Exodus 25
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,Select Exodus 25:1
2Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an offering: of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my offering.Select Exodus 25:2
3And this is the offering which ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and brass,Select Exodus 25:3
4and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,Select Exodus 25:4
5and rams’ skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood,Select Exodus 25:5
6oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,Select Exodus 25:6
7onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.Select Exodus 25:7
8And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.Select Exodus 25:8
9According to all that I show thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture thereof, even so shall ye make it.Select Exodus 25:9
10And they shall make an ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.Select Exodus 25:10
11And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.Select Exodus 25:11
12And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet thereof; and two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.Select Exodus 25:12
13And thou shalt make staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.Select Exodus 25:13
14And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, wherewith to bear the ark.Select Exodus 25:14
15The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.Select Exodus 25:15
16And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.Select Exodus 25:16
17And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.Select Exodus 25:17
18And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.Select Exodus 25:18
19And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof.Select Exodus 25:19
20And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.Select Exodus 25:20
21And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.Select Exodus 25:21
22And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.Select Exodus 25:22
23And thou shalt make a table of acacia wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.Select Exodus 25:23
24And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.Select Exodus 25:24
25And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about; and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.Select Exodus 25:25
26And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.Select Exodus 25:26
27Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table.Select Exodus 25:27
28And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.Select Exodus 25:28
29And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the flagons thereof, and the bowls thereof, wherewith to pour out: of pure gold shalt thou make them.Select Exodus 25:29
30And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me alway.Select Exodus 25:30
31And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it:Select Exodus 25:31
32and there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:Select Exodus 25:32
33three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick:Select Exodus 25:33
34and in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;Select Exodus 25:34
35and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the candlestick.Select Exodus 25:35
36Their knops and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.Select Exodus 25:36
37And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven: and they shall light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it.Select Exodus 25:37
38And the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.Select Exodus 25:38
39Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels.Select Exodus 25:39
40And see that thou make them after their pattern, which hath been showed thee in the mount.Select Exodus 25:40
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