Exodus 25:1-40 NCV

[1] The LORD said to Moses, [2] "Tell the Israelites to bring me gifts. Receive for me the gifts each person wants to give. [3] These are the gifts that you should receive from them: gold, silver, bronze; [4] blue, purple, and red thread; fine linen, goat hair, [5] sheepskins that are dyed red; fine leather; acacia wood; [6] olive oil to burn in the lamps; spices for sweet-smelling incense, and the special olive oil poured on a person's head to make him a priest; [7] onyx stones, and other jewels to be put on the holy vest and the chest covering. [8] "The people must build a holy place for me so that I can live among them. [9] Build this Holy Tent and everything in it by the plan I will show you. [10] "Use acacia wood and build an Ark forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. [11] Cover the Ark inside and out with pure gold, and put a gold strip all around it. [12] Make four gold rings for the Ark and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each side. [13] Then make poles from acacia wood and cover them with gold. [14] Put the poles through the rings on the sides of the Ark, and use these poles to carry it. [15] These poles must always stay in the rings of the Ark. Do not take them out. [16] Then put in the Ark the Agreement which I will make with you. [17] "Then make a lid of pure gold for the Ark; this is the mercy seat. Make it forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide. [18] Then hammer gold to make two creatures with wings, and put one on each end of the lid. [19] Attach one creature on one end of the lid and the other creature on the other end. Make them to be one piece with the lid at the ends. [20] The creatures' wings should be spread upward, covering the lid, and the creatures are to face each other across the lid. [21] Put this lid on top of the Ark, and put in the Ark the Agreement which I will make with you. [22] I will meet with you there, above the lid between the two winged creatures on the Ark of the Agreement. There I will give you all my commands for the Israelites. [23] "Make a table out of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. [24] Cover it with pure gold, and put a gold strip around it. [25] Make a frame three inches high that stands up all around the edge, and put a gold strip around it. [26] Then make four gold rings. Attach them to the four corners of the table where the four legs are. [27] Put the rings close to the frame around the top of the table, because they will hold the poles for carrying it. [28] Make the poles out of acacia wood, cover them with gold, and carry the table with these poles. [29] Make the plates and bowls for the table, as well as the jars and cups, out of pure gold. They will be used for pouring out the drink offerings. [30] On this table put the bread that shows you are in my presence so that it is always there in front of me. [31] "Hammer pure gold to make a lampstand. Its base, stand, flower-like cups, buds, and petals must all be joined together in one piece. [32] The lampstand must have six branches going out from its sides-three on one side and three on the other. [33] Each branch must have three cups shaped like almond flowers on it. Each cup must have a bud and a petal. Each of the six branches going out from the lampstand must be the same. [34] And there must be four more cups made like almond flowers on the lampstand itself. These cups must also have buds and petals. [35] Put a bud under each pair of branches that goes out from the lampstand. Each of the six branches going out from the lampstand must be the same. [36] The branches, buds, and lampstand must be made of one piece, hammered out of pure gold. [37] "Then make seven small oil lamps and put them on the lampstand so that they give light to the area in front of it. [38] The wick trimmers and trays must be made of pure gold. [39] Use seventy-five pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and everything with it. [40] Be very careful to make them by the plan I showed you on the mountain.