Exodus 24

The Lord Ratifies the Covenant

1 s But to Moses the Lordt said, “Come ups to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from a distance.s

2 Moses alone may comet near the Lord, but the otherst must not come near,t nor may the people go up with him.”
3 Moses cames and told the people all the Lord’s wordss and all the decisions. All the people answered together,t “We are willing to dot all the words that the Lord has said,”4 and Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. Early in the morning he builtt an altar at the foott of the mountain and arrangedt twelve standing stonest – according to the twelve tribes of Israel.5 He sent young Israelite men,t and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls for peace offeringst to the Lord.6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and half of the blood he splashed on the altar.s7 He took the Book of the Covenantt and read it aloudt to the people, and they said, “We are willing to do and obeyt all that the Lord has spoken.”

8 So Moses took the blood and splashed it ont the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenants that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
9 Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up,ts10 and they saws the God of Israel. Under his feets there was something like a pavementt made of sapphire, clear like the sky itself.t

11 But he did not lay a handt on the leaders of the Israelites, so they saw God,t and they ate and they drank.s
12 s The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me to the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tabletss witht the law and the commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them.”t13 So Moses set outt witht Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up the mountain of God.

14 He told the elders, “Wait for us in this place until we return to you. Here aret Aaron and Hur with you. Whoever has any matters of disputet can approachts them.”
15 Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.16 The glory of the Lord resideds on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days.t On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.17 Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain viewt of the people.

18 Moses went into the cloud when he went upt the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.s

Exodus 25

The Materials for the Sanctuary

1 s The Lord spoke to Moses:2 “Tell the Israelites to taket an offeringt for me; from every person motivated by a willingt heart yout are to receive my offering.3 This is the offering yout are to accept from them: gold, silver, bronze,4 blue,s purple,s scarlet,s fine linen,s goat’s hair,s5 ram skins dyed red,s fine leather,t acacias wood,6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for fragrant incense,7 onyx stones, and other gems to be set in the ephod and in the breastpiece.8 Let them maket for me a sanctuary,t so that I may live among them.

9 According to all that I am showing yout – the pattern of the tabernacles and the pattern of all its furnishings – yout must make it exactly so.s

The Ark of the Covenant

10 s “They are to make an arkt of acacia wood – its length is to be three feet nine inches, its width two feet three inches, and its height two feet three inches.t11 You are to overlayt it with pure gold – both inside and outside you must overlay it,t and you are to make a surrounding bordert of gold over it.12 You are to cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.13 You are to make poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold,14 and put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.15 The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it.

16 You are to put into the ark the testimonys that I will give to you.
17 “You are to make an atonement lidt of pure gold;t its length is to be three feet nine inches, and its width is to be two feet three inches.18 You are to make two cherubimt of gold; you are to make them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid.19 Maket one cherub on one endt and one cherub on the other end; from the atonement lids you are to make the cherubim on the two ends.20 The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowingt the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other,t lookingt toward the atonement lid.21 You are to put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and in the ark you are to put the testimony I am giving you.

22 I will meet with you there,s andt from above the atonement lid, from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites.

The Table for the Bread of the Presence

23 s “You are to make a table of acacia wood; its length is to be three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches.24 You are to overlay it witht pure gold, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for it.25 You are to make a surrounding frames for it about three inches broad, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for its frame.26 You are to make four rings of gold for it and attacht the rings at the four corners where its four legs are.t27 The rings are to be close to the frame to provide placest for the poles to carry the table.28 You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.t29 You are to make its plates,t its ladles,t its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings;t you are to make them of pure gold.

30 You are to set the Bread of the Presences on the table before me continually.

The Lampstand

31 s “You are to make a lampstandt of pure gold. The lampstand is to be made of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups,s its buds, and its blossoms are to be from the same piece.t32 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand,t three branches of the lampstand from one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it.t33 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on the nextt branch, and the samet for the six branches extending from the lampstand.34 On the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms,35 with a bud under the firstt two branches from it, and a bud under the nextt two branches from it, and a bud under the thirdt two branches from it, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

36 Their buds and their branches will be one piece,t all of it one hammered piece of pure gold.
37 “You are to make its seven lamps,t and then sett its lamps up on it, so that it will give lightt to the area in front of it.38 Its trimmers and its trayss are to bet of pure gold.39 About seventy-five poundst of pure gold is to be used for itt and for all these utensils.

40 Now be sure to maket them according to the pattern you were shownt on the mountain.s

Exodus 26

The Tabernacle

1 s “The tabernacle itselft you are to make witht ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet;s you are to make them witht cherubim that are the work of an artistic designer.2 The length of eacht curtain is to be forty-two feet, and the width of each curtain is to be six feett – the same size for each of the curtains.3 Five curtains are to be joined,t one to another,t and the othert five curtains are to be joined, one to another.4 You are to make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and in the same way you are to make loopst in the outer edge of the end curtain in the second set.5 You are to make fifty loops on the one curtain, and you are to make fifty loops on the end curtain which is on the second set, so that the loops are opposite one to another.t

6 You are to make fifty gold clasps and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle is a unit.t
7 “You are to make curtains of goats’ hairs for a tent over the tabernacle;s you are to maket eleven curtains.8 The length of eacht curtain is to be forty-five feet, and the width of each curtain is to be six feet – the same size for the eleven curtains.9 You are to join five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. You are to double overs the sixth curtain at the front of the tent.10 You are to make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and fifty loops along the edge of the curtain that joins the second set.11 You are to make fifty bronze clasps and put the clasps into the loops and join the tent together so that it is a unit.t12 Now the part that remains of the curtains of the tent – the half curtain that remains will hang over at the back of the tabernacle.s

13 The foot and a halft on the one side and the foot and a half on the other side of what remains in the length of the curtains of the tent will hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on one side and the other side, to cover it.s

14 “You are to make a coverings for the tent out of ram skins dyed red and over that a covering of fine leather.t
15 “You are to make the framest for the tabernacle out oft acacia wood as uprights.t16 Eacht frame is to be fifteen feet long, and each frame is to be two feet three inches wide,17 with two projectionss per frame parallel one to another.t You are to make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.18 So you are to make the frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side,t19 and you are to make forty silver bases to go under the twenty frames – two bases under the first frame for its two projections, and likewiset two bases under the next frame for its two projections;20 and for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, twenty frames,21 and their forty silver bases, two bases under the first frame, and two bases under the next frame.22 And for the back of the tabernacle on the westt you will make six frames.23 You are to make two frames for the cornerss of the tabernacle on the back.24 At the two cornerst they must be doubled at the lower end and finished together at the top in one ring. So it will be for both.

25 So there are to be eight frames and their silver bases, sixteen bases, two bases under the first frame, and two bases under the next frame.
26 “You are to make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,27 and five bars for the frames on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames on the back of the tabernacle on the west.28 The middle bar in the center of the frames will reach from end to end.s29 You are to overlay the frames with gold and make their rings of gold to provide places for the bars, and you are to overlay the bars with gold.

30 You are to set up the tabernacle according to the plant that you were shown on the mountain.
31 “You are to make a special curtaint of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; it is to be madet with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer.32 You are to hang itt with gold hookst on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold, set int four silver bases.33 You are to hang this curtain under the clasps and bring the ark of the testimony in there behind the curtain.t The curtain will make a division for you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place.t34 You are to put the atonement lid on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.35 You are to put the table outside the curtain and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle, opposite the table, and you are to place the table on the north side.36 “You are to make a hangings for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer.t

37 You are to make for the hanging five posts of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and their hooks will bet gold, and you are to cast five bronze bases for them.s