{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/exodus/25","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T22:35:39.681Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Exodus","bookSlug":"exodus","chapter":25,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":24,"nextChapter":26,"totalChapters":40,"totalVerses":40},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an offering: of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my offering."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And this is the offering which ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and brass,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats  hair ,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and rams'skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"According to all that I show thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture thereof, even so shall ye make it."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And they shall make an ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet thereof; and two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And thou shalt make staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, wherewith to bear the ark."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half'shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And thou shalt make a table of acacia wood: two cubits'shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about; and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the flagons thereof, and the bowls thereof, wherewith to pour out: of pure gold shalt thou make them."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me alway."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"And there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick:"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"and in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the candlestick."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Their knops and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven: and they shall light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"And the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"And see that thou make them after their pattern, which hath been showed thee in the mount."}],"citation":{"inline":"Exodus 25 (ASV)","markdown":"[Exodus 25](https://primebible.com/asv/exodus/25)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/exodus/25 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}