Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Exodus 25:24-25-39 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

24-25. Cover it with pure gold and put a gold edging around it with a border seventy-five millimetres wide.

26. Make four gold rings and attach one to each of the legs

27-28. near the edging. The poles for carrying the table are to be placed through these rings and are to be made of acacia wood covered with gold.

29-30. The table is to be kept in the holy place, and the sacred loaves of bread must always be put on it. All bowls, plates, jars, and cups for wine offerings are to be made of pure gold and set on this table.

31. Make a lampstand of pure gold. The whole lampstand, including its decorative flowers, must be made from a single piece of hammered gold

32. with three branches on each of its two sides.

33. There are to be three decorative almond blossoms on each branch

34. and four on the stem.

35. There must also be a blossom where each pair of branches comes out from the stem.

36. The lampstand, including its branches and decorative flowers, must be made from a single piece of hammered pure gold.

37. The lamp on the top and those at the end of each of its six branches must be made so as to shine towards the front of the lampstand.

38. The tongs and trays for taking care of the lamps are to be made of pure gold.

39. The lampstand and its equipment will require thirty-five kilogrammes of pure gold,