Exodus 25:1

The Message

God spoke to Moses: “Tell the Israelites that they are to set aside offerings for me. Receive the offerings from everyone who is willing to give. These are the offerings I want you to receive from them: gold, silver, bronze; blue, purple, and scarlet material; fine linen; goats’ hair; tanned rams’ skins; dolphin skins; acacia wood; lamp oil; spices for anointing oils and for fragrant incense; onyx stones and other stones for setting in the Ephod and the Breastpiece. Let them construct a Sanctuary for me so that I can live among them. You are to construct it following the plans I’ve given you, the design for The Dwelling and the design for all its furnishings.

Cross References

2 Kings 12:4

Joash instructed the priests: “Take the money that is brought into The Temple of God for holy offerings—both mandatory offerings and freewill offerings—and, keeping a careful accounting, use them to renovate The Temple wherever it has fallen into disrepair.”

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the middle of the Cloud and climbed the mountain. Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 35:1

Moses spoke to the entire congregation of Israel, saying, “These are the things that God has commanded you to do:

Exodus 35:4

Moses spoke to the entire congregation of Israel, saying, “This is what God has commanded:

Exodus 35:5

“Gather from among you an offering for God. Receive on God’s behalf what everyone is willing to give as an offering: gold, silver, bronze; blue, purple, and scarlet material; fine linen; goats’ hair; tanned rams’ skins; dolphin skins; acacia wood; lamp oil; spices for anointing oils and for fragrant incense; onyx stones and other stones for setting in the Ephod and the Breastpiece.

Exodus 39:32

That completed the work of The Dwelling, the Tent of Meeting. The People of Israel did what God had commanded Moses. They did it all.

Exodus 39:33

They presented The Dwelling to Moses, the Tent and all its furnishings: fastening hooks frames crossbars posts bases tenting of tanned ram skins tenting of dolphin skins veil of the screen Chest of The Testimony with its poles and Atonement-Cover Table with its utensils and the Bread of the Presence Lampstand of pure gold and its lamps all fitted out and all its utensils and the oil for the light Gold Altar anointing oil fragrant incense screen for the entrance to the Tent Bronze Altar with its bronze grate its poles and all its utensils Washbasin and its base hangings for the Courtyard its posts and bases screen for the gate of the Courtyard its cords and its pegs utensils for ministry in The Dwelling, the Tent of Meeting woven vestments for ministering in the Sanctuary sacred vestments for Aaron the priest, and his sons when serving as priests

Exodus 39:42

The Israelites completed all the work, just as God had commanded. Moses saw that they had done all the work and done it exactly as God had commanded. Moses blessed them.