December 23, 2018

Contributions for the Sanctuary

25 The Lord said to Moses, ² “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. ³ And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, ⁴ blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats' hair, ⁵ tanned rams' skins, goatskins,^[a] acacia wood, ⁶ oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, ⁷ onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece. ⁸ And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst. ⁹ Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.

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Footnotes

Exodus 25:5 Uncertain; possibly dolphin skins, or dugong skins; compare 26:14

Cross references

Exodus 25:2 : For ver. 1-7, see ch. 35:4-9 Exodus 25:2 : ch. 35:5, 21, 29; 36:2; Judg. 5:2; 1 Chr. 29:5; [Ezra 1:6; 2:68; 3:5; 7:16]; Neh. 11:2; [2 Cor. 8:12; 9:7] Exodus 25:4 : ch. 26:1, 31, 36 Exodus 25:5 : ch. 26:14 Exodus 25:6 : ch. 27:20 Exodus 25:6 : ch. 30:7, 23, 34; 31:11 Exodus 25:7 : ch. 28:4, 15 Exodus 25:8 : Heb. 9:1, 2; See ch. 36:1-4 Exodus 25:8 : ch. 29:45; 1 Kgs. 6:13; 2 Cor. 6:16; Rev. 21:3 Exodus 25:9 : ver. 40 Exodus 25:9 : ch. 26:1

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