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| Ex 25:1 | C D S T K | And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, | And the Lord said to Moses, |
| Ex 25:2 | C D S T R K | Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. | Say to the children of Israel that they are to make me an offering; from every man who has the impulse in his heart take an offering for me. |
| Ex 25:3 | C D S T R K | And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, | And this is the offering you are to take from them: gold and silver and brass; |
| Ex 25:4 | C D S T R K | And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, | And blue and purple and red, and the best linen, and goats' hair; |
| Ex 25:5 | C D S T R K | And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, | And sheepskins coloured red, and leather, and hard wood; |
| Ex 25:6 | C D S T R | Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, | Oil for the light, spices for the sweet-smelling oil, sweet perfumes for burning; |
| Ex 25:7 | C D S T R K | Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. | Beryls and stones of value to be put on the ephod and on the priest's bag. |
| Ex 25:8 | C D S T R K | And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. | And let them make me a holy place, so that I may be ever present among them. |
| Ex 25:9 | C D S T R K | According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. | Make the House and everything in it from the designs which I will give you. |
| Ex 25:10 | C D S T R K | And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. | And they are to make an ark of hard wood; two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide and high. |
| Ex 25:11 | C D S T R K | And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. | It is to be plated inside and out with the best gold, with an edge of gold all round it |
| Ex 25:12 | C D S T R K | And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. | And make four rings of gold for it, to be fixed on its four feet, two rings on one side of it and two on the other. |
| Ex 25:13 | C D S T R | And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. | And make rods of the same wood, plating them with gold. |
| Ex 25:14 | C D S T | And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. | And put the rods through the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it. |
| Ex 25:15 | C D S T R K | The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. | The rods are to be kept in the rings, and never taken out. |
| Ex 25:16 | C D S T R K | And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. | Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you. |
| Ex 25:17 | C D S T R K | And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. | And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. |
| Ex 25:18 | C D S T R K | And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. | And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold, |
| Ex 25:19 | C D S T | And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. | One at one end and one at the other; the winged ones are to be part of the cover. |
| Ex 25:20 | C D S T R | And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. | And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover. |
| Ex 25:21 | C D S T R | And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. | And put the cover over the ark, and in the ark the record which I will give you. |
| Ex 25:22 | C D S T R K | And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. | And there, between the two winged ones on the cover of the ark, I will come to you, face to face, and make clear to you all the orders I have to give you for the children of Israel. |
| Ex 25:23 | C D S T R K | Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. | And you are to make a table of the same wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high, |
| Ex 25:24 | C D S T R K | And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. | Plated with the best gold, with a gold edge all round it; |
| Ex 25:25 | C D S T R | And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. | And make a frame all round it, as wide as a man's hand, with a gold edge to the frame. |
| Ex 25:26 | C D S T | And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. | And make four gold rings and put them at the four angles, on the four feet of the table; |
| Ex 25:27 | C D S T R | Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. | The rings are to be fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table is to be lifted. |
| Ex 25:28 | C D S T R K | And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. | Make rods of the same wood, plated with gold, for lifting the table. |
| Ex 25:29 | C D S T R K | And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. | And make the table-vessels, the spoons and the cups and the basins for liquids, all of the best gold. |
| Ex 25:30 | C D S T R K | And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. | And on the table at all times you are to keep my holy bread. |
| Ex 25:31 | C D S T R K | And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. | And you are to make a support for lights, of the best gold; its base and its pillar are to be of hammered gold; its cups, its buds, and its flowers are to be made of the same metal. |
| Ex 25:32 | C D S T | And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: | It is to have six branches coming out from its sides; three branches from one side and three from the other. |
| Ex 25:33 | C D S T R K | Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. | Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower, on all the branches. |
| Ex 25:34 | C D S T | And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. | And on the pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower: |
| Ex 25:35 | C D S T | And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. | And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all the six branches of it. |
| Ex 25:36 | C D S T R | Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. | The buds and the branches are to be made of the same metal; all together one complete work of hammered gold. |
| Ex 25:37 | C D S T R K | And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. | Then you are to make its seven vessels for the lights, putting them in their place so that they give light in front of it. |
| Ex 25:38 | C D S T R K | And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. | And the instruments and trays for use with it are all to be of the best gold. |
| Ex 25:39 | C D S T K | Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. | A talent of gold will be needed for it, with all these vessels. |
| Ex 25:40 | C D S T R K | And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount. | And see that you make them from the design which you saw on the mountain. |