Exodus · Bible in Basic English
Exodus 25 Bible in Basic English
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1 And the Lord said to Moses,
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Say to the children of Israel that they are to make me an offering; from every man who has the impulse in his heart take an offering for me.
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.
3 And this is the offering you are to take from them: gold and silver and brass;
3 This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, bronze,
4 And blue and purple and red, and the best linen, and goats' hair;
4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,
5 And sheepskins coloured red, and leather, and hard wood;
5 rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
6 Oil for the light, spices for the sweet-smelling oil, sweet perfumes for burning;
6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
7 Beryls and stones of value to be put on the ephod and on the priest's bag.
7 onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.
8 And let them make me a holy place, so that I may be ever present among them.
8 Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
9 Make the House and everything in it from the designs which I will give you.
9 According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.
10 And they are to make an ark of hard wood; two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide and high.
10 “They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.
11 It is to be plated inside and out with the best gold, with an edge of gold all round it
11 You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.
12 And make four rings of gold for it, to be fixed on its four feet, two rings on one side of it and two on the other.
12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
13 And make rods of the same wood, plating them with gold.
13 You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
14 And put the rods through the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.
14 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.
15 The rods are to be kept in the rings, and never taken out.
15 The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.
16 Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.
16 You shall put the covenant which I shall give you into the ark.
17 And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
17 You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.
18 And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold,
18 You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 One at one end and one at the other; the winged ones are to be part of the cover.
19 Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.
20 And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover.
20 The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
21 And put the cover over the ark, and in the ark the record which I will give you.
21 You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you.
22 And there, between the two winged ones on the cover of the ark, I will come to you, face to face, and make clear to you all the orders I have to give you for the children of Israel.
22 There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.
23 And you are to make a table of the same wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high,
23 “You shall make a table of acacia wood. Its length shall be two cubits, and its width a cubit, and its height one and a half cubits.
24 Plated with the best gold, with a gold edge all round it;
24 You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.
25 And make a frame all round it, as wide as a man's hand, with a gold edge to the frame.
25 You shall make a rim of a hand width around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.
26 And make four gold rings and put them at the four angles, on the four feet of the table;
26 You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.
27 The rings are to be fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table is to be lifted.
27 The rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.
28 Make rods of the same wood, plated with gold, for lifting the table.
28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
29 And make the table-vessels, the spoons and the cups and the basins for liquids, all of the best gold.
29 You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls with which to pour out offerings. You shall make them of pure gold.
30 And on the table at all times you are to keep my holy bread.
30 You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.
31 And you are to make a support for lights, of the best gold; its base and its pillar are to be of hammered gold; its cups, its buds, and its flowers are to be made of the same metal.
31 “You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. The lamp stand shall be made of hammered work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
32 It is to have six branches coming out from its sides; three branches from one side and three from the other.
32 There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its other side;
33 Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower, on all the branches.
33 three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lamp stand;
34 And on the pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower:
34 and in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
35 And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all the six branches of it.
35 and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lamp stand.
36 The buds and the branches are to be made of the same metal; all together one complete work of hammered gold.
36 Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold.
37 Then you are to make its seven vessels for the lights, putting them in their place so that they give light in front of it.
37 You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
38 And the instruments and trays for use with it are all to be of the best gold.
38 Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
39 A talent of gold will be needed for it, with all these vessels.
39 It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories.
40 And see that you make them from the design which you saw on the mountain.
40 See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 2 Corinthians 9:7; Nehemiah 11:2; Ezra 2:68; Ezra 7:16; Ezra 1:6
- 3 Deuteronomy 8:9; Job 28:2
- 4 Revelation 19:8; Ezekiel 16:10; Genesis 41:42
- 5 Exodus 26:14–15; Exodus 36:20; Exodus 26:37–27:1; Exodus 26:26
- 6 Exodus 27:20; Exodus 25:37; Exodus 30:23–38; Exodus 40:24–25
- 7 Exodus 28:4; Exodus 28:6–30
- 8 2 Corinthians 6:16; Revelation 21:3; 1 Kings 6:13; Exodus 29:45; Hebrews 9:1–2
- 9 Exodus 25:40; Hebrews 8:5; Acts 7:44; Hebrews 9:9; 1 Chronicles 28:11–19
- 10 Hebrews 9:4; Exodus 37:1–3; Deuteronomy 10:1–3; Revelation 11:19; 2 Chronicles 8:11
- 11 Exodus 25:24; 1 Kings 6:20; Exodus 30:3; 2 Chronicles 3:4
- 12 Exodus 25:15; Exodus 37:5; Exodus 26:29; Exodus 25:26; Exodus 27:7
- 13 Exodus 37:4; Numbers 4:14; Numbers 4:11; Exodus 40:20; Numbers 4:6
- 15 1 Kings 8:8; 2 Chronicles 5:9
- 16 Deuteronomy 31:26; 1 Kings 8:9; Hebrews 9:4; Exodus 16:34; Exodus 27:21
- 17 Hebrews 9:5; Exodus 37:6; Romans 3:25; Hebrews 4:16; Exodus 40:20
- 18 Hebrews 9:5; Ezekiel 10:20; 1 Chronicles 28:18; Ezekiel 10:2; 1 Kings 8:6–7
- 20 1 Chronicles 28:18; 1 Kings 8:7; Hebrews 9:5; Colossians 2:10; Isaiah 6:1–5
- 21 Exodus 26:34; Romans 10:4; Exodus 25:16–17
- 22 Exodus 29:42–43; Numbers 7:89; Isaiah 37:16; Psalm 80:1; 2 Kings 19:15
- 23 Exodus 37:10–16; Hebrews 9:2; 2 Chronicles 4:8; 1 Kings 7:48; 1 Chronicles 28:16
- 24 Exodus 25:11; 1 Kings 6:20–22
- 25 Exodus 37:2; Exodus 30:3
- 27 Exodus 25:28; Exodus 25:14
- 28 Numbers 10:17; Exodus 25:27; Acts 9:15; Exodus 25:14
- 29 Numbers 4:7; Exodus 37:16; Revelation 3:20; Numbers 7:13; Ezra 1:9–11
- 30 Matthew 12:4; Leviticus 24:5–9; Exodus 39:36; 1 Samuel 21:6; 2 Chronicles 13:11
- 31 1 Kings 7:49; Zechariah 4:2; Exodus 37:17–24; Revelation 1:12; Hebrews 9:2
- 33 Zechariah 4:3; Numbers 17:4–8; Exodus 37:19–20; Jeremiah 1:11–12
- 36 2 Chronicles 9:15; Exodus 25:18; Numbers 8:4; 1 Kings 10:16–17
- 37 Numbers 8:2; Revelation 1:20–2:1; Exodus 27:21; 2 Chronicles 13:11; Leviticus 24:2–4
- 38 Isaiah 6:6; 2 Kings 25:14; Exodus 37:23; 2 Chronicles 4:21; Numbers 4:9
- 40 Exodus 26:30; Acts 7:44; Hebrews 8:5; Numbers 8:4; Exodus 25:9
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… taken care that the types were found in things more exactly correspondent and more holy; and, above all, in the case of the Ark of the Covenant, on account of which the whole tabernacle of witness was formed. Now it was constructed thus: its length was two cubits and a half, its breadth one cubit and a half, its height …
… all things," and again, "All things of God." The word of truth has, however, frequently used this term in the case of the material, as when it says "Thou shalt make an ark of incorruptible wood;" and "Thou shalt make the candlestick of pure gold;" and "The first man is of the earth, earthy;" and "Thou art formed out of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
The Cherubim, too, which o'ershadow the mercy seat, are they not the work of men's hands?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
… half, its breadth one cubit and a half, its height one cubit and a half; but such a number of cubits in no respect corresponds with their system, yet by it the type ought to have been, beyond everything else, clearly set forth. The mercy-seat also does in like manner not at all harmonize with their expositions.
The mercy-seat also does in like manner not at all harmonize with their expositions. Moreover, the table of shew-bread was two cubits in length, while its height was a cubit and a half.