Offerings for the Tabernacle (Exodus 35:4–9)
1 UDB Yahweh said to Moses, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 UDB "Tell the Israelites that they must give offerings to me. Receive from the people every offering that they want to give to me. BSB BSB: “Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
3 UDB These are the things that they may offer: gold, silver, bronze, BSB BSB: This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
4 UDB blue and purple and scarlet dyed wool, fine linen, goats' hair for making cloth, BSB BSB: blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
5 UDB ram skins that have been tanned, fine leather hides, hard wood from acacia trees, BSB BSB: ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
6 UDB olive oil to burn in the lamps, spices to put in the olive oil for anointing the priests, and spices to put in the sweet-smelling incense, BSB BSB: olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
7 UDB onyx stones and other expensive stones to be fastened to the priest's sacred apron and to be put on the chest pouch that is to be fastened to the apron. BSB BSB: and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
8 UDB Tell the people to make a big sacred tent for me so that I can live in it in their midst. BSB BSB: And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
9 UDB They must make the sacred tent and all the things that will be used inside it according to the plan that I will show you. BSB BSB: You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.
The Ark of the Covenant (Exodus 37:1–5)
10 UDB Tell the people to make a sacred chest from acacia wood. It is to be one hundred and fifteen centimeters long, sixty-nine centimeters wide and sixty-nine centimeters high. BSB BSB: And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
11 UDB Cover the chest with pure gold inside and outside and put a gold border around the top of it. BSB BSB: Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
13 UDB They must make two poles from acacia wood, and they must cover them with gold. BSB BSB: And make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
14 UDB They must put the poles into the rings on the sides of the chest so that the chest can be carried by the poles. BSB BSB: Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry it.
15 UDB The poles must always be left in the rings; they must not take the poles out of the rings. BSB BSB: The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed.
16 UDB Put inside the chest the two stone slabs that I will give you on which I have written my commandments. BSB BSB: And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
The Mercy Seat (Exodus 37:6–9)
17 UDB Tell them to make a lid for the chest from pure gold; it will be the place where I will cover people's sins. It also is to be one meter long and three-quarters of a meter wide. BSB BSB: And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
18 UDB Tell them to hammer a large lump of gold into the form of two creatures that have wings for the two ends of the lid. BSB BSB: Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
19 UDB One of these is to be put at each end of the chest, but the gold from which they are made must be joined to the gold from which the lid is made. BSB BSB: one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.
20 UDB Tell them to place the winged creatures so that their wings touch each other and spread out over the lid. The two winged creatures were facing each other and they both were looking toward the center of the chest. BSB BSB: And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
21 UDB Put the stone slabs that I will give you inside the chest. Then fasten the lid onto the top of the chest. BSB BSB: Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
22 UDB I will set times to talk with you there. From above the lid of the chest, between the two winged creatures, I will tell to you all my laws that you must transmit to the Israelite people. BSB BSB: And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
The Table of Showbread (Exodus 37:10–16; Leviticus 24:5–9)
23 UDB Tell them to make a table from acacia wood. It is to be one meter long, one-half of a meter wide, and three-quarters of a meter high. BSB BSB: You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
24 UDB Tell them to cover it with pure gold and put a gold border around it. BSB BSB: Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.
25 UDB Tell them to make a rim all around it, four-fifths of a meter wide, and to put a gold border around the rim. BSB BSB: And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
26 UDB Tell them to make four rings from gold and fasten them to the four corners of the table, one ring close to each leg of the table. BSB BSB: Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs.
27 UDB The rings should be fastened to the table near the rim at the legs in order to carry the table with poles. BSB BSB: The rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.
28 UDB Make two poles from acacia wood and cover them with gold. The poles for carrying the table are to be inserted into the rings. BSB BSB: Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
29 UDB Also tell them to make plates, spoons, jars, and bowls to be used when the priests pour out wine to offer to me. They must all be made from pure gold. BSB BSB: You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.
30 UDB On the table in front of the chest, there must always be the bread to display before me that the priests have offered to me. BSB BSB: And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
The Lampstand (Exodus 37:17–24; Numbers 8:1–4)
31 UDB Tell them to make a lampstand from pure gold. They must hammer one large lump of gold to make its base and its shaft. The branches of the lampstand, the cups for holding the oil, the flower buds and the flower petals that decorate the branches of the lamp, the base, and the shaft are all to be hammered from one big lump of gold. BSB BSB: Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
32 UDB There are to be six branches on the lampstand, three on each side of the shaft. BSB BSB: Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.
33 UDB Each of the branches is to have on it three gold decorations that will look like almond blossoms. These decorations must also have flower buds and flower petals. BSB BSB: There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.
34 UDB On the shaft of the lampstand there are to be four gold decorations that also look like almond blossoms, each one with flower buds and petals. BSB BSB: And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
35 UDB On each side, there is to be one flower bud beneath each of the branches. BSB BSB: For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.
36 UDB All these buds and branches, along with the shaft, are to be hammered from one large lump of pure gold. BSB BSB: The buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
37 UDB Also tell them to make seven small cups for holding oil. One is to be put on top of the shaft and the others are to be put on top of the branches. Place these cups so that when the lamps are lit, the light will shine toward the front of the lampstand. BSB BSB: Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.
38 UDB Tell them to make tongs from pure gold, to remove the burned wicks and trays in which to put the burned wicks. BSB BSB: The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.
39 UDB Tell them to use thirty-three kilograms of pure gold to make the lampstand, the tongs, and the trays. BSB BSB: The lampstand and all these utensils shall be made from a talent of pure gold.
40 UDB Make sure that they make these things according to the instructions that I am giving you here on this mountain." BSB BSB: See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
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