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The tabernacle and its furniture

25:1 And YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
spoke to Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” For more info click here
, saying,

25:2 Speak to the sons of Israel, that they bring me an offering of each man that gives it willingly with his heart you shall take my offering.
25:3 And this [is] the offering which you shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
25:4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen (or silk), and goats’ [hair],
25:4 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and  acacia wood,
25:6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
25:7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod noun (in ancient Israel) a sleeveless garment worn by Jewish priests — ORIGIN late Middle English: from Hebrew ‘ēp̱ōḏ., and in the breastplate.
25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary ; that I may stay among them.
25:9 According to all that I show you , [after] the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments of it, even so shall you make [it].
25:10 And they shall make an ark [of] acacia wood two cubits noun — an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm. It was typically about 18 inches or 44 cm, though there was a long cubit of about 21 inches or 52 cm. — ORIGIN Middle English : from Latin cubitum ‘elbow, forearm, cubit’. and a half [shall be] the length of it, and a cubit and a half the width of it, and a cubits noun — an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm. It was typically about 18 inches or 44 cm, though there was a long cubit of about 21 inches or 52 cm. — ORIGIN Middle English : from Latin cubitum ‘elbow, forearm, cubit’. and a half the height of it.
25:11 And you will overlay it with pure gold, within and without will you overlay it, and will make upon it a crown of gold around it.
25:12 And you will cast four rings of gold for it, and put [them] in the four corners of it; and two rings [shall be] in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
25:13 And you will make staves-a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure. [of] acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
25:14 And you will put the staves-a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure. into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
25:15 The staves-a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure.
shall be in the rings of the ark they shall not be taken from it.
25:16 And you will put into the ark of the testimony that I shall give you.
25:17 And you will make a mercy seat [of] pure gold two cubits noun — an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm. It was typically about 18 inches or 44 cm, though there was a long cubit of about 21 inches or 52 cm. — ORIGIN Middle English : from Latin cubitum ‘elbow, forearm, cubit’. and a half [shall be] the length of it, and a cubits noun — an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm. It was typically about 18 inches or 44 cm, though there was a long cubit of about 21 inches or 52 cm. — ORIGIN Middle English : from Latin cubitum ‘elbow, forearm, cubit’. and a half the width of it.
25:18 And you will make two cherubim CHerəb כְּרוּב kərūḇ, pl. כְּרוּבִים likely borrowed from a derived form of Akkadian: 𒅗𒊏𒁍 karabu “to bless” such as 𒅗𒊑𒁍 karibu, “one who blesses”,a name for the lamassu) is one of the unearthly beings who directly attend to God, according to Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden. [of] gold, [of] beaten work will you make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
25:19 And make one cherubimכְּרוּב
kərūḇ, pl. כְּרוּבִים likely borrowed from a derived form of Akkadian: 𒅗𒊏𒁍 karabu “to bless” such as 𒅗𒊑𒁍 karibu, “one who blesses”,a name for the lamassu) is one of the unearthly beings who directly attend to God, according to Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden
on the one end, and the other cherub CHerəb כְּרוּב kərūḇ, pl. כְּרוּבִים likely borrowed from a derived form of Akkadian: 𒅗𒊏𒁍 karabu “to bless” such as 𒅗𒊑𒁍 karibu, “one who blesses”,a name for the lamassu) is one of the unearthly beings who directly attend to God, according to Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden. on the other end [even] of the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim CHerəb כְּרוּב kərūḇ, pl. כְּרוּבִים likely borrowed from a derived form of Akkadian: 𒅗𒊏𒁍 karabu “to bless” such as 𒅗𒊑𒁍 karibu, “one who blesses”,a name for the lamassu) is one of the unearthly beings who directly attend to God, according to Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden. on the two ends of it.
25:20 And the cherubim CHerəb כְּרוּב kərūḇ, pl. כְּרוּבִים likely borrowed from a derived form of Akkadian: 𒅗𒊏𒁍 karabu “to bless” such as 𒅗𒊑𒁍 karibu, “one who blesses”,a name for the lamassu) is one of the unearthly beings who directly attend to God, according to Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden. shall stretch out [their] wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces [shall look] one to another ; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim CHerəb כְּרוּב kərūḇ, pl. כְּרוּבִים likely borrowed from a derived form of Akkadian: 𒅗𒊏𒁍 karabu “to bless” such as 𒅗𒊑𒁍 karibu, “one who blesses”,a name for the lamassu) is one of the unearthly beings who directly attend to God, according to Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden. be.
25:21 And you will put the mercy seat above on the ark ; and in the ark you will put the testimony that I shall give you .
25:22 And there I will meet with you , and I will commune with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim CHerəb כְּרוּב kərūḇ, pl. כְּרוּבִים likely borrowed from a derived form of Akkadian: 𒅗𒊏𒁍 karabu “to bless” such as 𒅗𒊑𒁍 karibu, “one who blesses”,a name for the lamassu) is one of the unearthly beings who directly attend to God, according to Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden. that [are] on the ark of the testimony, of all [things] which I will give you in commandment to the sons of Israel.

The table


25:23 You will also make a table [of] acacia wood two cubits noun — an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm. It was typically about 18 inches or 44 cm, though there was a long cubit of about 21 inches or 52 cm. — ORIGIN Middle English : from Latin cubitum ‘elbow, forearm, cubit’. [shall be] the length of it, and a cubit the width of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.
25:24 And you will overlay it with pure gold, and make to that a crown of gold around it.
25:25 And you will make to it a border of a hand width around it, and you will make a golden crown to the border of it around it.
25:26 And you will make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that [are] on the four feet of it.
25:27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves-a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure. to bear the table.
25:28 And you will make the staves-a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure. [of] acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
25:29 And you will make the dishes of it, and spoons of it, and covers of it, and bowls of it, to cover withal [of] pure gold will you make them.
25:30 And you will place on the table showbread(Hebrew: לחם הפנים Leḥem haPānīm, literally: “Bread of the Faces”, in the King James Version: shewbread, in a biblical or Jewish context, refers to the cakes or loaves of bread which were always present, on a specially-dedicated table, in the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering to God. An alternative, and more appropriate, translation would be presence bread, since the Bible requires that the bread be constantly in the presence of God before me always.

The candlestick


25:31 And you will make a candlestick [of] pure gold [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made its shaft, and his branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, shall be of the same.
25:32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side
25:33 Three bowls made like to almonds, [with] a knob and a flower in one branch ; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, [with] a knob and a flower so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
25:34 And in the candlestick [shall be] four bowls made like to almonds, [with] their knobs and their flowers.
25:35 And [there shall be] a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
25:36 Their knobs and their branches shall be of the same all it [shall be] one beaten work [of] pure gold.
25:37 And you will make the seven lamps of it and they shall light the lamps of it, that they may give light over against it.
25:38 And the tongs of it, and the pans of it, [shall be of] pure gold.
25:39 [Of] a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
25:40 And look that you make [them] after their pattern, that was shown you on the mount.

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