Exodus 25:18-40

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸ You shall make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work ^[a]at the two ends of the atoning cover. ¹⁹ Make one cherub ^[b]at one end and one cherub ^[c]at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece ^[d]with the atoning cover at its two ends. ²⁰ And ^(A)the cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings and ^[e]facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the atoning cover. ²¹ Then ^(B)you shall put the atoning cover ^[f]on top of the ark, and ^(C)in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. ^22 (D)There I will meet with you; and from above the atoning cover, from ^(E)between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about ^[g]every commandment that I will give you for the sons of Israel.

Bread of the Presence

²³ “^(F)You shall also make a table of acacia wood, ^[h]two cubits ^[i]long and one cubit ^[j]wide, and one and a half cubits ^[k]high. ²⁴ You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold ^(G)border around it. ²⁵ And you shall make for it a rim of a ^[l]hand width around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it. ²⁶ You shall also make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four legs. ²⁷ The rings shall be close to the rim, as holders for the poles to carry the table. ²⁸ And you shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried. ²⁹ You shall also make its ^(H)dishes, its pans, its jars, and its libation bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. ³⁰ And you shall set ^(I)the bread of the ^[m]Presence on the table before Me continually.

The Golden Lampstand

³¹ “^(J)Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand, its base and its shaft, are to be made of hammered work; its cups, its ^[n]bulbs, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it. ^32 (K)Six branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its ^[o]other side. ^33 (L)Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms on the one branch, a ^[p]bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the ^[q]other branch, a ^[r]bulb and a flower—the same for six branches going out from the lampstand; ³⁴ and ^(M)on the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its ^[s]bulbs and its flowers. ^35 (N)A ^[t]bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a ^[u]bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a ^[v]bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. ^36 (O)Their ^[w]bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. ³⁷ Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and ^(P)they shall ^[x]mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it. ³⁸ Its tongs and its trays shall be of pure gold. ³⁹ It shall be made from a ^[y]talent of pure gold, with all these utensils. ^40 (Q)See that you make them ^(R)by the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.