“They are to make a sanctuary(A) for Me so that I may dwell(B) among them. You must make it according to all that I show you—the pattern(C) of the tabernacle as well as the pattern of all its furnishings.

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The Table

23 “You are to construct a table(A) of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.[a] 24 Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding all around it. 25 Make a three-inch[b] frame all around it and make a gold molding for it all around its frame. 26 Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs. 27 The rings should be next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table. 28 Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table can be carried by them. 29 You are also to make its plates(B) and cups, as well as its pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold. 30 Put the bread of the Presence(C) on the table before Me at all times.

The Lampstand

31 “You(D) are to make a lampstand(E) out of pure, hammered gold. It is to be made of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its calyxes[c] and petals. 32 Six branches are to extend from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side. 33 There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the next branch. It is to be this way for the six branches that extend from the lampstand. 34 There are to be four cups shaped like almond blossoms on the lampstand shaft along with its calyxes and petals. 35 For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a calyx must be under the first pair of branches from it, a calyx under the second pair of branches from it, and a calyx under the third pair of branches from it. 36 Their calyxes and branches are to be of one piece.[d] All of it is to be a single hammered piece of pure gold.

37 “Make seven lamps(F) on it. Its lamps are to be set up so they illuminate the area in front of it. 38 Its snuffers and firepans must be of pure gold. 39 The lampstand[e] with all these utensils is to be made from 75 pounds[f] of pure gold.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 25:23 Lit two cubits its length, one cubit its width, and one and a half cubits its height
  2. Exodus 25:25 Lit Make it a handbreadth
  3. Exodus 25:31 = the outer covering of a flower
  4. Exodus 25:36 Lit piece with it
  5. Exodus 25:39 Lit It
  6. Exodus 25:39 Lit a talent

The Tabernacle

26 “You(A) are to construct the tabernacle itself with 10 curtains. You must make them of finely spun linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with a design of cherubim worked into them.

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“Take fine flour and bake it into 12 loaves;(A) each loaf is to be made with four quarts.[a] Arrange them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table(B) before the Lord. Place pure frankincense(C) near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion(D) for the bread and a fire offering(E) to the Lord. The bread is to be set out before the Lord every Sabbath day as a perpetual covenant(F) obligation on the part of the Israelites.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 24:5 Lit two-tenths [of an ephah]

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