Exodus 25 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Offerings for the Sanctuary

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

Ark of the Covenant

¹⁰ “Now ^(K)they shall construct an ^[g]ark of acacia wood ^[h]two and a half cubits ^[i]long, one and a half cubits ^[j]wide, and one and a half cubits ^[k]high. ¹¹ You shall ^(L)overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding ^[l]around it. ¹² You shall also cast four gold rings for it and ^[m]fasten them on its four feet; two rings shall be on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. ¹³ And 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 ^[n]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 “And you shall ^(O)make ^[o]an atoning cover of pure gold, ^[p]two and a half cubits ^[q]long and one and a half cubits ^[r]wide. ¹⁸ You shall make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work ^[s]at the two ends of the atoning cover. ¹⁹ Make one cherub ^[t]at one end and one cherub ^[u]at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece ^[v]with the atoning cover at its two ends. ²⁰ And ^(P)the cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings and ^[w]facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the atoning cover. ²¹ Then ^(Q)you shall put the atoning cover ^[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 atoning cover, from ^(T)between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about ^[y]every commandment that I will give you for the sons of Israel.

Bread of the Presence

²³ “^(U)You shall also make a table of acacia wood, ^[z]two cubits ^[aa]long and one cubit ^[ab]wide, and one and a half cubits ^[ac]high. ²⁴ You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold ^(V)border around it. ²⁵ And you shall make for it a rim of a ^[ad]hand width around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it. ²⁶ You shall also make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four legs. ²⁷ The rings shall be close to the rim, as holders for the poles to carry the table. ²⁸ And 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 also make its ^(W)dishes, its pans, its jars, and its libation bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. ³⁰ And you shall set ^(X)the bread of the ^[ae]Presence on the table before Me continually.

The Golden Lampstand

³¹ “^(Y)Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand, 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 on the one branch, a ^[ah]bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the ^[ai]other branch, a ^[aj]bulb and a flower—the same for six branches going out from the lampstand; ³⁴ and ^(AB)on 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 tongs and its trays shall be of pure gold. ³⁹ It shall be made from a ^[aq]talent of pure gold, with all these utensils. ^{40 (AF)}See that you make them ^(AG)by the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.

Footnotes

1. Exodus 25:2 Or uplifted offering
2. Exodus 25:2 Or uplifted offering
3. Exodus 25:3 Or uplifted offering
4. Exodus 25:4 Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color
5. Exodus 25:5 Meaning of the Heb uncertain
6. Exodus 25:7 Or pouch
7. Exodus 25:10 I.e., chest
8. Exodus 25:10 About 3.7 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide and high or 1.1 m and 68 cm
9. Exodus 25:10 Lit its length
10. Exodus 25:10 Lit its width
11. Exodus 25:10 Lit its height
12. Exodus 25:11 Lit on it round about
13. Exodus 25:12 Or put
14. Exodus 25:15 Lit be
15. Exodus 25:17 Also called a mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
16. Exodus 25:17 About 3.7 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide or 1.1 m and 68 cm
17. Exodus 25:17 Lit its length
18. Exodus 25:17 Lit its width
19. Exodus 25:18 Lit from
20. Exodus 25:19 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 25:22 Lit all that I will command
26. Exodus 25:23 About 3 ft. long, 1.5 ft. wide, 2.25 ft. high or 90 cm, 45 cm, and 68 cm
27. Exodus 25:23 Lit its length
28. Exodus 25:23 Lit its width
29. Exodus 25:23 Lit its height
30. Exodus 25:25 About 3 in. or 7.5 cm
31. Exodus 25:30 Lit Face
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 25:39 About 75 lb. or 34 kg

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