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| | Exd 25:1 | The LORD said to Moses,
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| | Exd 25:2 | "Tell the people of Israel that everyone who wants to may bring me an offering.
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| | Exd 25:3 | Here is a list of items you may accept on my behalf: gold, silver, and bronze;
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| | Exd 25:4 | blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen; goat hair for cloth;
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| | Exd 25:5 | tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather; acacia wood;
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| | Exd 25:6 | olive oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
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| | Exd 25:7 | onyx stones, and other stones to be set in the ephod and the chestpiece.
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| | Exd 25:8 | "I want the people of Israel to build me a sacred residence where I can live among them.
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| | Exd 25:9 | You must make this Tabernacle and its furnishings exactly according to the plans I will show you.
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| | Exd 25:10 | "Make an Ark of acacia wood--a sacred chest 33/4 feet long, 21/4 feet wide, and 21/4 feet high.
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| | Exd 25:11 | Overlay it inside and outside with pure gold, and put a molding of gold all around it.
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| | Exd 25:12 | Cast four rings of gold for it, and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each side.
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| | Exd 25:13 | Make poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
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| | Exd 25:14 | Fit the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.
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| | Exd 25:15 | These carrying poles must never be taken from the rings; they are to be left there permanently.
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| | Exd 25:16 | 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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| | Exd 25:17 | "Then make the Ark's cover--the place of atonement--out of pure gold. It must be 33/4 feet long and 21/4 feet wide.
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| | Exd 25:18 | Then use hammered gold to make two cherubim, and place them at the two ends of the atonement cover.
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| | Exd 25:19 | Attach the cherubim to each end of the atonement cover, making it all one piece.
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| | Exd 25:20 | The cherubim will face each other, looking down on the atonement cover with their wings spread out above it.
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| | Exd 25:21 | 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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| | Exd 25:22 | 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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| | Exd 25:23 | "Then make a table of acacia wood, 3 feet long, 11/2 feet wide, and 21/4 feet high.
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| | Exd 25:24 | Overlay it with pure gold and run a molding of gold around it.
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| | Exd 25:25 | Put a rim about three inches wide around the top edge, and put a gold molding all around the rim.
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| | Exd 25:26 | Make four gold rings, and put the rings at the four corners by the four legs,
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| | Exd 25:27 | close to the rim around the top. These rings will support the poles used to carry the table.
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| | Exd 25:28 | Make these poles from acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
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| | Exd 25:29 | And make gold plates and dishes, as well as pitchers and bowls to be used in pouring out drink offerings.
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| | Exd 25:30 | You must always keep the special Bread of the Presence on the table before me.
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| | Exd 25:31 | "Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The entire lampstand and its decorations will be one piece--the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and blossoms.
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| | Exd 25:32 | It will have six branches, three branches going out from each side of the center stem.
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| | Exd 25:33 | Each of the six branches will hold a cup shaped like an almond blossom, complete with buds and petals.
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| | Exd 25:34 | The center stem of the lampstand will be decorated with four almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
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| | Exd 25:35 | One blossom will be set beneath each pair of branches where they extend from the center stem.
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| | Exd 25:36 | The decorations and branches must all be one piece with the stem, and they must be hammered from pure gold.
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| | Exd 25:37 | Then make the seven lamps for the lampstand, and set them so they reflect their light forward.
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| | Exd 25:38 | The lamp snuffers and trays must also be made of pure gold.
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| | Exd 25:39 | You will need seventy-five pounds of pure gold for the lampstand and its accessories.
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| | Exd 25:40 | "Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.
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