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The Commission to Build the Dwelling[a]
25 The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel[b] so that they gather a special offering[c] for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall gather the offering for me.”
The Offering for the Dwelling
3 This is the offering which you are to gather from them: gold, silver, and bronze; 4 blue, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen; goats’ hair, 5 rams’ skins dyed red, and hides of sea cows;[d] acacia wood, 6 olive oil for the Light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 7 onyx stones, and stones to be mounted on the special vest[e] and on the pouch. 8 They are to make a sanctuary for me, so that I may dwell among them. 9 You are to make it exactly according to the design for the Dwelling and the designs for all of its furniture which I will show you.
The Ark of the Covenant
10 They shall make an ark[f] of acacia wood. It is to be forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.[g] 11 Overlay it with pure gold. Overlay it on the inside and the outside, and make a gold border around it. 12 Cast four gold rings for it and place them next to its four feet. Two rings are for one side of it, and two rings for the other side. 13 Make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 14 Put the poles which are used to carry the ark into the rings on the sides of the ark. 15 The poles are to be placed into the rings on the ark. They are not to be removed from the rings.
16 Put the Testimony, which I am about to give to you, into the ark. 17 Make an atonement seat[h] of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide. 18 Make two cherubim[i] of hammered gold. You are to make them for the two ends of the atonement seat. 19 Make one cherub for one end and one cherub for the other end. The cherubim on its two ends are to form one piece with the atonement seat.[j] 20 The cherubim will spread their wings upward so that they cover the atonement seat with their wings, and they will face each other. The faces of the cherubim are to be looking inward toward the atonement seat. 21 Put the atonement seat on top of the ark, and put the Testimony, which I will give to you, into the ark. 22 There I will meet with you, and from above the atonement seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the Ark of the Testimony, I will communicate to you all the commands that I will give to you for the people of Israel.
The Table
23 You shall make a table of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. 24 Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold border around it.[k] 25 Make a three-inch rim around it. Make a gold border for its rim all the way around it. 26 Make four gold rings for it and fasten the rings to the four corners, above the four legs of the table. 27 The rings shall be close to the border to hold the poles used to carry the table. 28 Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table can be carried with them. 29 You are to make its dishes,[l] its small bowls,[m] its pitchers, and its larger bowls to pour out offerings.[n] Make them of pure gold. 30 You are to set the Bread of the Presence[o] on the table so that it is in front of me at all times.
The Lampstand
31 You shall make a lampstand[p] of pure gold. The lampstand is to be made of hammered metal. Its pedestal, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers are all to be formed as one piece with the lampstand. 32 There are to be six branches going out from its two sides: Three branches of the lampstand are to go out from one side, and three branches of the lampstand are to go out from the other side. 33 There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and flowers on the first branch, and three cups like almond blossoms with buds and flowers on the branch opposite it. All six branches going out from the lampstand are to be the same. 34 On the lampstand itself make four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and flowers. 35 The bud under one pair of branches is to form one piece with the lampstand, and the bud under the second pair of branches is to form one piece with the lampstand, and the bud under the third pair of branches is to form one piece with the lampstand—the same for all six branches going out of the lampstand. 36 Its buds and branches are to be made as one piece with it. All of it will be one hammered piece of pure gold.
37 You shall make seven lamps for it, and these lamps shall be lit to give light to the area in front of the lampstand. 38 Its wick trimmers and its pans[q] are to be made of pure gold. 39 It is to be made of seventy-five pounds[r] of pure gold with all these accessories. 40 See to it that you make them according to their design, which is being shown to you on the mountain.
The Curtains and Covers for the Dwelling
26 The curtain that forms the dwelling[s] itself you shall make with ten panels[t] of fine woven linen,[u] with blue, purple, and scarlet material. Decorate them with cherubim, which are to be the work of a skillful craftsman. 2 The length of each panel of the curtain is to be forty-two feet, and the width of each panel six feet. All the panels are to be the same size. 3 Five panels of the curtain are to be connected together into one panel, and the other five panels are to be connected together into one. 4 Attach blue loops to the edge of the last panel in the first set of curtains. In the same way attach loops to the edge of the last panel of the second set. 5 Make fifty loops for the edge of the first set of curtains, and make fifty loops for the edge of the second set of curtains. The loops are to be opposite one another. 6 Make fifty gold clasps,[v] and connect the two sets of curtains to each other with the clasps, so that the dwelling becomes one connected piece.
7 You shall make panels for a curtain made from goats’ hair to serve as a tent over the dwelling. Make eleven panels. 8 The length of each panel is to be forty-five feet, and the width of each panel six feet. The eleven panels are to be the same size. 9 Connect five panels of the curtain into one unit, and connect six panels into another unit. Fold the sixth panel of the curtain over the front edge of the Tent.[w] 10 Attach fifty loops to the edge of the last panel of one set of curtains, and fifty loops to the edge of the last panel in the second set. 11 Make fifty bronze clasps, and put the clasps into the loops to join the two pieces of the tent[x] together, so that it forms one unit. 12 The excess part of the curtains that form the tent, which is left over, that is, the half curtain that is extra, is to hang down over the back of the Dwelling. 13 The eighteen inches left over on one side and the eighteen inches left over on the other side, all along the length of the tent coverings, are to be left hanging down over the sides of the Dwelling on either side to cover it.[y]
14 You shall also make a covering for the tent made from rams’ skins dyed red and a covering made from hides of sea cows to go above that one.
The Framework for the Dwelling
15 You shall make upright boards[z] of acacia wood to serve as a framework for the Dwelling. 16 The length of each board is to be fifteen feet, and the width of each board is to be twenty-seven inches. 17 There are to be two pegs on each board for connecting them to the next board.[aa] That is the way you are to make all the boards for the Dwelling.
18 Make these boards for the Dwelling:
Make twenty boards for the south side. 19 Make forty socket bases of silver to be placed under the twenty boards—two sockets to go under the first board to hold its two pegs, and two sockets to go under the next board for its two pegs.
20 For the second side of the Dwelling, the north side, make twenty boards, 21 with forty socket bases of silver—two sockets to go under the first board, and two sockets to go under the next board.
22 For the far side of the Dwelling, the west side, make six boards. 23 Then make two boards for each of the back corners of the Dwelling. 24 For the two corners there are to be twin boards from the bottom to the top, but they are to be joined at the top by one ring[ab]—both cornerpieces are to be made like this. 25 Altogether there will be eight boards with silver socket bases, sixteen socket bases—two socket bases to go under each board.
26 You shall make crossbars of acacia wood—five crossbars for the boards on one side of the Dwelling, 27 five crossbars for the boards on the other side of the Dwelling, and five crossbars for the boards on the backside of the Dwelling on the west. 28 The middle bar, placed halfway up the boards, shall pass through from one end of the boards to the other end. 29 Overlay the boards with gold. Attach gold rings to them to hold the crossbars, and overlay the crossbars with gold.
30 You shall set up the Dwelling according to the design that is being shown to you on the mountain.
The Veil and the Screen
31 You shall make a special veil of blue, purple, and scarlet material and of fine woven linen, decorated with cherubim. It shall be made as the work of a skillful craftsman. 32 Hang it on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold, which stand on four socket bases of silver. The hooks are to be made of gold. 33 Hang up the veil below the spot where the clasps join the two parts of the dwelling. Then bring the Ark of the Testimony inside the veil. The veil shall separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place for you. 34 You shall put the atonement seat on top of the Ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place. 35 You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table on the south side of the Dwelling. You shall put the table on the north side.
36 You shall make a screen[ac] for the entry to the tent from blue, purple, and scarlet material and of fine woven linen, the work of an embroiderer. 37 Make five posts of acacia wood to support the screen, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be gold, and you shall cast five bronze socket bases for them.
The Altar for Sacrifices
27 You shall make the altar of acacia wood, seven and a half feet long and seven and a half feet wide. The altar shall be square, and it shall be four and a half feet high. 2 You shall make horns on its four corners. These horns are to be made as one piece with the altar, and you are to overlay the altar with bronze.
3 Make pails to take away its fat-drenched ashes. Make shovels, basins, meat hooks,[ad] and fire pans for the altar. Make all its utensils of bronze.
4 Make a grate for it which is a latticework of bronze, and make four bronze rings for the four corners of the latticework grate. 5 Set the grate in place below the top edge of the altar, so that the grate rests halfway down from the top of the altar.[ae]
6 Make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. 7 These poles are to be put through the rings on the two sides of the altar whenever it is carried. 8 You are to make the altar hollow, with sides made of boards. They are to make it as it is being shown to you on the mountain.
The Courtyard
9 You shall make the courtyard for the Dwelling.
For the south side of the courtyard there shall be hangings of fine woven linen, one hundred fifty feet long for that side. 10 There shall be twenty posts for it, and their twenty socket bases shall be bronze. The hooks for the posts and the connectors[af] shall be silver.
11 In the same way, for the north side there shall be hangings one hundred fifty feet long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze socket bases. The hooks for the posts and their connectors shall be silver.
12 For the courtyard on the west side there shall be hangings seventy-five feet wide, with ten posts and ten socket bases.
13 The width of the courtyard on the east side shall be seventy-five feet. 14 The hangings on one side of the entry gate shall be twenty-two feet six inches wide with three posts and three socket bases. 15 For the other side there shall be hangings twenty-two feet six inches wide with three posts and three socket bases.
16 For the entryway into the courtyard there shall be a screen thirty feet wide, made of blue, purple, and scarlet material and of fine woven linen, the work of an embroiderer. Make four posts for it and four socket bases. 17 All the posts around the courtyard shall be connected with silver.[ag] Their hooks shall be silver, and their socket bases bronze. 18 The length of the courtyard shall be one hundred fifty feet, and the width seventy-five feet on both ends. The height of the hangings of fine woven linen shall be seven and a half feet. Its socket bases shall be bronze. 19 All the utensils for all the services of the Dwelling, all its tent stakes, and all the stakes for the courtyard shall be bronze.
Oil for the Lamps
20 You shall command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives[ah] for the Light so that the lamp may burn every night.[ai] 21 In the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil which is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend the lamp before the Lord from evening to morning. This shall be a permanent regulation throughout their generations for the people of Israel.
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