Exodus 25 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Offerings for the Sanctuary

25 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “^(A)Tell the sons of Israel to ^[a]raise a ^[b]contribution for Me; ^(B)from every man whose heart moves him you shall ^[c]raise My ^[d]contribution. ³ This is the ^[e]contribution which you are to ^[f]raise from them: gold, silver and bronze, ^{4 [g](C)}blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair, ⁵ rams’ skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood, ^{6 (D)}oil for lighting, ^(E)spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, ⁷ onyx stones and setting stones for the ^(F)ephod and for the ^[h](G)breastpiece. ⁸ Let them ^(H)construct a sanctuary for Me, ^(I)that I may dwell among them. ^{9 (J)}According 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 construct it.

Ark of the Covenant

¹⁰ “^(K)They shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half ^[i]cubits ^[j]long, and one and a half cubits ^[k]wide, and one and a half cubits ^[l]high. ¹¹ You shall ^(L)overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding ^[m]around it. ¹² You shall cast four gold rings for it and ^[n]fasten 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 ^(M)poles shall ^[o]remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it. ¹⁶ You shall ^(N)put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.

¹⁷ “You shall ^(O)make a ^[p]mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half ^[q]cubits ^[r]long and one and a half cubits ^[s]wide. ¹⁸ You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work ^[t]at the two ends of the mercy seat. ¹⁹ Make one cherub ^[u]at one end and one cherub ^[v]at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. ^{20 (P)}The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and ^[w]facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat. ^{21 (Q)}You shall put the mercy seat ^[x]on top of the ark, and ^(R)in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. ^{22 (S)}There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from ^(T)between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel.

The Table of Showbread

²³ “^(U)You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits ^[y]long and one cubit ^[z]wide and one and a half cubits ^[aa]high. ²⁴ You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold ^(V)border around it. ²⁵ You shall make for it a rim of a handbreadth 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 ^[ab](W)dishes and its pans and its jars and its ^[ac]bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. ³⁰ You shall set ^(X)the bread of the ^[ad]Presence on the table before Me ^[ae]at all times.

The Golden Lampstand

³¹ “^(Y)Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand and its base and its shaft are to be made of hammered work; its cups, its ^[af]bulbs and its flowers shall be of one piece with it. ^{32 (Z)}Six branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its ^[ag]other side. ^{33 (AA)}Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a ^[ah]bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the ^[ai]other branch, a ^[aj]bulb and a flower—so for six branches going out from the lampstand; ³⁴ and ^(AB)in the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its ^[ak]bulbs and its flowers. ^{35 (AC)}A ^[al]bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a ^[am]bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a ^[an]bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. ^{36 (AD)}Their ^[ao]bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. ³⁷ Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and ^(AE)they shall ^[ap]mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it. ³⁸ Its snuffers and ^[aq]their trays shall be of pure gold. ³⁹ It shall be made from a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils. ^{40 (AF)}See that you make them ^(AG)after the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.

Footnotes

1. Exodus 25:2 Lit take
2. Exodus 25:2 Or heave offering
3. Exodus 25:2 Lit take
4. Exodus 25:2 Or heave offering
5. Exodus 25:3 Or heave offering
6. Exodus 25:3 Lit take
7. Exodus 25:4 Or violet
8. Exodus 25:7 Or pouch
9. Exodus 25:10 I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.
10. Exodus 25:10 Lit its length
11. Exodus 25:10 Lit its width
12. Exodus 25:10 Lit its height
13. Exodus 25:11 Lit on it round about
14. Exodus 25:12 Or put
15. Exodus 25:15 Lit be
16. Exodus 25:17 Lit propitiatory, and so through v 22
17. Exodus 25:17 I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.
18. Exodus 25:17 Lit its length
19. Exodus 25:17 Lit its width
20. Exodus 25:18 Lit from
21. Exodus 25:19 Lit from
22. Exodus 25:19 Lit from
23. Exodus 25:20 Lit their faces to
24. Exodus 25:21 Lit above, upon
25. Exodus 25:23 Lit its length
26. Exodus 25:23 Lit its width
27. Exodus 25:23 Lit its height
28. Exodus 25:29 Or platters
29. Exodus 25:29 Lit libation bowls
30. Exodus 25:30 Lit Face
31. Exodus 25:30 Or continually
32. Exodus 25:31 Or calyx
33. Exodus 25:32 Lit second
34. Exodus 25:33 Or calyx
35. Exodus 25:33 Lit one branch
36. Exodus 25:33 Or calyx
37. Exodus 25:34 Or calyxes
38. Exodus 25:35 Or calyx
39. Exodus 25:35 Or calyx
40. Exodus 25:35 Or calyx
41. Exodus 25:36 Or calyxes
42. Exodus 25:37 Lit raise up
43. Exodus 25:38 Lit its snuff dishes

Cross references

1. Exodus 25:2 : Ex 35:4-9
2. Exodus 25:2 : Ex 35:21; 1 Chr 29:3, 5, 9; Ezra 2:68; 2 Cor 8:11, 12; 9:7
3. Exodus 25:4 : Ex 28:5, 6, 8
4. Exodus 25:6 : Ex 27:20
5. Exodus 25:6 : Ex 30:23f
6. Exodus 25:7 : Ex 28:4, 6-14
7. Exodus 25:7 : Ex 28:4, 15-30
8. Exodus 25:8 : Ex 36:1-5
9. Exodus 25:8 : Ex 29:45, 46; Num 5:3; Deut 12:11; 1 Kin 6:13; 2 Cor 6:16; Rev 21:3
10. Exodus 25:9 : Ex 25:40; 26:30; Acts 7:44; Heb 8:2, 5
11. Exodus 25:10 : Ex 37:1-9; Deut 10:3; Heb 9:4
12. Exodus 25:11 : Heb 9:4
13. Exodus 25:15 : 1 Kin 8:8
14. Exodus 25:16 : Ex 40:20; Deut 10:2; 31:26; 1 Kin 8:9; Heb 9:4
15. Exodus 25:17 : Ex 37:6
16. Exodus 25:20 : 1 Kin 8:7; 1 Chr 28:18; Heb 9:5
17. Exodus 25:21 : Ex 26:34; 40:20
18. Exodus 25:21 : Ex 25:16
19. Exodus 25:22 : Ex 29:42, 43; 30:6, 36; Lev 16:2; Num 17:4
20. Exodus 25:22 : Num 7:89; 1 Sam 4:4; 2 Sam 6:2; 2 Kin 19:15; Ps 80:1; Is 37:16
21. Exodus 25:23 : Ex 37:10-16
22. Exodus 25:24 : Ex 25:11
23. Exodus 25:29 : Ex 37:16; Num 4:7
24. Exodus 25:30 : Ex 39:36; 40:23; Lev 24:5-9
25. Exodus 25:31 : Ex 37:17-24; 1 Kin 7:49; Zech 4:2
26. Exodus 25:32 : Ex 37:18
27. Exodus 25:33 : Ex 37:19
28. Exodus 25:34 : Ex 37:20
29. Exodus 25:35 : Ex 37:21
30. Exodus 25:36 : Ex 37:22
31. Exodus 25:37 : Num 8:2
32. Exodus 25:40 : Heb 8:5
33. Exodus 25:40 : Ex 25:9; 26:30; Num 8:4; Acts 7:44