1 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens: 2 Loquere filiis Israël, ut tollant mihi primitias: ab omni homine qui offeret ultroneus, accipietis eas. 3 Hæc sunt autem quæ accipere debeatis: aurum, et argentum, et æs, 4 hyacinthum et purpuram, coccumque bis tinctum, et byssum, pilos caprarum, 5 et pelles arietum rubricatas, pellesque janthinas, et ligna setim: 6 oleum ad luminaria concinnanda: aromata in unguentum, et thymiamata boni odoris: 7 lapides onychinos, et gemmas ad ornandum ephod, ac rationale. 8 Facientque mihi sanctuarium, et habitabo in medio eorum: 9 juxta omnem similitudinem tabernaculi quod ostendam tibi, et omnium vasorum in cultum ejus. Sicque facietis illud: 10 arcam de lignis setim compingite, cujus longitudo habeat duos et semis cubitos: latitudo, cubitum et dimidium: altitudo, cubitum similiter ac semissem. 11 Et deaurabis eam auro mundissimo intus et foris: faciesque supra, coronam auream per circuitum: 12 et quatuor circulos aureos, quos pones per quatuor arcæ angulos: duo circuli sint in latere uno, et duo in altero. 13 Facies quoque vectes de lignis setim, et operies eos auro. 14 Inducesque per circulos qui sunt in arcæ lateribus, ut portetur in eis: 15 qui semper erunt in circulis, nec umquam extrahentur ab eis. 16 Ponesque in arca testificationem quam dabo tibi. 17 Facies et propitiatorium de auro mundissimo: duos cubitos et dimidium tenebit longitudo ejus, et cubitum ac semissem latitudo. 18 Duos quoque cherubim aureos et productiles facies, ex utraque parte oraculi. 19 Cherub unus sit in latere uno, et alter in altero. 20 Utrumque latus propitiatorii tegant expandentes alas, et operientes oraculum, respiciantque se mutuo versis vultibus in propitiatorium quo operienda est arca, 21 in qua pones testimonium quod dabo tibi. 22 Inde præcipiam, et loquar ad te supra propitiatorium, ac de medio duorum cherubim, qui erunt super arcam testimonii, cuncta quæ mandabo per te filiis Israël. 23 Facies et mensam de lignis setim, habentem duos cubitos longitudinis, et in latitudine cubitum, et in altitudine cubitum et semissem. 24 Et inaurabis eam auro purissimo: faciesque illi labium aureum per circuitum, 25 et ipsi labio coronam interrasilem altam quatuor digitis: et super illam, alteram coronam aureolam. 26 Quatuor quoque circulos aureos præparabis, et pones eis in quatuor angulis ejusdem mensæ per singulos pedes. 27 Subter coronam erunt circuli aurei, ut mittantur vectes per eos, et possit mensa portari. 28 Ipsos quoque vectes facies de lignis setim, et circumdabis auro ad subvehendam mensam. 29 Parabis et acetabula, ac phialas, thuribula, et cyathos, in quibus offerenda sunt libamina, ex auro purissimo. 30 Et pones super mensam panes propositionis in conspectu meo semper. 31 Facies et candelabrum ductile de auro mundissimo, hastile ejus, et calamos, scyphos, et sphærulas, ac lilia ex ipso procedentia. 32 Sex calami egredientur de lateribus, tres ex uno latere, et tres ex altero. 33 Tres scyphi quasi in nucis modum per calamos singulos, sphærulaque simul, et lilium: et tres similiter scyphi instar nucis in calamo altero, sphærulaque simul et lilium. Hoc erit opus sex calamorum, qui producendi sunt de hastili: 34 in ipso autem candelabro erunt quatuor scyphi in nucis modum, sphærulæque per singulos, et lilia. 35 Sphærulæ sub duobus calamis per tria loca, qui simul sex fiunt procedentes de hastili uno. 36 Et sphærulæ igitur et calami ex ipso erunt, universa ductilia de auro purissimo. 37 Facies et lucernas septem, et pones eas super candelabrum, ut luceant ex adverso. 38 Emunctoria quoque, et ubi quæ emuncta sunt extinguantur, fiant de auro purissimo. 39 Omne pondus candelabri cum universis vasis suis habebit talentum auri purissimi. 40 Inspice, et fac secundum exemplar quod tibi in monte monstratum est.
Exodus 25 Clementine Vulgate
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
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)
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- 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.