Exodus 25 - 28
Contributions for the Sanctuary
25Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2“aSpeak with the sons of Israel so that they take a 1contribution for Me; bfrom every man whose heart is willing you shall take My 2contribution. 3“And this is the 1contribution which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze, 41,ablue, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair, 5rams’ skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood, 6aoil for lighting, bspices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 7onyx stones, and setting stones for the aephod and for the 1,bbreastpiece. 8“And let them amake a sanctuary for Me, bthat I may dwell among them. 9“aAccording to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, just so you shall make it.
The Ark of the Testimony
10“aAnd they shall make an ark of acacia wood two and a half 1cubits 2long, and one and a half cubits 3wide, and one and a half cubits 4high. 11“You shall aoverlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding 1around it. 12“You shall cast four gold rings for it and 1fasten them on its four feet, and two rings shall be on one side of it and two rings on the other side of it. 13“You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 14“You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them. 15“The apoles shall 1remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it. 16“You shall aput into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.
17“You shall amake a 1mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half 2cubits 3long and one and a half cubits 4wide. 18“You shall make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work 1at the two ends of the mercy seat. 19“Make one cherub 1at one end and one cherub 2at the other end; from one piece you shall make the mercy seat with the cherubim at its two ends. 20“aThe cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be toward the mercy seat. 21“aYou shall put the mercy seat 1on top of the ark, and bin the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. 22“aThere I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from bbetween the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all which I will command you for the sons of Israel.
Bread of the Presence
23“aYou shall make a table of acacia wood, two 1cubits 2long and one cubit 3wide and one and a half cubits 4high. 24“You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold aborder around it. 25“You shall make for it a rim of a 1handbreadth around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it. 26“You shall make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four feet. 27“The rings shall be close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table. 28“You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried. 29“You shall make its 1,adishes and its pans and its jars and its offering bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. 30“You shall set athe bread of the 1Presence on the table before Me 2at all times.
The Golden Lampstand
31“aThen you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand, its base, and its shaft are to be made of hammered work; its cups, its 1bulbs, and its flowers shall be 2of the same piece. 32“aSix branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its 1other side. 33“aThree cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a 1bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the 2other branch, a 3bulb and a flower—so for the six branches going out from the lampstand; 34and ain the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its 1bulbs and its flowers. 35“aAnd a 1bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a 2bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a 3bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. 36“aTheir 1bulbs and their branches shall be 2of the same piece; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. 37“Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and athey shall 1mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it. 38“And its tongs and 1their trays shall be of pure gold. 39“It shall be made from a 1talent of pure gold, with all these utensils. 40“aAnd see that you make them bafter the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.
Instructions for Making the Tabernacle
26“aMoreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and 1blue and purple and scarlet material; you shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful designer. 2“The length of each curtain shall be 1twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four 2cubits; all the curtains shall have 3the same measurements. 3“Five curtains shall be 1joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be 2joined to one another. 4“And you shall make loops of 1blue on the edge of the 2outermost curtain in the one set, and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second 3set. 5“You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops on the 1edge of the curtain that is in the second 2set; the loops shall be opposite each other. 6“You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and you shall 1join the curtains to one another with the clasps so that the 2tabernacle will be a unit.
7“Then ayou shall make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains in all. 8“The length of each curtain shall be 1thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have 2the same measurements. 9“And you shall 1join five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain 2at the front of the tent. 10“You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the 1curtain that is outermost in the one 2set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second 3set.
11“You shall make fifty clasps of 1bronze, and you shall put the clasps into the loops and 2join the tent together so that it will be one unit. 12“The 1overlapping part that is left over in the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that is left over, shall lap over the back of the tabernacle. 13“The cubit on one side and the cubit on the other, of what is left over in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall lap over the sides of the tabernacle on one side and on the other to cover it. 14“aYou shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins 1dyed red and a covering of porpoise skins above.
15“Then you shall make athe boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright. 16“Ten cubits shall be the length of 1each board, and one and a half cubits the width of each board. 17“There shall be two 1tenons for each board, 2fitted to one another; thus you shall do for all the boards of the tabernacle. 18“You shall make the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards 1for the south side. 19“You shall make forty abases of silver under the twenty boards, two bases under one board for its two tenons, and two bases under another board for its two tenons; 20and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards, 21and their forty bases of silver; two bases under one board and two bases under another board. 22“For the 1rear of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six boards. 23“You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the 1rear. 24“They shall be 1separated beneath, but together at their completion 2at its top, 3at the first ring; thus it shall be with both of them: they shall form the two corners. 25“There shall be eight boards with their bases of silver, sixteen bases; two bases under one board and two bases under another board.
26“Then you shall make abars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle, 27and five bars for the boards of the 1other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle for the 2rear side to the west. 28“The middle bar in the 1center of the boards shall pass through from end to end. 29“You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold as holders for the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold. 30“Then you shall erect the tabernacle aaccording to its 1plan which you have been shown in the mountain.
31“You shall make aa veil of 1blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skillful designer. 32“You shall 1hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks also being of gold, on four bases of silver. 33“You shall 1hang up the veil under the clasps, and you shall bring in athe ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall separate for you bthe holy place and the Holy of Holies. 34“aYou shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the Holy of Holies. 35“aYou shall set the table outside the veil and the blampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.
36“aYou shall make a screen for the doorway of the tent of 1blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a 2weaver. 37“aYou shall make five pillars of acacia for the screen and overlay them with gold, their hooks also being of gold; and you shall cast five bases of 1bronze for them.
The Bronze Altar
27“And you shall make athe altar of acacia wood, five 1cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. 2“You shall make aits horns on its four corners; its horns shall be 1of the same piece, and you shall overlay it with 2bronze. 3“You shall make its pots for removing its ashes, and its shovels and its bowls and its flesh hooks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze. 4“You shall make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings 1at its four corners. 5“You shall put it beneath, under the ledge of the altar, so that the net will reach halfway down the altar. 6“You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. 7“Its poles shall be inserted into the rings, so that the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar awhen it is carried. 8“You shall make it hollow with planks; aas it was shown to you in the mountain, so they shall make it.
The Court of the Tabernacle
9“You shall make athe court of the 1tabernacle. 2On the south side there shall be hangings for the court of fine twisted linen 3one hundred cubits long for one side; 10and its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty bases of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their 1bands shall be of silver. 11“Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty bases of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver. 12“For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten bases. 13“The width of the court on the east side toward the sunrise shall be fifty cubits. 14“The hangings for the one 1side of the gate shall be 2fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three bases. 15“And for the 1other 2side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three bases. 16“And as for the gate of the court there shall be a screen of 1twenty cubits, of 2blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a 3weaver, with their four pillars and their four bases. 17“All the pillars around the court shall be furnished with silver bands with their hooks of silver and their bases of bronze. 18“The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their bases of bronze. 19“All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.
20“And you shall command the sons of Israel, that they bring you aclear oil of beaten olives for the 1light, to make a lamp 2burn continually. 21“In the atent of meeting, outside bthe veil which is before the testimony, cAaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh; it shall be a perpetual dstatute throughout their generations 1for the sons of Israel.
The Priests’ Garments
28“Now as for you, abring near to yourself Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, to minister as priests to Me—Aaron, bNadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons. 2“You shall make aholy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. 3“You shall speak to all those 1,awise at heart bwhom I have filled with 2the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to set him apart as holy, in order for him to minister as priest to Me. 4“These are the garments which they shall make: a 1,abreastpiece and an ephod and a robe and a tunic of checkered work, a turban and a sash, and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, in order for him to minister as priest to Me. 5“They shall take athe gold and the 1blue and the purple and the scarlet material and the fine linen.
6“They shall also make athe ephod of gold, of 1blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of the skillful designer. 7“It shall have two shoulder pieces joined to its two ends, that it may be joined. 8“The skillfully woven band, which is on it, shall be like its workmanship, 1of the same material: of gold, of 2blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. 9“You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, 10six of their names on the one stone and the names of the remaining six on the second stone, according to their birth. 11“1As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall set them all around in filigree settings of gold. 12“You shall put the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, and Aaron shall abear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders bfor remembrance. 13“aYou shall make filigree settings of gold, 14and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them a twisted work of cords, and you shall put the chains of cords on the filigree settings.
15“aYou shall make a 1breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skillful designer; like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, of 2blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen you shall make it. 16“It shall be square, having been folded double, a 1span 2in length and a 3span in width. 17“You shall 1mount on it four rows of stones; the first row shall be a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald; 18and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; 19and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 20and the fourth row a beryl and an onyx and a jasper; they shall be 1set in gold settings. 21“The stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, according to their names; they shall be like the engravings of a signet, each aaccording to his name for the twelve tribes. 22“You shall make on the 1breastpiece chains of a twisted work of cords in pure gold. 23“You shall make on the breastpiece two rings of gold, and you shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece. 24“You shall put the two cords of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece. 25“You shall put the two ends of the two cords on the two filigree settings, and you shall put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it. 26“You shall make two rings of gold and shall place them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on the edge of it, which is toward the inner side of the ephod. 27“You shall make two rings of gold and put them on the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on the front of it close to the place where it is joined, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. 28“They shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a 1blue cord, so that it will be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece will not come loose from the ephod. 29“Aaron shall carry the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment over his heart when he comes into the holy place, for a remembrance before Yahweh continually. 30“aYou shall put in the breastpiece of judgment the 1,bUrim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he comes in before Yahweh; and Aaron shall carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before Yahweh continually.
31“aYou shall make the robe of the ephod entirely of 1blue. 32“There shall be an opening 1at its top in the middle of it; around the edge of its opening there shall be a binding of woven work, like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it will not be torn. 33“You shall make on its hem pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material, all around on its hem, and bells of gold between them all around: 34a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, all around on the hem of the robe. 35“It shall be on Aaron 1when he ministers; and its sound shall be heard when he comes into the holy place before Yahweh and when he goes out, so that he will not die.
36“You shall also make aa plate of pure gold and shall engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘bHoly to Yahweh.’ 37“You shall 1fasten it on a 2blue cord, and it shall be on the turban; it shall be at the front of the turban. 38“It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall 1,atake away the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel set apart as holy, with regard to all their holy gifts; and it shall continually be on his forehead, that bthey may be accepted before Yahweh.
39“You shall weave athe tunic of checkered work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of a 1weaver.
40“For Aaron’s sons you shall make atunics; you shall also make sashes for them, and you shall make 1,bcaps for them, for glory and for beauty. 41“You shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him; and you shall aanoint them and 1ordain them and set them apart as holy, that they may minister to Me as priests. 42“You shall make for them alinen undergarments to cover their bare flesh; they shall 1reach from the loins even to the thighs. 43“They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the tent of meeting or awhen they approach the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they do not incur 1guilt and die. bIt shall be a perpetual statute to him and to his seed after him.