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The LORD said to Moses ,
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Speak to the people of Israel ,
that they take for me an offering ;
from every man whose heart makes him willing you shall receive the offering for me .
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And this is the offering which you shall receive from them :
gold ,
silver ,
and bronze ,
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blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen ,
goats '
hair ,
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tanned rams '
skins ,
goatskins ,
acacia wood ,
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oil for the lamps ,
spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense ,
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onyx stones ,
and stones for setting ,
for the ephod and for the breastpiece .
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And let them make me a sanctuary ,
that I may dwell in their midst .
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According to all that I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle ,
and of all its furniture ,
so you shall make it .
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They shall make an ark of acacia wood ;
two cubits and a half shall be its length ,
a cubit and a half its breadth ,
and a cubit and a half its height .
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And you shall overlay it with pure gold ,
within and without shall you overlay it ,
and you shall make upon it a molding of gold round about .
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And you shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet ,
two rings on the one side of it ,
and two rings on the other side of it .
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You shall make poles of acacia wood ,
and overlay them with gold .
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And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark ,
to carry the ark by them .
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The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark ;
they shall not be taken from it .
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And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you .
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Then you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold ;
two cubits and a half shall be its length ,
and a cubit and a half its breadth .
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And you shall make two cherubim of gold ;
of hammered work shall you make them ,
on the two ends of the mercy seat .
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Make one cherub on the one end ,
and one cherub on the other end ;
of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends .
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The cherubim shall spread out their wings above ,
overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings ,
their faces one to another ;
toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be .
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And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark ;
and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you .
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There I will meet with you ,
and from above the mercy seat ,
from between the two cherubim that are upon the ark of the testimony ,
I will speak with you of all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel .
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And you shall make a table of acacia wood ;
two cubits shall be its length ,
a cubit its breadth ,
and a cubit and a half its height .
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You shall overlay it with pure gold ,
and make a molding of gold around it .
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And you shall make around it a frame a handbreadth wide ,
and a molding of gold around the frame .
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And you shall make for it four rings of gold ,
and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs .
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Close to the frame the rings shall lie ,
as holders for the poles to carry the table .
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You shall make the poles of acacia wood ,
and overlay them with gold ,
and the table shall be carried with these .
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And you shall make its plates and dishes for incense ,
and its flagons and bowls with which to pour libations ;
of pure gold you shall make them .
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And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me always .
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And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold .
The base and the shaft of the lampstand shall be made of hammered work ;
its cups ,
its capitals ,
and its flowers shall be of one piece with it ;
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and there shall be six branches going out of its sides ,
three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it ;
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three cups made like almonds ,
each with capital and flower ,
on one branch ,
and three cups made like almonds ,
each with capital and flower ,
on the other branch--so for the six branches going out of the lampstand ;
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and on the lampstand itself four cups made like almonds ,
with their capitals and flowers ,
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and a capital of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand .
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Their capitals and their branches shall be of one piece with it ,
the whole of it one piece of hammered work of pure gold .
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And you shall make the seven lamps for it ;
and the lamps shall be set up so as to give light upon the space in front of it .
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Its snuffers and their trays shall be of pure gold .
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Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made ,
with all these utensils .
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And see that you make them after the pattern for them ,
which is being shown you on the mountain .
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Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet stuff ;
with cherubim skilfully worked shall you make them .
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The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits ,
and the breadth of each curtain four cubits ;
all the curtains shall have one measure .
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Five curtains shall be coupled to one another ;
and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another .
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And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the outmost curtain in the first set ;
and likewise you shall make loops on the edge of the outmost curtain in the second set .
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Fifty loops you shall make on the one curtain ,
and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set ;
the loops shall be opposite one another .
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And you shall make fifty clasps of gold ,
and couple the curtains one to the other with the clasps ,
that the tabernacle may be one whole .
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You shall also make curtains of goats '
hair for a tent over the tabernacle ;
eleven curtains shall you make .
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The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits ,
and the breadth of each curtain four cubits ;
the eleven curtains shall have the same measure .
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And you shall couple five curtains by themselves ,
and six curtains by themselves ,
and the sixth curtain you shall double over at the front of the tent .
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And you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outmost in one set ,
and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second set .
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And you shall make fifty clasps of bronze ,
and put the clasps into the loops ,
and couple the tent together that it may be one whole .
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And the part that remains of the curtains of the tent ,
the half curtain that remains ,
shall hang over the back of the tabernacle .
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And the cubit on the one side ,
and the cubit on the other side ,
of what remains in the length of the curtains of the tent shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle ,
on this side and that side ,
to cover it .
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And you shall make for the tent a covering of tanned rams '
skins and goatskins .
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And you shall make upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood .
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Ten cubits shall be the length of a frame ,
and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame .
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There shall be two tenons in each frame ,
for fitting together ;
so shall you do for all the frames of the tabernacle .
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You shall make the frames for the tabernacle :
twenty frames for the south side ;
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and forty bases of silver you shall make under the twenty frames ,
two bases under one frame for its two tenons ,
and two bases under another frame for its two tenons ;
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and for the second side of the tabernacle ,
on the north side twenty frames ,
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and their forty bases of silver ,
two bases under one frame ,
and two bases under another frame ;
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and for the rear of the tabernacle westward you shall make six frames .
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And you shall make two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear ;
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they shall be separate beneath ,
but joined at the top ,
at the first ring ;
thus shall it be with both of them ;
they shall form the two corners .
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And there shall be eight frames ,
with their bases of silver ,
sixteen bases ;
two bases under one frame ,
and two bases under another frame .
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And you shall make bars of acacia wood ,
five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle ,
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and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle ,
and five bars for the frames of the side of the tabernacle at the rear westward .
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The middle bar ,
halfway up the frames ,
shall pass through from end to end .
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You shall overlay the frames with gold ,
and shall make their rings of gold for holders for the bars ;
and you shall overlay the bars with gold .
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And you shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan for it which has been shown you on the mountain .
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And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen ;
in skilled work shall it be made ,
with cherubim ;
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and you shall hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold ,
with hooks of gold ,
upon four bases of silver .
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And you shall hang the veil from the clasps ,
and bring the ark of the testimony in thither within the veil ;
and the veil shall separate for you the holy place from the most holy .
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You shall put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place .
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And you shall set the table outside the veil ,
and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table ;
and you shall put the table on the north side .
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And you shall make a screen for the door of the tent ,
of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen ,
embroidered with needlework .
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And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia ,
and overlay them with gold ;
their hooks shall be of gold ,
and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them .
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You shall make the altar of acacia wood ,
five cubits long and five cubits broad ;
the altar shall be square ,
and its height shall be three cubits .
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And you shall make horns for it on its four corners ;
its horns shall be of one piece with it ,
and you shall overlay it with bronze .
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You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes ,
and shovels and basins and forks and firepans ;
all its utensils you shall make of bronze .
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You shall also make for it a grating ,
a network of bronze ;
and upon the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners .
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And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net shall extend halfway down the altar .
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And you shall make poles for the altar ,
poles of acacia wood ,
and overlay them with bronze ;
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and the poles shall be put through the rings ,
so that the poles shall be upon the two sides of the altar ,
when it is carried .
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You shall make it hollow ,
with boards ;
as it has been shown you on the mountain ,
so shall it be made .
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You shall make the court of the tabernacle .
On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side ;
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their pillars shall be twenty and their bases twenty ,
of bronze ,
but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver .
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And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long ,
their pillars twenty and their bases twenty ,
of bronze ,
but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver .
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And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits ,
with ten pillars and ten bases .
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The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits .
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The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits ,
with three pillars and three bases .
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On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits ,
with three pillars and three bases .
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For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long ,
of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen ,
embroidered with needlework ;
it shall have four pillars and with them four bases .
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All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver ;
their hooks shall be of silver ,
and their bases of bronze .
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The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits ,
the breadth fifty ,
and the height five cubits ,
with hangings of fine twined linen and bases of bronze .
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All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use ,
and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court ,
shall be of bronze .
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And you shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light ,
that a lamp may be set up to burn continually .
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In the tent of meeting ,
outside the veil which is before the testimony ,
Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the LORD .
It shall be a statute for ever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel .
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Then bring near to you Aaron your brother ,
and his sons with him ,
from among the people of Israel ,
to serve me as priests--Aaron and Aaron '
s sons ,
Nadab and Abi '
hu ,
Elea '
zar and Ith '
amar .