Contributions for the Sanctuary

25 The Lord said to Moses, (A)“Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From (B)every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, (C)blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats' hair, tanned (D)rams' skins, goatskins,[a] acacia wood, (E)oil for the lamps, (F)spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the (G)ephod and for the breastpiece. And let them make me a (H)sanctuary, that (I)I may dwell in their midst. (J)Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the (K)tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 25:5 Uncertain; possibly dolphin skins, or dugong skins; compare 26:14

An Offering for the Sanctuary

25 The Lord told Moses, “Tell the Israelis to take an offering for me, and you are to accept my offering from every person whose heart moves him to give.[a] This is the offering that you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze; blue, purple, and scarlet material;[b] fine linen and goat hair; ram skins dyed[c] red, dolphin[d] skins, and acacia wood; oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil and for aromatic incense; and onyx stones, stones for setting on the ephod and the breast piece.[e] Let them make a sanctuary for me so I may live among them. This is how you are to make it: according to all that I’m showing you, according to the pattern for the tent and the pattern for all its furnishings.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 25:2 Lit. moves him
  2. Exodus 25:4 The Heb. lacks material; and so throughout the book
  3. Exodus 25:5 Or tanned
  4. Exodus 25:5 Or dugong, a marine animal similar to a walrus or manatee
  5. Exodus 25:7 Or the pouch on the breast piece