Shemoth (Exodus) 25

Exod 25:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Exod 25:2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, that they take up a contribution
for Me. From everyone whose heart moves him you shall take up My
contribution.
Exod 25:3 “And this is the contribution which you take up from them: gold,
and silver, and bronze,
Exod 25:4 and blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine linen, and
goats’ hair,
Exod 25:5 and rams’ skins dyed red, and fine leather, and acacia wood,
Exod 25:6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet
incense,
Exod 25:7 shoham stones, and stones to be set in the shoulder garment and in
the breastplate.
Exod 25:8 “And they shall make Me a Set-apart Place, and I shall dwell in
their midst.
Exod 25:9 “According to all that I show you – the pattern of the Dwelling
Place and the pattern of all its furnishings – make it exactly so.
Exod 25:10 “And they shall make an ark of acacia wood two and a half
cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Exod 25:11 “And you shall overlay it with clean gold, inside and outside
you shall overlay it. And you shall make on it a moulding of gold all around.
Exod 25:12 “And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its
four corners, two rings on one side, and two rings on the other side.
Exod 25:13 “And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them
with gold,
Exod 25:14 and shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to
lift up the ark by them.
Exod 25:15 “The poles are in the rings of the ark, they are not taken from it.
Exod 25:16 “And into the ark you shall put the Witness which I give you.
Exod 25:17 “And you shall make a lid of atonement of clean gold, two and a
half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Exod 25:18 “And you shall make two keruḇim of gold, make them of beaten
work, at the two ends of the lid of atonement.
Exod 25:19 “And make one keruḇ at one end, and the other keruḇ at the other
end. Make the keruḇim from the lid of atonement, at its two ends.
Exod 25:20 “And the keruḇim shall be spreading out their wings above,
covering the lid of atonement with their wings, with their faces toward each
other, the faces of the keruḇim turned toward the lid of atonement.
Exod 25:21 “And you shall put the lid of atonement on top of the ark, and put
into the ark the Witness which I give you.
Exod 25:22 “And I shall meet with you there, and from above the lid of
atonement, from between the two keruḇim which are on the ark of the
Witness, I shall speak to you all that which I command you concerning the
children of Yisra’ĕl.
Exod 25:23 “And you shall make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a
cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Exod 25:24 “And you shall overlay it with clean gold, and shall make a
moulding of gold all around,
Exod 25:25 and shall make for it a rim of a handbreadth all around, and
shall make a gold moulding for the rim all around.
Exod 25:26 “And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings
on the four corners that are at its four legs.
Exod 25:27 “The rings are close to the rim, as holders for the poles to lift
the table.
Exod 25:28 “And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay
them with gold, and the table shall be lifted with them.
Exod 25:29 “And you shall make its dishes, and its ladles, and its jars, and
its bowls for pouring. Make them of clean gold.
Exod 25:30 “And you shall put the showbread on the table before Me,
continually.
Exod 25:31 “And you shall make a lampstand of clean gold – the lampstand
is made of beaten work. Its base and its shaft, its cups, its ornamental knobs
and blossoms are from it,
Exod 25:32 and six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of
the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the
other side;
Exod 25:33 three cups made like almond flowers on one branch, with
ornamental knob and blossom, and three cups made like almond flowers on
the other branch, with ornamental knob and blossom – so for the six branches
coming out of the lampstand.
Exod 25:34 “And on the lampstand itself are four cups made like almond
flowers, with ornamental knob and blossom,
Exod 25:35 and a knob under the first two branches of the same, and a knob
under the second two branches of the same, and a knob under the third two
branches of the same, according to the six branches coming out of the
lampstand.
Exod 25:36 “Their knobs and their branches are of the same – all of it one
beaten work of clean gold.
Exod 25:37 “And you shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall mount its
lamps so that they give light in front of it.
Exod 25:38 “And its snuffers and their trays are of clean gold.
Exod 25:39 “It is made of a talent of clean gold, with all these utensils.
Exod 25:40 “So see, and do according to the pattern which was shown to
you on the mountain.