25: 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an 210offering: of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my offering.
210Or, heave-offering: (both times, and in vs. 3)
25: 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and 211copper,
211Or, bronze, or, brass, And so everywhere.
25: 4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 212fine linen, and goats’ hair,
212Or, cotton,
25: 5 and rams’ skins dyed red, and 213sealskins, and acacia wood,
213Or, porpoise-skins,
25: 6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
25: 7 214onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
214Or, beryl,
25: 8 And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
25: 9 According to all that I show thee, the pattern of the 215tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture thereof, even so shall ye make it.
215Hb. mishkan, dwelling, Includes both tent (ohel) and court.
25: 10 And they shall make an ark of acacia wood: two 216cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
216The common cubit is about 444.5 mm long, although there is also a short cubit of perhaps 296 mm and a long cubit of about 518.6 mm. So R.B.Y Scott, “The Biblical Archaeologist Reader 3;” Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday Anchor (1970), p. 346-349.
25: 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a 217crown of gold round about.
217Or, rim or, moulding
25: 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet thereof; and two rings shall be on the one 218side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
218Hb. rib (both times)
25: 13 And thou shalt make staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
25: 14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, wherewith to bear the ark.
25: 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
25: 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
25: 17 And thou shalt make a 219mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
219Or, covering (for atonement) And so everywhere.
25: 18 And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of 220beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.
220Or, turned
25: 19 And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: 221of one piece with the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof.
221Hb. out of the mercy-seat
25: 20 And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
25: 21 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
25: 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
25: 23 And thou shalt make a table of acacia wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
25: 24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
25: 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about; and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
25: 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
25: 27 Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table.
25: 28 And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
25: 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the flagons thereof, and the bowls thereof, wherewith to pour out: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
25: 30 And thou shalt set upon the table 222showbread before me always.
222Or, Presence bread Lit. bread of faces
25: 31 And thou shalt make a 223lampstand of pure gold: of 224beaten work shall the lampstand be made, even its 225base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be 226of one piece with it:
223Hb. menorah And so everywhere. Representations of the menorah on a coin may be found in “Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land,” ed. Avraham Negev; Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Publishing House, 1972; See entry: Menorah. and on the Arch of Titus at Rome in J.A. Thompson, “The Bible and Archaeology;” Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1962; See p. 298.
224Or, turned Also in vs. 36.
225Hb. thigh,
226Hb. out of the same: And in vss. 35 (twice) and 36.
25: 32 and there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the lampstand out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side thereof:
25: 33 three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the lampstand:
25: 34 and in the lampstand four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;
25: 35 and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
25: 36 Their knops and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.
25: 37 And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven: and they shall 227light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it.
227Or, set up
25: 38 And the snuffers thereof, and the 228snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
228Lit. censers
25: 39 Of a talent of pure gold shalt thou make it, with all these vessels.
25: 40 And see that thou make them after their pattern, which hath been showed thee in the mount.
