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Offerings for the Tabernacle
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# Chapter 25
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1. The LORD said to Moses,
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2. "Tell the people of Israel to bring me their sacred offerings. Accept the contributions from all whose hearts are moved to offer them.
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3. Here is a list of sacred offerings you may accept from them:
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gold, silver, and bronze;
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4. blue, purple, and scarlet thread;
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fine linen and goat hair for cloth;
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5. tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather;
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acacia wood;
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6. olive oil for the lamps;
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spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
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7. onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest's chestpiece.
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8. "Have the people of Israel build me a holy sanctuary so I can live among them.
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9. You must build this Tabernacle and its furnishings exactly according to the pattern I will show you.
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Plans for the Ark of the Covenant
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10. "Have the people make an Ark of acacia wood--a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
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11. Overlay it inside and outside with pure gold, and run a molding of gold all around it.
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12. Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each side.
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13. Make poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
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14. Insert the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.
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15. These carrying poles must stay inside the rings; never remove them.
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16. When the Ark is finished, place inside it the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you.
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17. "Then make the Ark's cover--the place of atonement--from pure gold. It must be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
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18. Then make two cherubim from hammered gold, and place them on the two ends of the atonement cover.
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19. Mold the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold.
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20. The cherubim will face each other and look down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they will protect it.
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21. Place inside the Ark the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you. Then put the atonement cover on top of the Ark.
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22. I will meet with you there and talk to you from above the atonement cover between the gold cherubim that hover over the Ark of the Covenant. From there I will give you my commands for the people of Israel.
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Plans for the Table
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23. "Then make a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
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24. Overlay it with pure gold and run a gold molding around the edge.
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25. Decorate it with a 3-inch border all around, and run a gold molding along the border.
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26. Make four gold rings for the table and attach them at the four corners next to the four legs.
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27. Attach the rings near the border to hold the poles that are used to carry the table.
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28. Make these poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
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29. Make special containers of pure gold for the table--bowls, ladles, pitchers, and jars--to be used in pouring out liquid offerings.
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30. Place the Bread of the Presence on the table to remain before me at all times.
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Plans for the Lampstand
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31. "Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. Make the entire lampstand and its decorations of one piece--the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and petals.
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32. Make it with six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side.
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33. Each of the six branches will have three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
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34. Craft the center stem of the lampstand with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
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35. There will also be an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extend from the center stem.
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36. The almond buds and branches must all be of one piece with the center stem, and they must be hammered from pure gold.
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37. Then make the seven lamps for the lampstand, and set them so they reflect their light forward.
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38. The lamp snuffers and trays must also be made of pure gold.
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39. You will need 75 pounds of pure gold for the lampstand and its accessories.
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40. "Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.
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