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Exodus 25 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Offerings for the Sanctuary

Exo 25:1

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Exo 25:2“Tell the sons of Israel to take a [fn]contribution for Me; from everyone whose heart moves him you shall take My [fn]contribution.
Exo 25:3“This is the [fn]contribution which you are to take from them: gold, silver, and bronze,
Exo 25:4[fn]violet, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair,
Exo 25:5rams’ skins dyed red, [fn]fine leather, acacia wood,
Exo 25:6oil for lighting, balsam oil for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
Exo 25:7onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the [fn]breastpiece.
Exo 25:8“Have them construct a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
Exo 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, so you shall construct it.

Ark of the Covenant

Exo 25:10

“Now they shall construct an [fn]ark of acacia wood [fn]two and a half cubits [fn]long, one and a half cubits [fn]wide, and one and a half cubits [fn]high.

Exo 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.
Exo 25:12“You shall also cast four gold rings for it and [fn]fasten them on its four feet; two rings shall be on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
Exo 25:13“And you shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
Exo 25:14“You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them.
Exo 25:15“The poles shall [fn]remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it.
Exo 25:16“You shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.
Exo 25:17

“And you shall make [fn]an atoning cover of pure gold, [fn]two and a half cubits [fn]long and one and a half cubits [fn]wide.

Exo 25:18“You shall make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work [fn]at the two ends of the atoning cover.
Exo 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 [fn]with the atoning cover at its two ends.
Exo 25:20“And the cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings and [fn]facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the atoning cover.
Exo 25:21“Then you shall put the atoning cover [fn]on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you.
Exo 25:22“There I will meet with you; and from above the atoning cover, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about [fn]every commandment that I will give you for the sons of Israel.

Bread of the Presence

Exo 25:23

“You shall also make a table of acacia wood, [fn]two cubits [fn]long and one cubit [fn]wide, and one and a half cubits [fn]high.

Exo 25:24“You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold border around it.
Exo 25:25“And you shall make for it a rim of a [fn]hand width around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it.
Exo 25:26“You shall also make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four legs.
Exo 25:27“The rings shall be close to the rim, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
Exo 25:28“And you shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried.
Exo 25:29“You shall also make its dishes, its pans, its jars, and its libation bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.
Exo 25:30“And you shall set the bread of the [fn]Presence on the table before Me continually.

The Golden Lampstand

Exo 25:31

“Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand, 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.

Exo 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.
Exo 25:33“Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms on the one branch, a [fn]bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the [fn]other branch, a [fn]bulb and a flower—the same for six branches going out from the lampstand;
Exo 25:34and on the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its [fn]bulbs and its flowers.
Exo 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.
Exo 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.
Exo 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.
Exo 25:38“Its tongs and its trays shall be of pure gold.
Exo 25:39“It shall be made from a [fn]talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.
Exo 25:40“See that you make them by the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.
NASB20 Footnotes
Or uplifted offering
Or uplifted offering
Or uplifted offering
Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color
Meaning of the Heb uncertain
Or pouch
I.e., chest
About 3.7 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide and high or 1.1 m and 68 cm
Lit its length
Lit its width
Lit its height
Lit on it round about
Or put
Lit be
Also called a mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
About 3.7 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide or 1.1 m and 68 cm
Lit its length
Lit its width
Lit from
Lit from
Lit from
Lit from
Lit their faces to
Lit above, upon
Lit all that I will command
About 3 ft. long, 1.5 ft. wide, 2.25 ft. high or 90 cm, 45 cm, and 68 cm
Lit its length
Lit its width
Lit its height
About 3 in. or 7.5 cm
Lit Face
Or calyx
Lit second
Or calyx
Lit one branch
Or calyx
Or calyxes
Or calyx
Or calyx
Or calyx
Or calyxes
Lit raise up
About 75 lb. or 34 kg
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