Bible Reading Plan – Day 23

₁The Lord said to Moses, ₂“Tell the Israelites to make an offering to me. Receive whatever offerings anyone wishes to give. ₃These offerings are to be: gold, silver, and bronze; ₄fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; cloth made of goats' hair; ₅rams' skin dyed red; fine leather; acacia wood; ₆oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense; ₇carnelians and other jewels to be set in the ephod of the High Priest and in his breastpiece. ₈The people must make a sacred tent for me, so that I may live among them. ₉Make it and all its furnishings according to the plan that I will show you.

₁₀“Make a box out of acacia wood, 110 centimetres long, 66 centimetres wide, and 66 centimetres high. ₁₁Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all round it. ₁₂Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side. ₁₃Make carrying poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold ₁₄and put them through the rings on each side of the box. ₁₅The poles are to be left in the rings and must not be taken out. ₁₆Then put in the box the two stone tablets that I will give you, on which the commandments are written.

₁₇“Make a lid of pure gold, 110 centimetres long and 66 centimetres wide. ₁₈Make two winged creatures of hammered gold, ₁₉one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid. ₂₀The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, and their outspread wings are to cover it. ₂₁Put the two stone tablets inside the box and put the lid on top of it. ₂₂I will meet you there, and from above the lid between the two winged creatures I will give you all my laws for the people of Israel.

₂₃“Make a table out of acacia wood, 88 centimetres long, 44 centimetres wide, and 66 centimetres high. ₂₄Cover it with pure gold and put a gold border round it. ₂₅Make a rim 75 millimetres wide round it and a gold border round the rim. ₂₆Make four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs are. ₂₇The rings to hold the poles for carrying the table are to be placed near the rim. ₂₈Make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold. ₂₉Make plates, cups, jars, and bowls to be used for the wine offerings. All of these are to be made of pure gold. ₃₀The table is to be placed in front of the Covenant Box, and on the table there is always to be the sacred bread offered to me.

₃₁“Make a lampstand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it. ₃₂Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side. ₃₃Each of the six branches is to have three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals. ₃₄The shaft of the lampstand is to have four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals. ₃₅There is to be one bud below each of the three pairs of branches. ₃₆The buds, the branches, and the lampstand are to be a single piece of pure hammered gold. ₃₇Make seven lamps for the lampstand and set them up so that they shine towards the front. ₃₈Make its tongs and trays of pure gold. ₃₉Use 35 kilogrammes of pure gold to make the lampstand and all this equipment. ₄₀Take care to make them according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.

₁“Make the interior of the sacred Tent, the Tent of my presence, out of ten pieces of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool. Embroider them with figures of winged creatures. ₂Make each piece the same size, twelve metres long and two metres wide. ₃Sew five of them together in one set, and do the same with the other five. ₄Make loops of blue cloth on the edge of the outside piece in each set. ₅Put fifty loops on the first piece of the first set and fifty loops matching them on the last piece of the second set. ₆Make fifty gold hooks with which to join the two sets into one piece.

₇“Make a cover for the Tent out of eleven pieces of cloth made of goats' hair. ₈Make them all the same size, thirteen metres long and two metres wide. ₉Sew five of them together in one set, and the other six in another set. Fold the sixth piece double over the front of the Tent. ₁₀Put fifty loops on the edge of the last piece of one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other set. ₁₁Make fifty bronze hooks and put them in the loops to join the two sets so as to form one cover. ₁₂Hang the extra half-piece over the back of the Tent. ₁₃The extra fifty centimetres on each side of the length is to hang over the sides of the Tent to cover it.

₁₄“Make two more coverings, one of rams' skin dyed red and the other of fine leather, to serve as the outer cover.

₁₅“Make upright frames for the Tent out of acacia wood. ₁₆Each frame is to be four metres long and 66 centimetres wide, ₁₇with two matching projections, so that the frames can be joined together. All the frames are to have these projections. ₁₈Make twenty frames for the south side ₁₉and forty silver bases to go under them, two bases under each frame to hold its two projections. ₂₀Make twenty frames for the north side of the Tent ₂₁and forty silver bases, two under each frame. ₂₂For the back of the Tent on the west, make six frames, ₂₃and two frames for the corners. ₂₄These corner frames are to be joined at the bottom and connected all the way to the top. The two frames that form the two corners are to be made in this way. ₂₅So there will be eight frames with their sixteen silver bases, two under each frame.

₂₆“Make fifteen crossbars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the Tent, ₂₇five for the frames on the other side, and five for the frames on the west end, at the back. ₂₈The middle crossbar, set halfway up the frames, is to extend from one end of the Tent to the other. ₂₉Cover the frames with gold and fit them with gold rings to hold the crossbars, which are also to be covered with gold. ₃₀Set up the Tent according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.

₃₁“Make a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool. Embroider it with figures of winged creatures. ₃₂Hang it on four posts of acacia wood covered with gold, fitted with hooks, and set in four silver bases. ₃₃Place the curtain under the row of hooks in the roof of the Tent, and behind the curtain put the Covenant Box containing the two stone tablets. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. ₃₄Put the lid on the Covenant Box. ₃₅Outside the Most Holy Place put the table against the north side of the Tent and the lampstand against the south side.

₃₆“For the entrance of the Tent make a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and decorated with embroidery. ₃₇For this curtain make five posts of acacia wood covered with gold and fitted with gold hooks; make five bronze bases for these posts.

₁“Make an altar out of acacia wood. It is to be square, 2.2 metres long and 2.2 metres wide, and it is to be 1.3 metres high. ₂Make projections at the top of the four corners. They are to form one piece with the altar, and the whole is to be covered with bronze. ₃Make pans for the greasy ashes, and make shovels, bowls, hooks, and firepans. All this equipment is to be made of bronze. ₄Make a bronze grating and put four bronze carrying rings on its corners. ₅Put the grating under the rim of the altar, so that it reaches halfway up the altar. ₆Make carrying poles of acacia wood, cover them with bronze, ₇and put them in the rings on each side of the altar when it is carried. ₈Make the altar out of boards and leave it hollow, according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.

₉“For the Tent of my presence make an enclosure out of fine linen curtains. On the south side the curtains are to be 44 metres long, ₁₀supported by twenty bronze posts in twenty bronze bases, with hooks and rods made of silver. ₁₁The same is to be done on the north side of the enclosure. ₁₂On the west side there are to be curtains 22 metres long, with ten posts and ten bases. ₁₃On the east side, where the entrance is, the enclosure is also to be 22 metres wide. _14-15On each side of the entrance there are to be 6.6 metres of curtains, with three posts and three bases. ₁₆For the entrance itself there is to be a curtain nine metres long made of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool, and decorated with embroidery. It is to be supported by four posts in four bases. ₁₇All the posts round the enclosure are to be connected with silver rods, and their hooks are to be made of silver and their bases of bronze. ₁₈The enclosure is to be 44 metres long, 22 metres wide, and 2.2 metres high. The curtains are to be made of fine linen and the bases of bronze. ₁₉All the equipment that is used in the Tent and all the pegs for the Tent and for the enclosure are to be made of bronze.

₂₀“Command the people of Israel to bring you the best olive oil for the lamp, so that it can be lit each evening. ₂₁Aaron and his sons are to set up the lamp in the Tent of my presence outside the curtain which is in front of the Covenant Box. There in my presence it is to burn from evening until morning. This command is to be kept for ever by the Israelites and their descendants.