Exodus 25
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Offerings for the Tabernacle
25 The Lord said to Moses: 2 Tell the Israelites to take for me an offering; from all whose hearts prompt them to give you shall receive the offering for me. 3 This is the offering that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, 4 blue, purple, and crimson yarns and fine linen, goats’ hair, 5 tanned rams’ skins, fine leather,[a] acacia wood, 6 oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing-oil and for the fragrant incense, 7 onyx stones and gems to be set in the ephod and for the breastpiece. 8 And have them make me a sanctuary, so that I may dwell among them. 9 In accordance with all that I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.
The Ark of the Covenant
10 They shall make an ark of acacia wood; it shall be two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. 11 You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside you shall overlay it, and you shall make a moulding of gold upon it all round. 12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side. 13 You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, by which to carry the ark. 15 The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it. 16 You shall put into the ark the covenant[b] that I shall give you.
17 Then you shall make a mercy-seat[c] of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width. 18 You shall make two cherubim of gold; you shall make them of hammered work, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.[d] 19 Make one cherub at one end, and one cherub at the other; of one piece with the mercy-seat[e] you shall make the cherubim at its two ends. 20 The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy-seat[f] with their wings. They shall face each other; the faces of the cherubim shall be turned towards the mercy-seat.[g] 21 You shall put the mercy-seat[h] on the top of the ark; and in the ark you shall put the covenant[i] that I shall give you. 22 There I will meet you, and from above the mercy-seat,[j] from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the covenant,[k] I will deliver to you all my commands for the Israelites.
The Table for the Bread of the Presence
23 You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high. 24 You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a moulding of gold round it. 25 You shall make round it a rim a handbreadth wide, and a moulding of gold round the rim. 26 You shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs. 27 The rings that hold the poles used for carrying the table shall be close to the rim. 28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these. 29 You shall make its plates and dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink-offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. 30 And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me always.
The Lampstand
31 You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The base and the shaft of the lampstand shall be made of hammered work; its cups, its calyxes, and its petals shall be of one piece with it; 32 and there shall be six branches going out of its sides, 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 cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with calyx and petals, on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with calyx and petals, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. 34 On the lampstand itself there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyxes and petals. 35 There shall be a calyx of one piece with it under the first pair of branches, a calyx of one piece with it under the next pair of branches, and a calyx of one piece with it under the last pair of branches—so for the six branches that go out of the lampstand. 36 Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it one hammered piece of pure gold. 37 You shall make the seven lamps for it; and the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it. 38 Its snuffers and trays shall be of pure gold. 39 It, and all these utensils, shall be made from a talent of pure gold. 40 And see that you make them according to the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.
Footnotes
- Exodus 25:5 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- Exodus 25:16 Or treaty, or testimony; Heb eduth
- Exodus 25:17 Or a cover
- Exodus 25:18 Or the cover
- Exodus 25:19 Or the cover
- Exodus 25:20 Or the cover
- Exodus 25:20 Or the cover
- Exodus 25:21 Or the cover
- Exodus 25:21 Or treaty, or testimony; Heb eduth
- Exodus 25:22 Or the cover
- Exodus 25:22 Or treaty, or testimony; Heb eduth
Esodo 25
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Costruzione del tabernacolo(A)
Le offerte
25 (B)Il Signore parlò a Mosè e disse: 2 «Di’ ai figli d’Israele che mi facciano un’offerta. Accetterete l’offerta da ogni uomo che sarà disposto a farmela di cuore. 3 Questa è l’offerta che accetterete da loro: oro, argento e bronzo; 4 stoffe di colore violaceo, porporino, scarlatto; 5 lino fino e pelo di capra; pelli di montone tinte di rosso, pelli di delfino e legno d’acacia; 6 olio per il candelabro, aromi per l’olio dell’unzione e per l’incenso aromatico; 7 pietre d’ònice e pietre da incastonare per l’efod e il pettorale. 8 Essi mi faranno un santuario e io abiterò in mezzo a loro. 9 Me lo farete in tutto e per tutto secondo il modello del tabernacolo e secondo il modello di tutti i suoi arredi, che io sto per mostrarti.
L’arca del patto
10 (C)«Faranno dunque un’arca di legno d’acacia; la sua lunghezza sarà di due cubiti e mezzo, la sua larghezza di un cubito e mezzo e la sua altezza di un cubito e mezzo. 11 La rivestirai d’oro puro; la rivestirai così, sia dentro che fuori; le farai al di sopra una ghirlanda d’oro, che giri intorno. 12 Fonderai per essa quattro anelli d’oro, che metterai ai suoi quattro piedi: due anelli da un lato e due anelli dall’altro lato. 13 Farai anche delle stanghe di legno di acacia e le rivestirai d’oro. 14 Farai passare le stanghe negli anelli ai lati dell’arca, perché servono a portarla. 15 Le stanghe rimarranno negli anelli dell’arca e non ne saranno sfilate. 16 Poi metterai nell’arca la testimonianza che ti darò. 17 Farai anche un propiziatorio d’oro puro; la sua lunghezza sarà di due cubiti e mezzo e la sua larghezza di un cubito e mezzo. 18 Farai due cherubini d’oro; li farai lavorati al martello, alle due estremità del propiziatorio; 19 fa’ un cherubino per una delle estremità e un cherubino per l’altra; farete in modo che questi cherubini escano dal propiziatorio alle due estremità. 20 I cherubini avranno le ali spiegate in alto, in modo da coprire il propiziatorio con le loro ali; avranno la faccia rivolta l’uno verso l’altro; le facce dei cherubini saranno rivolte verso il propiziatorio. 21 Metterai il propiziatorio in alto, sopra l’arca; e nell’arca metterai la testimonianza che ti darò. 22 Lì io mi incontrerò con te; dal propiziatorio, fra i due cherubini che sono sull’arca della testimonianza, ti comunicherò tutti gli ordini che avrò da darti per i figli d’Israele.
La tavola dei pani della presentazione
23 (D)«Farai anche una tavola di legno d’acacia; la sua lunghezza sarà di due cubiti, la sua larghezza di un cubito e la sua altezza di un cubito e mezzo. 24 La rivestirai d’oro puro e le farai una ghirlanda d’oro che le giri intorno. 25 Le farai una cornice alta quattro dita; e a questa cornice farai tutt’intorno una ghirlanda d’oro. 26 Le farai pure quattro anelli d’oro e metterai gli anelli ai quattro angoli, ai quattro piedi della tavola. 27 Gli anelli saranno vicinissimi alla cornice per farvi passare le stanghe destinate a portare la tavola. 28 Farai le stanghe di legno d’acacia, le rivestirai d’oro e serviranno a portare la tavola. 29 Farai pure i suoi piatti, le sue coppe, i suoi calici e le sue tazze da servire per le libazioni. Li farai d’oro puro. 30 Metterai sulla tavola il pane della presentazione, che starà sempre davanti a me.
Il candelabro d’oro
31 (E)«Farai anche un candelabro d’oro puro; il candelabro, il suo piede e il suo tronco saranno lavorati al martello; i suoi calici, i suoi pomi e i suoi fiori saranno tutti di un pezzo col candelabro. 32 Dai lati gli usciranno sei bracci: tre bracci del candelabro da un lato e tre bracci del candelabro dall’altro. 33 Sul primo braccio saranno tre calici in forma di mandorla, con un pomo e un fiore; e sul secondo braccio, tre calici a forma di mandorla, con un pomo e un fiore. Lo stesso per i sei bracci uscenti dal candelabro. 34 Nel tronco del candelabro ci saranno poi quattro calici a forma di mandorla, con i loro pomi e i loro fiori. 35 Ci sarà un pomo sotto i due primi bracci che partono dal candelabro; un pomo sotto i due bracci seguenti, e un pomo sotto i due ultimi bracci che partono dal candelabro: così per i sei bracci uscenti dal candelabro. 36 Questi pomi e questi bracci saranno tutti d’un pezzo col candelabro; il tutto sarà d’oro fino lavorato al martello. 37 Farai pure le sue lampade, in numero di sette; le sue lampade si accenderanno in modo che la luce rischiari lo spazio davanti al candelabro. 38 I suoi smoccolatoi e i suoi piattini saranno d’oro puro. 39 Per fare il candelabro con tutti questi suoi utensili si impiegherà un talento d’oro puro. 40 Vedi di fare ogni cosa secondo il modello che ti è stato mostrato sul monte[a].
Footnotes
- Esodo 25:40 +Eb 8:5.
Exodus 25
King James Version
25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
10 And they shall make an ark of shittim 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.
11 And 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.
12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
17 And 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.
18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
34 And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
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