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Exodus • Chapter 25
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The Lord told Moses,
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“Instruct the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive my offering from everyone who willingly wants to give.
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These are the items you are to accept from them as contributions: gold, silver, and bronze;
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blue, purple, and crimson thread; finely-spun linen and goat hair;
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ram skins that have been tanned, and fine leather; acacia wood;
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olive oil for the lamps; spices for the olive oil used in anointing and for the fragrant incense;
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Cover it with pure gold on the inside and the outside, and make a gold trim to go around it.
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Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two on one side and two on the other.
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Place the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, so it can be carried.
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The poles are to stay in the rings of the Ark; don't take them out.
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You are to make an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long by a cubit and a half wide.
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Make two cherubim of hammered gold for the ends of the atonement cover,
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and put one cherub on each end. All of this is to be made from one piece of gold.
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The cherubim are to be designed with spread wings pointing upward, covering the atonement cover. The cherubim are to be placed facing each another, looking down towards the atonement cover.
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Place the atonement cover on top of the Ark, and put the Testimony that I'm going to give you inside the Ark.
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I will meet with you there as arranged above the atonement cover, between the two cherubim that stand over the Ark of the Testimony, and I will talk with you about all the commands I will give the Israelites.
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Make plates and dishes for the table, as well as pitchers and bowls for pouring out drink offerings. Make all of them out of pure gold.
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Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The whole of it is to be made of one piece—its base, shaft, cups, buds, and flowers.
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It is to have six branches coming out of the sides of the lampstand, three on each side.
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Have three cups shaped like almond flowers on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch. Each of six branches that come out will have three cups shaped like almond flowers, all complete with buds and petals.
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On the main shaft of the lampstand make four cups shaped like almond flowers, complete with buds and petals.
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On the six branches that come out from the lampstand, place a bud under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.
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The buds and branches are to be made with the lampstand as one piece, hammered out of pure gold.
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Be sure to make everything according to the design you were shown on the mountain.”