And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying
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Rahlfs Septuagint
Exodus 25
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τοῖς υἱοῖς Ισραηλ καὶ λάβετέ μοι ἀπαρχὰς παρὰ πάντων οἷς ἂν δόξῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ καὶ λήμψεσθε τὰς ἀπαρχάς μου
Speak to the sons of Israel, and take for me firstfruits from all whose heart is willing, and you shall take my firstfruits.
And this is the first offering that you shall take from them: gold and silver and bronze
and blue, and purple, and double-dyed scarlet, and twisted fine linen, and goats’ hair
and skins of rams dyed red, and hyacinth-colored skins, and incorruptible wood
and sard stones and stones for the carving for the shoulderpiece and the robe
And you shall make for me a sanctuary, and I shall be seen among you.
ποιήσεις μοι κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἐγώ σοι δεικνύω ἐν τῷ ὄρει τὸ παράδειγμα τῆς σκηνῆς καὶ τὸ παράδειγμα πάντων τῶν σκευῶν αὐτῆς οὕτω ποιήσεις
And you shall make for me according to all that I show you on the mountain: the pattern of the tent and the pattern of all its vessels; so you shall make it.
ποιήσεις κιβωτὸν μαρτυρίου ἐκ ξύλων ἀσήπτων δύο πήχεων καὶ ἡμίσους τὸ μῆκος καὶ πήχεος καὶ ἡμίσους τὸ πλάτος καὶ πήχεος καὶ ἡμίσους τὸ ὕψος
And you shall make an ark of testimony of incorruptible wood, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
καταχρυσώσεις αὐτὴν χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ ἔξωθεν καὶ ἔσωθεν χρυσώσεις αὐτήν καὶ ποιήσεις αὐτῇ κυμάτια στρεπτὰ χρυσᾶ κύκλῳ
And you shall overlay it with pure gold, outside and inside you shall overlay it, and you shall make for it twisted golden mouldings all around
ἐλάσεις αὐτῇ τέσσαρας δακτυλίους χρυσοῦς καὶ ἐπιθήσεις ἐπὶ τὰ τέσσαρα κλίτη δύο δακτυλίους ἐπὶ τὸ κλίτος τὸ ἓν καὶ δύο δακτυλίους ἐπὶ τὸ κλίτος τὸ δεύτερον
And you shall cast for it four golden rings, and you shall put them on the four sides: two rings on the one side, and two rings on the second side.
And you shall make carrying poles of incorruptible wood, and you shall overlay them with gold.
εἰσάξεις τοὺς ἀναφορεῖς εἰς τοὺς δακτυλίους τοὺς ἐν τοῖς κλίτεσι τῆς κιβωτοῦ αἴρειν τὴν κιβωτὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς
And you shall bring the carrying poles into the rings that are on the sides of the ark, to lift the ark with them
The poles shall remain fixed in the rings of the ark.
And you shall put into the ark the testimonies that I may give you
ποιήσεις ἱλαστήριον ἐπίθεμα χρυσίου καθαροῦ δύο πήχεων καὶ ἡμίσους τὸ μῆκος καὶ πήχεος καὶ ἡμίσους τὸ πλάτος
And you shall make a mercy seat, a covering of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth
And you shall make two cherubim of hammered gold, and you shall put them on both ends of the mercy seat
χερουβ εἷς ἐκ τοῦ κλίτους τούτου καὶ χερουβ εἷς ἐκ τοῦ κλίτους τοῦ δευτέρου τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου καὶ ποιήσεις τοὺς δύο χερουβιμ ἐπὶ τὰ δύο κλίτη
And one cherub shall be made out of this side, and one cherub out of the other side of the mercy seat; and you shall make the two cherubim on the two sides.
οἱ χερουβιμ ἐκτείνοντες τὰς πτέρυγας ἐπάνωθεν συσκιάζοντες ταῖς πτέρυξιν αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν εἰς ἄλληλα εἰς τὸ ἱλαστήριον ἔσονται τὰ πρόσωπα τῶν χερουβιμ
The cherubim shall be stretching out the wings above, overshadowing with their wings over the mercy seat, and their faces toward one another, toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
And you shall put the mercy seat upon the ark above, and into the ark you shall put the testimonies which I shall give you.
γνωσθήσομαί σοι ἐκεῖθεν καὶ λαλήσω σοι ἄνωθεν τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο χερουβιμ τῶν ὄντων ἐπὶ τῆς κιβωτοῦ τοῦ μαρτυρίου καὶ κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἂν ἐντείλωμαί σοι πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ισραηλ
and I shall be known to you from there, and I shall speak to you from above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, and according to all that I may command you for the sons of Israel
ποιήσεις τράπεζαν χρυσίου καθαροῦ δύο πήχεων τὸ μῆκος καὶ πήχεος τὸ εὖρος καὶ πήχεος καὶ ἡμίσους τὸ ὕψος
And you shall make a table of pure gold, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its height
And you shall make for it twisted golden molding all around.
And you shall make for it a border a handbreadth wide all around, and you shall make a twisted molding for the border all around
ποιήσεις τέσσαρας δακτυλίους χρυσοῦς καὶ ἐπιθήσεις τοὺς δακτυλίους ἐπὶ τὰ τέσσαρα μέρη τῶν ποδῶν αὐτῆς
And you shall make four golden rings, and you shall put the rings upon the four parts of its feet.
under the border, and the rings shall be for holders for the poles, so as to carry the table with them
ποιήσεις τοὺς ἀναφορεῖς ἐκ ξύλων ἀσήπτων καὶ καταχρυσώσεις αὐτοὺς χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ καὶ ἀρθήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς ἡ τράπεζα
And you shall make the carrying poles of incorruptible wood, and you shall overlay them with pure gold, and the table shall be lifted by them.
ποιήσεις τὰ τρυβλία αὐτῆς καὶ τὰς θυίσκας καὶ τὰ σπονδεῖα καὶ τοὺς κυάθους ἐν οἷς σπείσεις ἐν αὐτοῖς χρυσίου καθαροῦ ποιήσεις αὐτά
And you shall make its dishes and its pans and its libation bowls and the cups with which you shall pour in them; you shall make them of pure gold.
And you shall place on the table showbread before me continually
ποιήσεις λυχνίαν ἐκ χρυσίου καθαροῦ τορευτὴν ποιήσεις τὴν λυχνίαν ὁ καυλὸς αὐτῆς καὶ οἱ καλαμίσκοι καὶ οἱ κρατῆρες καὶ οἱ σφαιρωτῆρες καὶ τὰ κρίνα ἐξ αὐτῆς ἔσται
And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold; beaten work you shall make the lampstand; its shaft and its branches and its cups and its knobs and its lilies shall be of it.
δὲ καλαμίσκοι ἐκπορευόμενοι ἐκ πλαγίων τρεῖς καλαμίσκοι τῆς λυχνίας ἐκ τοῦ κλίτους αὐτῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς καὶ τρεῖς καλαμίσκοι τῆς λυχνίας ἐκ τοῦ κλίτους τοῦ δευτέρου
And six branches going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side
τρεῖς κρατῆρες ἐκτετυπωμένοι καρυίσκους ἐν τῷ ἑνὶ καλαμίσκῳ σφαιρωτὴρ καὶ κρίνον οὕτως τοῖς ἓξ καλαμίσκοις τοῖς ἐκπορευομένοις ἐκ τῆς λυχνίας
and three bowls shaped like almond blossoms on the one branch, a bulb and a lily, so for the six branches going out from the lampstand
ἐν τῇ λυχνίᾳ τέσσαρες κρατῆρες ἐκτετυπωμένοι καρυίσκους ἐν τῷ ἑνὶ καλαμίσκῳ οἱ σφαιρωτῆρες καὶ τὰ κρίνα αὐτῆς
and on the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms in the one reed, its knobs and its lilies
σφαιρωτὴρ ὑπὸ τοὺς δύο καλαμίσκους ἐξ αὐτῆς καὶ σφαιρωτὴρ ὑπὸ τοὺς τέσσαρας καλαμίσκους ἐξ αὐτῆς οὕτως τοῖς ἓξ καλαμίσκοις τοῖς ἐκπορευομένοις ἐκ τῆς λυχνίας
a knob under the two reeds from it, and a knob under the four reeds from it; so for the six reeds going out from the lampstand
The knobs and the little shafts shall be of it, all of one hammered work, of one piece of pure gold.
And you shall make its lamps seven, and you shall put on the lamps, and they shall give light from the one face.
And its snuffers and its trays you shall make of pure gold
All these utensils, a talent of pure gold.
See that you make according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain