Exodus Chapter 25
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
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If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.
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If thou at all take thy neighbor’s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:
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for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
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Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.
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Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
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Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen,
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and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
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And ye shall be holy men unto me: therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
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Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
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Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest
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justice:
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neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.
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If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
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If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release
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it with him.
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Thou shalt not wrest the justice
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due to thy poor in his cause.
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Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
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And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:
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but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard,
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and with thy oliveyard.
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Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.
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And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
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Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
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The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep: seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou camest out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty:
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and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou sowest in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labors out of the field.
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Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah.
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Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.
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The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
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Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
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Take ye heed before him, and hearken unto his voice; provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him.
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But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
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For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off.
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Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.
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And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
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There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
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I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me a heave-offering: of every one whose heart prompteth him, ye shall take my heave-offering.
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And this is the heave-offering that ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and copper,
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and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus, and goats' [hair],
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and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins; and acacia-wood;
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oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs;
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onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
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And they shall make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
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According to all that I shall shew thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the utensils thereof, even so shall ye make [it].
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And they shall make an ark of acacia-wood; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
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And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold: inside and outside shalt thou overlay it; and shalt make upon it a border of gold round about.
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And cast four rings of gold for it, and put [them] at the four corners thereof, that two rings may be upon the one side thereof and two rings upon the other side thereof.
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And make staves of acacia-wood and overlay them with gold.
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And put the staves into the rings upon the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
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The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not come out from it.
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And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.
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And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
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And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; [of] beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.
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And make one cherub at the end of the one side, and one cherub at the end of the other side; out of the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim at the two ends thereof.
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And the cherubim shall stretch out [their] wings over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat, and their faces opposite to one another: toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be [turned].
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And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above on the ark, and shalt put in the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.
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And there will I meet with thee, and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, everything that I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
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And thou shalt make a table of acacia-wood, two cubits the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
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And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make upon it a border of gold round about.
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And thou shalt make for it a margin of a handbreadth round about, and shalt make a border of gold for the margin thereof round about.
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And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings at the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
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Close to the margin shall the rings be, as receptacles of the staves to carry the table.
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And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold; and the table shall be carried upon them.
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And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and cups thereof, and goblets thereof, and bowls thereof, with which to pour out: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
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And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually.
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And thou shalt make a lamp-stand of pure gold; [of] beaten work shall the lamp-stand be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same.
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And six branches shall come out of the sides thereof — three branches of the lamp-stand out of one side thereof, and three branches of the lamp-stand out of the other side thereof;
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three cups shaped like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower: and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the lamp-stand.
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And in the lamp-stand four cups shaped like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
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and a knob under two branches of it, and [again] a knob under two branches of it, and [again] a knob under two branches of it, for the six branches that proceed out of the lamp-stand.
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Their knobs and their branches shall be of itself — all of one beaten work of pure gold.
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And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof, and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may shine out before it;
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and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold.
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Of a talent of pure gold shall they make it, with all these utensils.
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And see that thou make [them] according to their pattern, which hath been shewn to thee in the mountain.
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to the children of Israel, and take first-fruits of all, who may be disposed in their heart to give; and ye shall take my first-fruits.
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And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold and silver and brass,
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and blue, and purple, and double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats' hair,
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and rams' skins dyed red, and blue skins, and incorruptible wood,
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and sardius stones, and stones for the carved work of the breast-plate, and the full-length robe.
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And thou shalt make me a sanctuary, and I will appear among you.
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And thou shalt make for me according to all things which I shew thee in the mountain; even the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its furniture: so shalt thou make it.
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And thou shalt make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half.
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And thou shalt gild it with pure gold, thou shalt gild it within and without; and thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about.
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And thou shalt cast for it four golden rings, and shalt put them on the four sides; two rings on the one side, and two rings on the other side.
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And thou shalt make staves [of] incorruptible wood, and shalt gild them with gold.
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And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark with them.
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The staves shall remain fixed in the rings of the ark.
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And thou shalt put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give thee.
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And thou shalt make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half.
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And thou shalt make two cherubs graven in gold, and thou shalt put them on both sides of the propitiatory.
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They shall be made, one cherub on this side, and another cherub on the other side of the propitiatory; and thou shalt make the two cherubs on the two sides.
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The cherubs shall stretch forth their wings above, overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings; and their faces shall be toward each other, the faces of the cherubs shall be toward the propitiatory.
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And thou shalt set the propitiatory on the ark above, and thou shalt put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give thee.
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And I will make myself known to thee from thence, and I will speak to thee above the propitiatory between the two cherubs, which are upon the ark of testimony, even in all things which I shall charge thee concerning the children of Israel.
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And thou shalt make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.
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And thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about, and thou shalt make for it a crown of an hand-breadth round about.
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And thou shalt make a twisted wreath for the crown round about.
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And thou shalt make four golden rings; and thou shalt put the four rings upon the four parts of its feet under the crown.
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And the rings shall be for bearings for the staves, that they may bear the table with them.
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And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and thou shalt gild them with pure gold; and the table shall be borne with them.
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And thou shalt make its dishes and its censers, and its bowls, and its cups, with which thou shalt offer drink-offerings: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
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And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually.
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And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold; thou shalt make the candlestick of graven work: its stem and its branches, and its bowls and its knops and its lilies shall be of one piece.
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And six branches proceeding sideways, three branches of the candlestick from one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side.
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And three bowls fashioned like almonds, on each branch a knop and a lily; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick,
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and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds, in each branch knops and the flowers of the same.
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A knop under two branches out of it, and a knop under four branches out of it; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick; and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds.
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Let the knops and the branches be of one piece, altogether graven of one piece of pure gold.
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And thou shalt make its seven lamps: and thou shalt set on [it] the lamps, and they shall shine from one front.
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And thou shalt make its funnel and its snuff-dishes of pure gold.
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All these articles [shall be] a talent of pure gold.
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See, thou shalt make them according to the pattern shewed thee in the mount.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
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Loquere filiis Israel ut tollant mihi primitias ab omni homine qui offeret ultroneus, accipietis eas.
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Hæc sunt autem quæ accipere debeatis: Aurum, et argentum, et æs,
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hyacinthum et purpuram, coccumque bis tinctum, et byssum, pilos caprarum,
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et pelles arietum rubricatas, pellesque ianthinas, et ligna setim:
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oleum ad luminaria concinnanda: aromata in unguentum, et thymiamata boni odoris:
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lapides onychinos, et gemmas ad ornandum ephod, ac rationale.
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Facientque mihi sanctuarium, et habitabo in medio eorum:
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iuxta omnem similitudinem tabernaculi quod ostendam tibi, et omnium vasorum in cultum eius: sicque facietis illud:
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Arcam de lignis setim compingite, cuius longitudo habeat duos et semis cubitos: latitudo, cubitum et dimidium: altitudo, cubitum similiter ac semissem.
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Et deaurabis eam auro mundissimo intus et foris: faciesque supra, coronam auream per circuitum:
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et quattuor circulos aureos, quos pones per quattuor arcæ angulos: duo circuli sint in latere uno, et duo in altero.
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Facies quoque vectes de lignis setim, et operies eos auro.
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Inducesque per circulos qui sunt in arcæ lateribus, ut portetur in eis:
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qui semper erunt in circulis, nec umquam extrahentur ab eis.
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Ponesque in arca testificationem quam dabo tibi.
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Facies et propitiatorium de auro mundissimo: duos cubitos et dimidium tenebit longitudo eius, et cubitum ac semissem latitudo.
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Duos quoque Cherubim aureos, et productiles facies, ex utraque parte oraculi.
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Cherub unus sit in latere uno, et alter in altero.
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Utrumque latus propitiatorii tegant expandentes alas, et operientes oraculum, respiciantque se mutuo versis vultibus in propitiatorium quo operienda est arca,
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in qua pones testimonium quod dabo tibi.
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Inde præcipiam, et loquar ad te supra propitiatorium, ac de medio duorum Cherubim, qui erunt super arcam testimonii, cuncta quæ mandabo per te filiis Israel.
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Facies et mensam de lignis setim, habentem duos cubitos longitudinis, et in latitudine cubitum, et in altitudine cubitum et semissem.
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Et inaurabis eam auro purissimo: faciesque illi labium aureum per circuitum,
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et ipsi labio coronam interrasilem altam quattuor digitis: et super illam, alteram coronam aureolam.
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Quattuor quoque circulos aureos præparabis, et pones eis in quattuor angulis eiusdem mensæ per singulos pedes.
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Subter coronam erunt circuli aurei, ut mittantur vectes per eos, et possit mensa portari.
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Ipsos quoque vectes facies de lignis setim, et circumdabis auro ad subvehendam mensam.
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Parabis et acetabula, ac phialas, thuribula, et cyathos, in quibus offerenda sunt libamina, ex auro purissimo.
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Et pones super mensam panes propositionis in conspectu meo semper.
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Facies et candelabrum ductile de auro mundissimo, hastile eius, et calamos, scyphos, et sphærulas, ac lilia ex ipso procedentia.
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Sex calami egredientur de lateribus, tres ex uno latere, et tres ex altero.
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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:
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in ipso autem candelabro erunt quattuor scyphi in nucis modum, sphærulæque per singulos, et lilia.
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Sphærulæ sub duobus calamis per tria loca, qui simul sex fiunt procedentes de hastili uno.
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Et sphærulæ igitur et calami ex ipso erunt, universa ductilia de auro purissimo.
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Facies et lucernas septem, et pones eas super candelabrum, ut luceant ex adverso.
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Emunctoria quoque, et ubi quæ emuncta sunt extinguantur, fiant de auro purissimo.
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Omne pondus candelabri cum universis vasis suis habebit talentum auri purissimi.
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Inspice, et fac secundum exemplar quod tibi in monte monstratum est.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“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.
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This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, bronze,
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blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,
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rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
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oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
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onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.
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Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
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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.
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“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.
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You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.
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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.
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You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
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You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.
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The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.
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You shall put the covenant which I shall give you into the ark.
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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.
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You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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“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.
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You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.
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You shall make a rim of a hand width around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.
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You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.
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The rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.
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You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
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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.
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You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.
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“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.
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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;
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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;
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and in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
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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.
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Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold.
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You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
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Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
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It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories.
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See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they take for Me a heave-offering; from every man whose heart impelleth him ye do take My heave-offering.
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`And this <FI>is<Fi> the heave-offering which ye take from them; gold, and silver, and brass,
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and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats' <FI>hair<Fi> ,
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and rams' skins made red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
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oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the perfume of the spices,
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shoham stones, and stones for setting for an ephod, and for a breastplate.
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`And they have made for Me a sanctuary, and I have tabernacled in their midst;
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according to all that which I am shewing thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its vessels, even so ye do make <FI>it<Fi> .
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`And they have made an ark of shittim wood; two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;
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and thou hast overlaid it <FI>with<Fi> pure gold, within and without thou dost overlay it, and thou hast made on it a ring of gold round about.
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`And thou hast cast for it four rings of gold, and hast put <FI>them<Fi> on its four feet, even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side;
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and thou hast made staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them <FI>with<Fi> gold,
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and hast brought the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark by them,
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in the rings of the ark are the staves, they are not turned aside from it;
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and thou hast put unto the ark the testimony which I give unto thee.
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`And thou hast made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;
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and thou hast made two cherubs of gold, beaten work dost thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;
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and make thou one cherub at the end on this side, and one cherub at the end on that; at the mercy-seat ye do make the cherubs on its two ends.
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`And the cherubs have been spreading out wings on high, covering the mercy-seat over with their wings, and their faces <FI>are<Fi> one towards another--towards the mercy-seat are the faces of the cherubs.
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`And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark above, and unto the ark thou dost put the testimony which I give unto thee;
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and I have met with thee there, and have spoken with thee from off the mercy-seat (from between the two cherubs, which <FI>are<Fi> on the ark of the testimony) all that which I command thee concerning the sons of Israel.
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`And thou hast made a table of shittim wood, two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height,
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and hast overlaid it <FI>with<Fi> pure gold, and hast made for it a crown of gold round about,
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and hast made for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and hast made a crown of gold to its border round about.
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`And thou hast made to it four rings of gold, and hast put the rings on the four corners, which <FI>are<Fi> to its four feet;
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over-against the border are the rings for places for staves to bear the table;
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and thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold, and the table hath been borne with them;
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and thou hast made its dishes, and its bowls, and its covers, and its cups, with which they pour out; of pure gold thou dost make them;
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and thou hast put on the table bread of the presence before Me continually.
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`And thou hast made a candlestick of pure gold, of beaten work is the candlestick made; its base, and its branch, its calyxes, its knops, and its flowers are of the same;
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and six branches are coming out of its sides, three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the second side;
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three calyxes made like almonds in the one branch, a knop and a flower, and three calyxes made like almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; so for the six branches which are coming out from the candlestick.
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`And in the candlestick <FI>are<Fi> four calyxes made like almonds, its knops and its flowers;
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and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, <FI>are<Fi> to the six branches which are coming out of the candlestick;
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their knops and their branches are of the same, all of it one beaten work of pure gold;
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and thou hast made its seven lamps, and <FI>one<Fi> hath caused its lights to go up, and it hath given light over-against its front.
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`And its snuffers and its snuff dishes <FI>are<Fi> of pure gold;
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of a talent of pure gold he doth make it, with all these vessels.
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And see thou and do <FI>them<Fi> by their pattern which thou art shewn in the mount.
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).