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The Second Book of Moses: Exodus

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(Exodus 35:4–9)
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Yahweh said to Moses,
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“Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me from every person who is motivated by a willing heart. You must receive these offerings for me.
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These are the offerings that you must receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
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blue, purple, and scarlet material; fine linen; goats’ hair;
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ram skins dyed red and sea cow hides; acacia wood;
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oil for the sanctuary lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
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onyx stones and other precious stones to be set for the ephod and breastpiece.
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Let them make me a sanctuary so that I may live among them.
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You must make it exactly as I will show you in the plans for the tabernacle and for all its equipment.

The Ark of the Covenant

(Exodus 37:1–5)
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They are to make an ark of acacia wood. Its length must be two and a half cubits; its width will be one cubit and a half; and its height will be one cubit and a half.
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You must cover it inside and out with pure gold, and you must make on it a border of gold around its top.
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You must cast four rings of gold for it, and put them on the ark’s four feet, with two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side.
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You must make poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.
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You must put the poles into the rings on the ark’s sides, in order to carry the ark.
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The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be taken from it.
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You must put into the ark the covenant decrees that I will give you.

The Mercy Seat

(Exodus 37:6–9)
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You must make an atonement lid of pure gold. Its length must be two and a half cubits, and its width must be a cubit and a half.
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You must make two cherubim of hammered gold for the two ends of the atonement lid.
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Make one cherub for one end of the atonement lid, and the other cherub for the other end. They must be made as one piece with the atonement lid.
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The cherubim must spread out their wings upward and overshadow the atonement lid with them. The cherubim must face one another and look toward the center of the atonement lid.
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You must put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and you must put into the ark the covenant decrees that I am giving you.
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It is at the ark that I will meet with you. I will speak with you from my position above the atonement lid. It will be from between the two cherubim over the ark of the testimony that I will speak to you about all the commands I will give you for the Israelites.

The Table of Showbread

(Exodus 37:10–16; Leviticus 24:5–9)
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You must make a table of acacia wood. Its length must be two cubits; its width must be one cubit, and its height must be a cubit and a half.
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You must cover it with pure gold and put a border of gold around the top.
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You must make a surrounding frame for it one handbreadth wide, with a surrounding border of gold for the frame.
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You must make for it four rings of gold and attach the rings to the four corners, where the four feet were.
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The rings must be attached to the frame to provide places for the poles, in order to carry the table.
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You must make the poles out of acacia wood and cover them with gold so that the table may be carried with them.
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You must make the dishes, spoons, pitchers, and bowls to be used to pour out drink offerings. You must make them of pure gold.
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You must regularly set the bread of the presence on the table before me.

The Lampstand

(Exodus 37:17–24; Numbers 8:1–4)
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You must make a lampstand of pure hammered gold. The lampstand is to be made with its base and shaft. Its cups, its leafy bases, and its flowers are to be all made of one piece with it.
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Six branches must extend out from its sides-three branches must extend from one side, and three branches of the lampstand must extend from the other side.
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The first branch must have three cups made like almond blossoms, with a leafy base and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, with a leafy base and a flower. It must be the same for all six branches extending out from the lampstand.
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On the lampstand itself, the central shaft, there must be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their leafy bases and the flowers.
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There must be a leafy base under the first pair of branches-made as one piece with it, and a leafy base under the second pair of branches-also made as one piece with it. In the same way there must be a leafy base under the third pair of branches, made as one piece with it. It must be the same for all six branches extending out from the lampstand.
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Their leafy bases and branches must all be one piece with it, one beaten piece of work of pure gold.
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You must make the lampstand and its seven lamps, and set up its lamps for them to give light from it.
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The tongs and their trays must be made of pure gold.
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Use one talent of pure gold to make the lampstand and its accessories.
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Be sure to make them after the pattern that you are being shown on the mountain.
(Exodus 35:4–9)
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.
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This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, bronze,
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blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,
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rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides,(a) acacia wood,
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oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
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onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.
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Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
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According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.

The Ark of the Covenant

(Exodus 37:1–5)
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They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits,(b) its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.
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You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.
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You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
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You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
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You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.
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The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.
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You shall put the covenant which I shall give you into the ark.

The Mercy Seat

(Exodus 37:6–9)
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You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.
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You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
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Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.
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The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
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You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you.
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There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.

The Table of Showbread

(Exodus 37:10–16; Leviticus 24:5–9)
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You shall make a table of acacia wood. Its length shall be two cubits, and its width a cubit, and its height one and a half cubits.
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You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.
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You shall make a rim of a hand width around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.
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You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.
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The rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.
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You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
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You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls with which to pour out offerings. You shall make them of pure gold.
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You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.

The Lampstand

(Exodus 37:17–24; Numbers 8:1–4)
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You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. The lamp stand shall be made of hammered work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
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There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its other side;
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three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lamp stand;
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and in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
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and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lamp stand.
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Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold.
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You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
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Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
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It shall be made of a talent (c) of pure gold, with all these accessories.
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See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.

Fußnoten

(a)25:5 or, fine leather
(b)25:10 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
(c)25:39 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces