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Text -- Exodus 25:1-28 (NET)
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The Materials for the Sanctuary
25:1 The Lord spoke to Moses :
25:2 “Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me; from every person motivated by a willing heart you are to receive my offering .
25:3 This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold , silver , bronze ,
25:4 blue , purple , scarlet , fine linen , goat’s hair,
25:5 ram skins dyed red , fine leather , acacia wood ,
25:6 oil for the light , spices for the anointing oil and for fragrant incense ,
25:7 onyx stones , and other gems to be set in the ephod and in the breastpiece .
25:8 Let them make for me a sanctuary , so that I may live among them.
25:9 According to all that I am showing you– the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings – you must make it exactly so .
The Ark of the Covenant
25:10 “They are to make an ark of acacia wood – its length is to be three feet nine inches , its width two feet three inches , and its height two feet three inches .
25:11 You are to overlay it with pure gold – both inside and outside you must overlay it, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold over it.
25:12 You are to cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet , with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side .
25:13 You are to make poles of acacia wood , overlay them with gold ,
25:14 and put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.
25:15 The poles must remain in the rings of the ark ; they must not be removed from it.
25:16 You are to put into the ark the testimony that I will give to you.
25:17 “You are to make an atonement lid of pure gold ; its length is to be three feet nine inches , and its width is to be two feet three inches .
25:18 You are to make two cherubim of gold ; you are to make them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid .
25:19 Make one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end ; from the atonement lid you are to make the cherubim on the two ends .
25:20 The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward , overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings , and the cherubim are to face each other , looking toward the atonement lid .
25:21 You are to put the atonement lid on top of the ark , and in the ark you are to put the testimony I am giving you.
25:22 I will meet with you there , and from above the atonement lid , from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony , I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites .
The Table for the Bread of the Presence
25:23 “You are to make a table of acacia wood ; its length is to be three feet , its width one foot six inches , and its height two feet three inches .
25:24 You are to overlay it with pure gold , and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for it.
25:25 You are to make a surrounding frame for it about three inches broad , and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for its frame .
25:26 You are to make four rings of gold for it and attach the rings at the four corners where its four legs are.
25:27 The rings are to be close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table .
25:28 You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold , so that the table may be carried with them.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Tabernacle |
Gold |
Badger |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 3-4 |
EZEKIEL, 2 |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2 |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 1 |
BEAUTY |
COLOR; COLORS |
CRAFTS |
FOUR |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL |
Israel |
Revelation |
TANNER |
TABERNACLE, B |
LEVITICUS, 1 |
TABERNACLE, A |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
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NET Notes -> Exo 25:1; Exo 25:2; Exo 25:2; Exo 25:2; Exo 25:2; Exo 25:3; Exo 25:4; Exo 25:4; Exo 25:4; Exo 25:4; Exo 25:4; Exo 25:5; Exo 25:5; Exo 25:5; Exo 25:8; Exo 25:8; Exo 25:9; Exo 25:9; Exo 25:9; Exo 25:9; Exo 25:10; Exo 25:10; Exo 25:10; Exo 25:11; Exo 25:11; Exo 25:11; Exo 25:16; Exo 25:17; Exo 25:17; Exo 25:18; Exo 25:19; Exo 25:19; Exo 25:19; Exo 25:20; Exo 25:20; Exo 25:20; Exo 25:22; Exo 25:22; Exo 25:23; Exo 25:24; Exo 25:25; Exo 25:26; Exo 25:26; Exo 25:27; Exo 25:28
NET Notes: Exo 25:1 Now begin the detailed instructions for constructing the tabernacle of Yahweh, with all its furnishings. The first paragraph introduces the issue of t...
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NET Notes: Exo 25:4 Goat’s hair was spun into yarn (35:26) and used to make the material for the first tent over the dwelling. It is ideal for tenting, since it is ...
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NET Notes: Exo 25:9 Among the many helpful studies on the tabernacle, include S. M. Fish, “And They Shall Build Me a Sanctuary,” Gratz College of Jewish Studi...
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NET Notes: Exo 25:10 The size is two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. The size in feet and inches is estimated on the assumpti...
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NET Notes: Exo 25:11 The word זֵר (zer) is used only in Exodus and seems to describe something on the order of a crown molding, an ornamental border runn...
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NET Notes: Exo 25:16 The “testimony” is the Decalogue (Exod 24:12; 31:18; Deut 4:13; 9:9; 1 Kgs 8:9); the word identifies it as the witness or affirmation of G...
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NET Notes: Exo 25:17 After verbs of making or producing, the accusative (like “gold” here) may be used to express the material from which something is made (se...
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NET Notes: Exo 25:18 The evidence suggests that the cherubim were composite angelic creatures that always indicated the nearness of God. So here images of them were to be ...
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NET Notes: Exo 25:19 The angels were to form one piece with the lid and not be separated. This could be translated “of one piece with” the lid, but it is likel...
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NET Notes: Exo 25:20 Heb “the faces of the cherubim will be” (“the cherubim” was moved to the preceding clause for smoother English).
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NET Notes: Exo 25:22 The verb is placed here in the text: “and I will speak”; it has been moved in this translation to be closer to the direct object clause.
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NET Notes: Exo 25:23 The Table of the Bread of the Presence (Tyndale’s translation, “Shewbread,” was used in KJV and influenced ASV, NAB) was to be a sta...
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NET Notes: Exo 25:25 There is some debate as to the meaning of מִסְגֶּרֶת (misgeret). This does not seem to be ...
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