New Living Translation | King James Bible |
1The LORD said to Moses, | 1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
2“Tell the people of Israel to bring me their sacred offerings. Accept the contributions from all whose hearts are moved to offer them. | 2Speak 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. |
3Here is a list of sacred offerings you may accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze; | 3And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, |
4blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goat hair for cloth; | 4And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, |
5tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather; acacia wood; | 5And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, |
6olive oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; | 6Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, |
7onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest’s chestpiece. | 7Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. |
8“Have the people of Israel build me a holy sanctuary so I can live among them. | 8And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. |
9You must build this Tabernacle and its furnishings exactly according to the pattern I will show you. Plans for the Ark of the Covenant | 9According 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. |
10“Have the people make an Ark of acacia wood—a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high. | 10And 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. |
11Overlay it inside and outside with pure gold, and run a molding of gold all around it. | 11And 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. |
12Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each side. | 12And 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. |
13Make poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. | 13And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. |
14Insert the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it. | 14And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. |
15These carrying poles must stay inside the rings; never remove them. | 15The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. |
16When the Ark is finished, place inside it the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you. | 16And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. |
17“Then make the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It must be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. | 17And 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. |
18Then make two cherubim from hammered gold, and place them on the two ends of the atonement cover. | 18And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. |
19Mold the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold. | 19And 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. |
20The cherubim will face each other and look down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they will protect it. | 20And 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. |
21Place inside the Ark the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you. Then put the atonement cover on top of the Ark. | 21And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. |
22I will meet with you there and talk to you from above the atonement cover between the gold cherubim that hover over the Ark of the Covenant. From there I will give you my commands for the people of Israel. Plans for the Table | 22And 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. |
23“Then make a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high. | 23Thou 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. |
24Overlay it with pure gold and run a gold molding around the edge. | 24And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. |
25Decorate it with a 3-inch border all around, and run a gold molding along the border. | 25And 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. |
26Make four gold rings for the table and attach them at the four corners next to the four legs. | 26And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. |
27Attach the rings near the border to hold the poles that are used to carry the table. | 27Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. |
28Make these poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. | 28And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. |
29Make special containers of pure gold for the table—bowls, ladles, pitchers, and jars—to be used in pouring out liquid offerings. | 29And 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. |
30Place the Bread of the Presence on the table to remain before me at all times. Plans for the Lampstand | 30And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. |
31“Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. Make the entire lampstand and its decorations of one piece—the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and petals. | 31And 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. |
32Make it with six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side. | 32And 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: |
33Each of the six branches will have three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals. | 33Three 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. |
34Craft the center stem of the lampstand with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals. | 34And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. |
35There will also be an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extend from the center stem. | 35And 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. |
36The almond buds and branches must all be of one piece with the center stem, and they must be hammered from pure gold. | 36Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. |
37Then make the seven lamps for the lampstand, and set them so they reflect their light forward. | 37And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. |
38The lamp snuffers and trays must also be made of pure gold. | 38And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. |
39You will need 75 pounds of pure gold for the lampstand and its accessories. | 39Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. |
40“Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain. | 40And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount. |
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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