Exodus 25
New King James Version

Offerings for the Sanctuary^(A)

25 Then theLordspoke to Moses, saying:²“Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an^[a]offering.^(B)From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.³And thisisthe offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;⁴blue, purple, and scarletthread,fine linen, and goats’hair;⁵ram skins dyed red,^[b]badger skins, and acacia wood;⁶^(C)oil for the light, and^(D)spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;⁷onyx stones, and stones to be set in the^(E)ephod and in the breastplate.⁸And let them make Me a^(F)sanctuary,^[c]that^(G)I may dwell among them.⁹According to all that I show you,that is,the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall makeit.

The Ark of the Testimony^(H)

¹⁰^(I)“And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubitsshall beits length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.¹¹And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a molding of^(J)gold all around.¹²You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and putthemin its four corners; two ringsshall beon one side, and two rings on the other side.¹³And you shall make polesofacacia wood, and overlay them with gold.¹⁴You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them.¹⁵^(K)The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.¹⁶And you shall put into the ark^(L)the Testimony which I will give you.

¹⁷^(M)“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubitsshall beits length and a cubit and a half its width.¹⁸And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.¹⁹Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of itof one piecewith the mercy seat.²⁰And^(N)the cherubim shall stretch outtheirwings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubimshall betoward the mercy seat.²¹^(O)You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and^(P)in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you.²²And^(Q)there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from^(R)between the two cherubim whichareon the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.

The Table for the Showbread^(S)

²³^(T)“You shall also make a table of acacia wood; two cubitsshall beits length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.²⁴And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold all around.²⁵You shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.²⁶And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners thatareat its four legs.²⁷The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table.²⁸And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.²⁹You shall make^(U)its dishes, its pans, its pitchers, and its bowls for pouring. You shall make them of pure gold.³⁰And you shall set the^(V)showbread on the table before Me always.

The Gold Lampstand^(W)

³¹^(X)“You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, itsornamentalknobs, and flowers shall beof one piece.³²And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side.³³^(Y)Three bowlsshall bemade like almondblossomson one branch,withanornamentalknob and a flower, and three bowls made like almondblossomson the other branch,withanornamentalknob and a flower—and so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand.³⁴^(Z)On the lampstand itself four bowlsshall bemade like almondblossoms, each withitsornamentalknob and flower.³⁵Andthere shall bea knob under thefirsttwo branches of the same, a knob under thesecondtwo branches of the same, and a knob under thethirdtwo branches of the same, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.³⁶Their knobs and their branchesshall be of one piece;all of itshall beone hammered piece of pure gold.³⁷You shall make seven lamps for it, and^(AA)they shall arrange its lamps so that they^(AB)give light in front of it.³⁸And its wick-trimmers and their traysshall beof pure gold.³⁹It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.⁴⁰And^(AC)see to it that you makethemaccording to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.