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Exd 25:1 |
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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Exd 25:2 |
"Tell the sons of Israel to [fn]raise a [fn]contribution for Me; from every man whose heart moves him you shall [fn]raise My [fn]contribution.
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Exd 25:3 |
"This is the [fn]contribution which you are to [fn]raise from them: gold, silver and bronze,
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Exd 25:4 |
[fn]blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair,
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Exd 25:5 |
rams' skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood,
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Exd 25:6 |
oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
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Exd 25:7 |
onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the [fn]breastpiece.
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Exd 25:8 |
"Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them.
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Exd 25:9 |
"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.
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Exd 25:10 |
"They shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half [fn]cubits [fn]long, and one and a half cubits [fn]wide, and one and a half cubits [fn]high.
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Exd 25:11 |
"You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding [fn]around it.
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Exd 25:12 |
"You shall cast four gold rings for it and [fn]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.
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Exd 25:13 |
"You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
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Exd 25:14 |
"You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them.
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Exd 25:15 |
"The poles shall [fn]remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it.
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Exd 25:16 |
"You shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.
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Exd 25:17 |
"You shall make a [fn]mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half [fn]cubits [fn]long and one and a half cubits [fn]wide.
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Exd 25:18 |
"You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work [fn]at the two ends of the mercy seat.
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Exd 25:19 |
"Make one cherub [fn]at one end and one cherub [fn]at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.
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Exd 25:20 |
"The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and [fn]facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat.
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Exd 25:21 |
"You shall put the mercy seat [fn]on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you.
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Exd 25:22 |
"There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from 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.
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Exd 25:23 |
"You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits [fn]long and one cubit [fn]wide and one and a half cubits [fn]high.
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Exd 25:24 |
"You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold border around it.
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Exd 25:25 |
"You shall make for it a rim of a handbreadth around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it.
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Exd 25:26 |
"You shall make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four feet.
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Exd 25:27 |
"The rings shall be close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table.
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Exd 25:28 |
"You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried.
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Exd 25:29 |
"You shall make its [fn]dishes and its pans and its jars and its [fn]bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.
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Exd 25:30 |
"You shall set the bread of the [fn]Presence on the table before Me [fn]at all times.
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Exd 25:31 |
"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 [fn]bulbs and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
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Exd 25:32 |
"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 [fn]other side.
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Exd 25:33 |
"Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a [fn]bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the [fn]other branch, a [fn]bulb and a flower—so for six branches going out from the lampstand;
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Exd 25:34 |
and in the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its [fn]bulbs and its flowers.
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Exd 25:35 |
"A [fn]bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a [fn]bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a [fn]bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.
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Exd 25:36 |
"Their [fn]bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold.
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Exd 25:37 |
"Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and they shall [fn]mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it.
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Exd 25:38 |
"Its snuffers and [fn]their trays shall be of pure gold.
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Exd 25:39 |
"It shall be made from a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.
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Exd 25:40 |
"See that you make them after the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.
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