Exodus 25 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Offerings for the Sanctuary

(Exo 35:4–9 )

Exo 25:1And the Lord said to Moses,

Exo 25:2Say 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.

Exo 25:3

Exo 25:3And this is the offering you are to take from them: gold and silver and brass;

Exo 25:4

Exo 25:4And blue and purple and red, and the best linen, and goats' hair;

Exo 25:5

Exo 25:5And sheepskins coloured red, and leather, and hard wood;

Exo 25:6

Exo 25:6Oil for the light, spices for the sweet-smelling oil, sweet perfumes for burning;

Exo 25:7

Exo 25:7Beryls and stones of value to be put on the ephod and on the priest's bag.

Exo 25:8

Exo 25:8And let them make me a holy place, so that I may be ever present among them.

Exo 25:9

Exo 25:9Make the House and everything in it from the designs which I will give you.

Ark of the Covenant

(Exo 37:1–9 )

Exo 25:10

Exo 25:10And they are to make an ark of hard wood; two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide and high.

Exo 25:11

Exo 25:11It is to be plated inside and out with the best gold, with an edge of gold all round it

Exo 25:12

Exo 25:12And 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.

Exo 25:13

Exo 25:13And make rods of the same wood, plating them with gold.

Exo 25:14

Exo 25:14And put the rods through the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.

Exo 25:15

Exo 25:15The rods are to be kept in the rings, and never taken out.

Exo 25:16

Exo 25:16Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.

Exo 25:17

Exo 25:17And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

Exo 25:18

Exo 25:18And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold,

Exo 25:19

Exo 25:19One at one end and one at the other; the winged ones are to be part of the cover.

Exo 25:20

Exo 25:20And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover.

Exo 25:21

Exo 25:21And put the cover over the ark, and in the ark the record which I will give you.

Exo 25:22

Exo 25:22And 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.

The Table of Showbread

(Exo 37:10–16 )

Exo 25:23

Exo 25:23And you are to make a table of the same wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high,

Exo 25:24

Exo 25:24Plated with the best gold, with a gold edge all round it;

Exo 25:25

Exo 25:25And make a frame all round it, as wide as a man's hand, with a gold edge to the frame.

Exo 25:26

Exo 25:26And make four gold rings and put them at the four angles, on the four feet of the table;

Exo 25:27

Exo 25:27The rings are to be fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table is to be lifted.

Exo 25:28

Exo 25:28Make rods of the same wood, plated with gold, for lifting the table.

Exo 25:29

Exo 25:29And make the table-vessels, the spoons and the cups and the basins for liquids, all of the best gold.

Exo 25:30

Exo 25:30And on the table at all times you are to keep my holy bread.

The Golden Lampstand

(Exo 37:17–24 )

Exo 25:31

Exo 25:31And 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.

Exo 25:32

Exo 25:32It is to have six branches coming out from its sides; three branches from one side and three from the other.

Exo 25:33

Exo 25:33Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower, on all the branches.

Exo 25:34

Exo 25:34And on the pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower:

Exo 25:35

Exo 25:35And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all the six branches of it.

Exo 25:36

Exo 25:36The buds and the branches are to be made of the same metal; all together one complete work of hammered gold.

Exo 25:37

Exo 25:37Then you are to make its seven vessels for the lights, putting them in their place so that they give light in front of it.

Exo 25:38

Exo 25:38And the instruments and trays for use with it are all to be of the best gold.

Exo 25:39

Exo 25:39A talent of gold will be needed for it, with all these vessels.

Exo 25:40

Exo 25:40And see that you make them from the design which you saw on the mountain.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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