Exodus 25:9 - Prayer Tents

Offerings for the Sanctuary

25AND THE Lord said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H559 2Speak to the Israelites, that they take for Me an offering. From every man who gives it willingly {and} ungrudgingly with his heart you shall take My offering.H1696H1121H3478H3947H8641H376H5068H3820H3947H8641 3This is the offering you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,H8641H3947H2091H3701H5178 4Blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen and goats' hair,H8504H713H8438H8144H8336H5795 5Rams' skins tanned red, goatskins, dolphin {or} porpoise skins, acacia wood,H352H5785H119H8476H5785H7848H6086 6Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil and for sweet incense,H8081H3974H1314H4888H8081H5561H7004 7Onyx stones, and stones for setting in the ephod and in the breastplate.H7718H68H68H4394H646H2833 8Let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.H6213H4720H7931H8432 9And you shall make it according to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle {or} dwelling and the pattern of all the furniture of it.H7200H8403H4908H8403H3627H6213

Ark of the Covenant

10They 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.H6213H727H7848H6086H520H2677H753H520H2677H7341H520H2677H6967 11You shall overlay the ark with pure gold, inside and out, and make a gold crown, a rim {or} border, around its top.H6823H2889H2091H1004H2351H6823H6213H2213H2091H5439 12You shall cast four gold rings and attach them to the four lower corners of it, two rings on either side.H3332H702H2885H2091H5414H702H6471H8147H2885H259H6763H8147H2885H8145 13You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold,H6213H905H7848H6086H6823H2091 14And put the poles through the rings on the ark's sides, by which to carry it.H935H905H2885H6763H727H727H5375 15The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it [that the ark be not touched].H905H1961H2885H727H5493 16And you shall put inside the ark the Testimony [the Ten Commandments] which I will give you.H5414H727H5715H5414 17And you shall make a mercy seat (a covering) of pure gold, two cubits and a half long and a cubit and a half wide.H6213H3727H2889H2091H520H2677H753H520H2677H7341 18And you shall make two cherubim (winged angelic figures) of [solid] hammered gold on the two ends of the mercy seat.H6213H8147H3742H2091H4749H6213H8147H7098H3727 19Make one cherub on each end, making the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat, on the two ends of it.H6213H259H3742H7098H259H3742H2088H7098H3727H6213H3742H8147H7098 20And the cherubim shall spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, facing each other and looking down toward the mercy seat.H3742H6566H3671H4605H5526H3727H3671H6440H376H251H3727H6440H3742 21You shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony [the Ten Commandments] that I will give you.H5414H3727H4605H727H727H5414H5715H5414 22There I will meet with you and, from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are upon the ark of the Testimony, I will speak intimately with you of all which I will give you in commandment to the Israelites.H3259H1696H3727H996H8147H3742H5921H727H5715H6680H1121H3478

The Table of Bread

23Also, make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high [for the showbread].H6213H7979H7848H6086H520H753H520H7341H520H2677H6967 24You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a crown, a rim {or} molding, of gold around the top of it;H6823H2889H2091H6213H2213H2091H5439 25And make a frame of a handbreadth around {and} below the top of it and put around it a gold molding as a border.H6213H4526H2948H5439H6213H2091H2213H4526H5439 26You shall make for it four rings of gold and fasten them at the four corners that are on the table's four legs.H6213H702H2885H2091H5414H2885H702H6285H702H7272 27Close against the frame shall the rings be as places for the poles to pass to carry the table [of showbread].H5980H4526H2885H1004H905H5375H7979 28You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.H6213H905H7848H6086H6823H2091H7979H5375 29And you shall make its plates [for showbread] and cups [for incense], and its flagons and bowls [for liquids in sacrifice]; make them of pure gold.H6213H7086H3709H7184H4518H5258H2004H2889H2091H6213 30And you shall set the showbread (the bread of the Presence) on the table before Me always.H5414H7979H3899H6440H8548

The Golden Lampstand

31You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of beaten {and} turned work shall the lampstand be made, both its base and its shaft; its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.H6213H4501H2889H2091H4749H4501H6213H3409H7070H1375H3730H6525 32Six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the lampstand out of the one side and three branches out of its other side;H8337H7070H3318H6654H7969H7070H4501H259H6654H7969H7070H4501H8145H6654 33Three cups made like almond blossoms, each with a knob and a flower on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms on the other branch with a knob and a flower; so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand;H7969H1375H8246H3730H6525H259H7070H7969H1375H8246H259H7070H3730H6525H8337H7070H3318H4501 34And on the [center shaft] itself you shall [make] four cups like almond blossoms with their knobs and their flowers.H4501H702H1375H8246H3730H6525 35Also make a knob [on the shaft] under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand and one piece with it;H3730H8147H7070H3730H8147H7070H3730H8147H7070H8337H7070H3318H4501 36Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.H3730H7070H259H4749H2889H2091 37And you shall make the lamps of the [lampstand] to include a seventh one [at the top of the shaft]. [The priests] shall set up the [seven] lamps of it so they may give light in front of it.H6213H7651H5216H5927H5216H215H5676H6440 38Its snuffers and its ashtrays shall be of pure gold.H4457H4289H2889H2091 39Use a talent of pure gold for it, including all these utensils.H3603H2889H2091H6213H3627 40And see to it that you copy [exactly] their pattern which was shown you on the mountain.H7200H6213H8403H7200H2022