Exodus 25

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¹Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²“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. ✦ ³This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, brass, ✦ ⁴blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair, ✦ ⁵rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood, ✦ ⁶oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense, ✦ ⁷onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate. ✦ ⁸Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. ✦ ⁹According 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. ✦ ¹⁰“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. ✦ ¹¹You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it. ✦ ¹²You 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. ✦ ¹³You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. ✦ ¹⁴You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark. ¹⁵The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it. ✦ ¹⁶You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark. ✦ ¹⁷You 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. ✦ ¹⁸You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat. ✦ ¹⁹Make 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. ²⁰The 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. ✦ ²¹You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you. ✦ ²²There 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 testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel. ✦ ²³“You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its width, and one and a half cubits its height. ✦ ²⁴You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it. ✦ ²⁵You shall make a rim of a hand width around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it. ✦ ²⁶You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet. ²⁷the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table. ✦ ²⁸You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them. ✦ ²⁹You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls to pour out offerings with. You shall make them of pure gold. ✦ ³⁰You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always. ✦ ³¹“You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lamp stand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it. ✦ ³²There 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; ³³three 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; ✦ ³⁴and in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers; ³⁵and 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. ³⁶Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold. ✦ ³⁷You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it. ✦ ³⁸Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold. ✦ ³⁹It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories. ⁴⁰See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Exod 25 ·15 Exod 37 ·12 Exod 30 ·9 Heb 9 ·9 1 Chr 28 ·7 Exod 26 ·7 Num 4 ·7 Exod 40 ·6

Christ at the center

The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.

How Exodus 25 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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★ Start hereDocumentaryExpedition BibleJoel Kramer · Free · evangelical
On-location biblical archaeology from a credentialed archaeologist (M.A., excavated in Israel) — the best free place to start on "did it really happen?"
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Short, gospel-centered videos and spoken-word poems showing how each passage points to Jesus — especially strong on the Old Testament.
DocumentaryPatterns of Evidence: The ExodusTim Mahoney · Paid · evangelical
Investigates the archaeological evidence for the Exodus. Note: it advances a minority biblical chronology that mainstream scholars dispute — engaging, but weigh its conclusions critically.

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★ Start hereCommentaryExodus (New American Commentary)Douglas K. Stuart · Paid · evangelical
The best evangelical, semi-technical commentary on Exodus — accessible to pastors and serious students.
DocumentaryThat the World May KnowRay Vander Laan · Paid · evangelical
Ray Vander Laan's on-location series immersing you in the Bible's historical and cultural world. (Mostly paid via Focus on the Family; some free clips.)
SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical
Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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VideoBibleProject — Exodus videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
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CommentaryEnduring Word — Exodus 25David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical
Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.
CommentaryMatthew Henry on ExodusMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Exodus 25Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free
Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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