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Exodus 25

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1The LORD spoke to Moses:^a

2Speak to the Israelites: Let them receive contributions for me. From each you shall receive the contribution that their hearts prompt them to give me.

3These are the contributions you shall accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;^b

4violet, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

5rams’ skins dyed red, and tahash^* skins; acacia wood;

6oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

7onyx stones and other gems for mounting on the ephod and the breastpiece.

8They are to make a sanctuary for me, that I may dwell in their midst.^c

9According to all that I show you regarding the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of its furnishings, so you are to make it.^d

Plan of the Ark.

10You shall make an ark of acacia wood,^e two and a half cubits^* long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.

11Plate it inside and outside with pure gold, and put a molding of gold around the top of it.

12Cast four gold rings and put them on the four supports of the ark, two rings on one side and two on the opposite side.

13Then make poles of acacia wood and plate them with gold.

14These poles you are to put through the rings on the sides of the ark, for carrying it;

15they must remain in the rings of the ark and never be withdrawn.

16In the ark you are to put the covenant which I will give you.

17You shall then make a cover^* of pure gold, two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide.

18Make two cherubim^* of beaten gold for the two ends of the cover;

19make one cherub at one end, and the other at the other end, of one piece with the cover, at each end.

20The cherubim shall have their wings spread out above, sheltering the cover with them; they shall face each other, with their faces looking toward the cover.

21This cover you shall then place on top of the ark. In the ark itself you are to put the covenant which I will give you.

22There I will meet you and there, from above the cover, between the two cherubim on the ark of the covenant, I will tell you all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

The Table.

23You shall also make a table of acacia^f wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

24Plate it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.

25Make a frame^* for it, a handbreadth high, and make a molding of gold around the frame.

26You shall also make four rings of gold for it and fasten them at the four corners, one at each leg.

27The rings shall be alongside the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.

28These poles for carrying the table you shall make of acacia wood and plate with gold.

29You shall make its plates^* and cups, as well as its pitchers and bowls for pouring libations; make them of pure gold.

30On the table you shall always keep showbread set before me.^g

The Menorah.

31You shall make a menorah^* of pure beaten gold^h—its shaft and branches—with its cups and knobs and petals springing directly from it.

32Six branches are to extend from its sides, three branches on one side, and three on the other.

33^* On one branch there are to be three cups, shaped like almond blossoms, each with its knob and petals; on the opposite branch there are to be three cups, shaped like almond blossoms, each with its knob and petals; and so for the six branches that extend from the menorah.

34On the menorah there are to be four cups,^* shaped like almond blossoms, with their knobs and petals.

35The six branches that go out from the menorah are to have a knob under each pair.

36Their knobs and branches shall so spring from it that the whole will form a single piece of pure beaten gold.

37^* You shall then make seven lampsⁱ for it and so set up the lamps that they give their light on the space in front of the menorah.

38These, as well as the trimming shears and trays,^* must be of pure gold.

39Use a talent^* of pure gold for the menorah and all these utensils.

40See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.^j

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Exodus 26

The Tent Cloth.

1The tabernacle itself you shall make out of ten sheets^* woven of fine linen twined and of violet, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim embroidered on them.^a

2The length of each shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width four cubits; all the sheets shall be of the same size.

3Five of the sheets are to be joined one to another; and the same for the other five.

4Make loops of violet yarn along the edge of the end sheet in one set, and the same along the edge of the end sheet in the other set.

5Make fifty loops along the edge of the end sheet in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding sheet in the second set, and so placed that the loops are directly opposite each other.

6Then make fifty clasps of gold and join the two sets of sheets, so that the tabernacle forms one whole.

7Also make sheets woven of goat hair for a tent^* over the tabernacle. Make eleven such sheets;

8the length of each shall be thirty cubits, and the width four cubits: all eleven sheets shall be of the same size.

9Join five of the sheets into one set, and the other six sheets into another set. Use the sixth sheet double at the front of the tent.^*

10Make fifty loops along the edge of the end sheet in one set, and fifty loops along the edge of the end sheet in the second set.

11Also make fifty bronze clasps and put them into the loops, to join the tent into one whole.

12There will be an extra half sheet of tent covering, which shall be allowed to hang down over the rear of the tabernacle.

13Likewise, the sheets of the tent will have an extra cubit’s length to be left hanging down on either side of the tabernacle to cover it.

14Over the tent itself make a covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and above that, a covering of tahash skins.

The Framework.

15^b You shall make frames for the tabernacle, acacia-wood uprights.

16The length of each frame is to be ten cubits, and its width one and a half cubits.

17Each frame shall have two arms^* joined one to another; so you are to make all the frames of the tabernacle.

18Make the frames of the tabernacle as follows: twenty frames on the south side,

19with forty silver pedestals under the twenty frames, two pedestals under each frame for its two arms;

20twenty frames on the other side of the tabernacle, the north side,

21with their forty silver pedestals, two pedestals under each frame.

22At the rear of the tabernacle, to the west, six frames,

23and two frames for the corners of the tabernacle, at its rear.

24These two shall be double at the bottom, and likewise double at the top, to the first ring. That is how both corner frames are to be made.

25Thus, there shall be eight frames, with their sixteen silver pedestals, two pedestals under each frame.

26Also make bars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

27five for those on the other side, and five for those at the rear, to the west.

28The center bar, at the middle of the frames, shall reach across from end to end.

29Plate the frames with gold, and make gold rings on them as holders for the bars, which are also to be plated with gold.

30You shall set up the tabernacle according to its plan, which you were shown on the mountain.

The Veils.

31You shall make a veil woven of violet, purple, and scarlet yarn,^c and of fine linen twined, with cherubim embroidered on it.^d

32It is to be hung on four gold-plated columns of acacia wood, which shall have gold hooks^* and shall rest on four silver pedestals.

33Hang the veil from clasps. The ark of the covenant you shall bring inside, behind this veil which divides the holy place from the holy of holies.

34Set the cover on the ark of the covenant in the holy of holies.

35Outside the veil you shall place the table and the menorah, the latter on the south side of the tabernacle, opposite the table, which is to be put on the north side.

36For the entrance of the tent make a variegated^* curtain of violet, purple, and scarlet yarn and of fine linen twined.

37Make five columns of acacia wood for this curtain; plate them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and cast five bronze pedestals for them.

* [26:1] Sheets: strips of tapestry, woven of white linen, the colored threads being used for the cherubim which were embroidered on them. These sheets were stretched across the top of the tabernacle to form a roof, their free ends hanging down inside the framework that formed the walls.

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Mark 12 :35-44

The Question About David’s Son.^*

35As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said,ⁿ “How do the scribes claim that the Messiah is the son of David?

36David himself, inspired by the holy Spirit, said:

‘The Lord said to my lord,

“Sit at my right hand

until I place your enemies under your feet.”’^o

37David himself calls him ‘lord’; so how is he his son?” [The] great crowd heard this with delight.

Denunciation of the Scribes.^*

38In the course of his teaching he said,^p “Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes and accept greetings in the marketplaces,

39seats of honor in synagogues, and places of honor at banquets.

40They devour the houses of widows and, as a pretext, recite lengthy prayers. They will receive a very severe condemnation.”

The Poor Widow’s Contribution.^*

41He sat down opposite the treasury and observed how the crowd put money into the treasury.^q Many rich people put in large sums.

42A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents.

43Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them, “Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury.

44For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood.”

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