Exodus 25:1-40 GNT

[1] The LORD said to Moses, [2] "Tell the Israelites to make an offering to me. Receive whatever offerings anyone wishes to give. [3] These offerings are to be: gold, silver, and bronze; [4] fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; cloth made of goats' hair; [5] rams' skin dyed red; fine leather; acacia wood; [6] oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense; [7] carnelians and other jewels to be set in the ephod of the High Priest and in his breastpiece. [8] The people must make a sacred Tent for me, so that I may live among them. [9] Make it and all its furnishings according to the plan that I will show you. [10] "Make a Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high. [11] Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it. [12] Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side. [13] Make carrying poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold [14] and put them through the rings on each side of the Box. [15] The poles are to be left in the rings and must not be taken out. [16] Then put in the Box the two stone tablets that I will give you, on which the commandments are written. [17] "Make a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. [18] Make two winged creatures of hammered gold, [19] one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid. [20] The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, and their outspread wings are to cover it. [21] Put the two stone tablets inside the Box and put the lid on top of it. [22] I will meet you there, and from above the lid between the two winged creatures I will give you all my laws for the people of Israel. [23] "Make a table out of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high. [24] Cover it with pure gold and put a gold border around it. [25] Make a rim 3 inches wide around it and a gold border around the rim. [26] Make four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs are. [27] The rings to hold the poles for carrying the table are to be placed near the rim. [28] Make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold. [29] Make plates, cups, jars, and bowls to be used for the wine offerings. All of these are to be made of pure gold. [30] The table is to be placed in front of the Covenant Box, and on the table there is always to be the sacred bread offered to me. [31] "Make a lampstand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it. [32] Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side. [33] Each of the six branches is to have three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals. [34] The shaft of the lampstand is to have four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals. [35] There is to be one bud below each of the three pairs of branches. [36] The buds, the branches, and the lampstand are to be a single piece of pure hammered gold. [37] Make seven lamps for the lampstand and set them up so that they shine toward the front. [38] Make its tongs and trays of pure gold. [39] Use seventy-five pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and all this equipment. [40] Take care to make them according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.