Offerings for the Tabernacle (Exodus 35:4–9)
1 UST Yahweh said to Moses, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 UST “Tell the Israelites that everyone who wants to may give a gift to me. You will receive their gifts for 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 UST These are the types of gifts that you should collect from them: gold, silver, bronze, BSB BSB: This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
4 UST { cloth dyed} blue,{ cloth dyed} purple,{ cloth dyed} bright red, fine linen,{ cloth made from} goats’ hair, BSB BSB: blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
5 UST red ram skins, fine leather hides, the hard wood from acacia trees, BSB BSB: ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
6 UST { olive} oil to burn in the lamps, spices to mix with the{ olive} oil for anointing{ the priests}, and spices to mix into the sweet- smelling incense, BSB BSB: olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
7 UST onyx stones and other expensive stones for fastening to the priest’ s sacred apron and for putting on the chest pouch that attaches to the apron. BSB BSB: and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
8 UST The people should make a holy place for me so that I can live in it among them. BSB BSB: And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
9 UST They must make my pavilion and all the things that they will use inside it precisely 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 UST Have the people make a sacred chest from acacia wood. They should make it 125 centimeters long, 75 centimeters wide and 75 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 UST Cover the chest with pure gold inside and outside and put a gold molding all around it. BSB BSB: Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
13 UST Make two poles from acacia wood, and cover them with gold. BSB BSB: And make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
14 UST Put the poles into the rings on the sides of the chest so that{ the Levites} can carry the chest by the poles. BSB BSB: Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry it.
15 UST Always leave the poles in the chest’ s rings; do 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 UST Put the stone slabs, which I am giving you and on which I wrote my commands, inside the chest. BSB BSB: And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
The Mercy Seat (Exodus 37:6–9)
17 UST You must make a lid for the chest from pure gold. It will be 125 centimeters long and 75 centimeters 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 UST Hammer the gold at both ends of the lid into the form of two creatures that have wings. BSB BSB: Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
19 UST Make the winged creatures{ from the gold} at each end of the sacred chest’ s lid, one at one end and the other at the other end. BSB BSB: one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.
20 UST The creature’ s wings should spread out and reach up to cover the lid. They should face each other, facing the chest’ s lid that is between them. 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 UST Put the stone slabs that I am giving you inside the sacred chest. Then place 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 UST I will set times to talk with you there. I will tell to you all my commands that you must command the Israelites from above the sacred chest’ s lid, between the two winged creatures which are above the sacred chest that contains my law tablets. 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 UST 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 UST Cover the table with pure gold and put a gold molding all around it. BSB BSB: Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.
25 UST Make a rim all around it, eight centimeters wide, and make a gold molding around the rim. BSB BSB: And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
26 UST Make four rings from gold. Fasten them to the four corners of the table. Each ring should be close to each table leg BSB BSB: Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs.
27 UST near the rim. They are to hold poles for carrying the table. BSB BSB: The rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.
28 UST Make two poles from acacia wood and cover them with gold. Use them to carry the table. BSB BSB: Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
29 UST Also make dishes, cups, jars, and bowls for the priests to use to pour out{ wine to offer to me}. Make them all 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 UST Present the sacred bread to me on the table at all times. 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 UST Make a lampstand from pure gold. Hammer{ one large lump of gold} to make its base and its shaft. Make the cups, with the flower buds and petals{ that decorate them}, from that same lump. 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 UST 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 UST Each branch will have three gold cups that look like almond flowers on it. The flowers will have buds and petals. Do this for all six branches of the lampstand. 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 UST On{ the shaft of} the lampstand there are to be four cups 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 UST Make one flower bud beneath every two branches. Attach it to each pair of branches{ as if they are growing} from it. Make all six lampstand branches like this. 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 UST Hammer all these buds and branches{, along with the shaft,} 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 UST Make seven lamps and place them on the lampstand so that its light shines all around it. BSB BSB: Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.
38 UST { 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 UST Use 33 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 UST Make sure to 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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