shall make Me a Sanctuary, so that I may dwell among them.

⁹ “Exactly according to all that I show you, shall you make the form of the Tabernacle, and the fashion of all its instruments.

¹⁰ “They shall also make an Ark of shittim wood, two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half broad, and a cubit and a half high.

¹¹ “And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and shall make a gold border all around it.

¹² “And you shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them in its four corners. That is, two rings shall be on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

¹³ “And you shall make poles of shittim wood and cover them with gold.

¹⁴ “Then you shall put the poles in the rings, on the sides of the Ark, and carry the Ark with them.

¹⁵ “The poles shall be in the rings of the Ark. They shall not be taken away from it.

¹⁶ “So, you shall put the Testimony (which I shall give you) in the Ark.

¹⁷ “Also, you shall make a Mercy Seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half broad.

¹⁸ “And you shall make two Cherubims of gold; of work beaten out with a hammer you shall make them, at the two ends of the Mercy Seat.

¹⁹ “And you shall make one Cherub at one end, and the other Cherub at the other end. From one piece you shall make the Cherubims with the Mercy Seat, on its two ends.

²⁰ “And the Cherubims shall stretch their wings on high, covering the Mercy Seat with their wings and their faces toward one another. Toward the Mercy Seat shall the faces of the Cherubims be.

²¹ “And you shall put the Mercy Seat on top of the Ark. And in the Ark you shall put the Testimony which I will give you.

²² “And there I will declare Myself to you. And from above the Mercy Seat, between the two Cherubims which are upon the Ark of the Testimony, I will tell you all things which I will give you in Commandment to the children of Israel.

²³ “You shall also make a Table of shittim wood, two cubits long, one cubit broad, and a cubit and a half high.

²⁴ “And you shall cover it with pure gold and make a border of gold all around it.

²⁵ “You shall also make a rim for it all around, the width of a handbreadth. And you shall make a golden border all around the rim of it.

²⁶ “After, you shall make four rings of gold for it, and shall put the rings on the four corners which are on its four feet.

²⁷ “The rings shall be close to the border, as places for poles, to carry the Table.

²⁸ “And you shall make the poles of shittim wood, and shall overlay them with gold, so that the Table may be carried with them.

²⁹ “You shall also make dishes for it, and cups for it, and coverings for it, and goblets, with which it shall be covered. Of fine gold you shall make them.

³⁰ “And you shall set Showbread upon the Table before Me continually.

³¹ “Also, you shall make a Lampstand of pure gold. Of work beaten out with a hammer shall the Lampstand be made. Its shaft and its branches, its bowls, its knobs and its flowers shall be of the same.

³² “Also, six branches shall come out of the sides of it—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 bowls are to be like almonds, one knob and one flower in one branch. And three bowls are to be like almonds in the other branch, one knob and one flower. So it is throughout the six branches that come out of the Lampstand.

³⁴ “And in the shaft of the Lampstand shall be four bowls like almonds, with its knobs and its flowers.

³⁵ “And there shall be a knob under its first pair of branches, and a knob under its second pair of branches, and a knob under its third pair of branches, according to the six branches coming out of the Lampstand.

³⁶ “Their knobs and their branches shall be one piece. All this shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

³⁷ “And you shall make the seven Lamps for it. And you shall put on the Lamps for it, so as to give light toward that which is before it.

³⁸ “Also, its snuffers and snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.

³⁹ “You shall make it from a talent of fine gold, with all these instruments.

⁴⁰ “See, therefore, that you make them after the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.”