Exodus 25:6-22 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

6. olive oil for the lamp; sweet-smelling spices to mix with the oil for dedicating the tent and ordaining the priests;

7. and onyx stones for the sacred apron and the breastpiece.

8. I also want them to build a special place where I can live among my people.

9. Make it and its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.

10. Tell the people to build a chest of acacia wood one hundred and ten centimetres long, sixty-six centimetres wide, and sixty-six centimetres high.

11. Cover it inside and out with pure gold and put a gold edging around the lid.

12. Make four gold rings and fasten one of them to each of the four legs of the chest.

13. Make two poles of acacia wood. Cover them with gold

14. and put them through the rings, so the chest can be carried by the poles.

15. Don't ever remove the poles from the rings.

16. When I give you the Ten Commandments written on two flat stones, put them inside the chest.

17. Cover the lid of the chest with pure gold.

20. The creatures must face each other with their wings spread over the chest.

21. Inside it place the two flat stones with the Ten Commandments and put the gold lid on top of the chest.

22. I will meet you there between the two creatures and tell you what my people must do and what they must not do.

Exodus 25