Exodus 25
- 1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
- 2Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that gives it willingly with his heart you shall take my offering.
- 3And this is the offering which you shall take of them, gold, and silver, and bronze,
- 4And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
- 5And rams' skins dyed red, and fine leather, and acacia wood,
- 6Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
- 7Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
- 8And let them make me a sanctuary. That I may live among them.
- 9According to all that I show you, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its instruments, even so you shall make it.
- 10And they shall make an ark of acacia wood: 3¾ feet shall be its length, and 27 inches its width, and 27 inches its height.
- 11And you shall cover it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you cover it, and shall make on it a crown of gold all around.
- 12And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners of it. Two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
- 13And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and cover them with gold.
- 14And you shall put the poles into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
- 15The poles shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
- 16And you shall put into the ark the tablets of the covenant which I shall give you.
- 17And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold: 3¾ feet shall be its length, and 27 inches its width.
- 18And you shall make two cherubim of gold, of beaten work shall you make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
- 19And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on the two ends of it.
- 20And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another. Toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
- 21And you shall put the mercy seat above on the ark. In the ark you shall put the tablets of the covenant that I shall give you.
- 22And there I will meet with you, and I will commune with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, of all things which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.
- 23You shall also make a table of acacia wood: 3 feet shall be its length, and 18 inches its width, and 27 inches its height.
- 24And you shall cover it with pure gold, and make to it a crown of gold all around.
- 25And you shall make to it a border of 3 inches all around, and you shall make a golden crown to its border all around.
- 26And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet of it.
- 27Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the poles to bear the table.
- 28And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and cover them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
- 29And you shall make its dishes, and spoons of it, and covers of it, and bowls of it, for covering: of pure gold shall you make them.
- 30And you shall set on the table holy bread before me always.
- 31And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold: of beaten work shall the lampstand be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his buds, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
- 32And six branches shall come out of the sides of it, three branches of the lampstand out of the one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side:
- 33Three bowls made like to almonds, with a bud and a flower in one branch. Three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a bud and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the lampstand.
- 34And in the lampstands shall be four bowls made like to almonds, with their buds and their flowers.
- 35And there shall be a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the lampstand.
- 36Their buds and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
- 37And you shall make the seven lamps of it: and they shall light its lamps, that they may give light opposite it.
- 38And its tongs, and its trays, shall be of pure gold.
- 39Of 75 pounds of pure gold shall he make it, with all these items.
- 40See that you make them after their pattern, which was showed you in the mount.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Exodus 25 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
KJVSpeak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
GIGAKJVSpeak to the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that gives it willingly with his heart you shall take my offering.
KJVAnd this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
GIGAKJVAnd this is the offering which you shall take of them, gold, and silver, and bronze,
KJVAnd rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
GIGAKJVAnd rams' skins dyed red, and fine leather, and acacia wood,
KJVAnd let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
GIGAKJVAnd let them make me a sanctuary. That I may live among them.
KJVAccording to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
GIGAKJVAccording to all that I show you, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its instruments, even so you shall make it.
KJVAnd they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
GIGAKJVAnd they shall make an ark of acacia wood: 3¾ feet shall be its length, and 27 inches its width, and 27 inches its height.
KJVAnd thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall cover it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you cover it, and shall make on it a crown of gold all around.
KJVAnd thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners of it. Two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
KJVAnd thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall make poles of acacia wood, and cover them with gold.
KJVAnd thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall put the poles into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
KJVThe staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
GIGAKJVThe poles shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
KJVAnd thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall put into the ark the tablets of the covenant which I shall give you.
KJVAnd thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold: 3¾ feet shall be its length, and 27 inches its width.
KJVAnd thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall make two cherubim of gold, of beaten work shall you make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
KJVAnd make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
GIGAKJVAnd make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on the two ends of it.
KJVAnd the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
GIGAKJVAnd the cherubim shall stretch out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another. Toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
KJVAnd thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall put the mercy seat above on the ark. In the ark you shall put the tablets of the covenant that I shall give you.
KJVAnd there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
GIGAKJVAnd there I will meet with you, and I will commune with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, of all things which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.
KJVThou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
GIGAKJVYou shall also make a table of acacia wood: 3 feet shall be its length, and 18 inches its width, and 27 inches its height.
KJVAnd thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall cover it with pure gold, and make to it a crown of gold all around.
KJVAnd thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall make to it a border of 3 inches all around, and you shall make a golden crown to its border all around.
KJVAnd thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet of it.
KJVOver against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
GIGAKJVOver against the border shall the rings be for places of the poles to bear the table.
KJVAnd thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and cover them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
KJVAnd thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall make its dishes, and spoons of it, and covers of it, and bowls of it, for covering: of pure gold shall you make them.
KJVAnd thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall set on the table holy bread before me always.
KJVAnd thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall make a lampstand of pure gold: of beaten work shall the lampstand be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his buds, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
KJVAnd six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
GIGAKJVAnd six branches shall come out of the sides of it, three branches of the lampstand out of the one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side:
KJVThree bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
GIGAKJVThree bowls made like to almonds, with a bud and a flower in one branch. Three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a bud and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the lampstand.
KJVAnd in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
GIGAKJVAnd in the lampstands shall be four bowls made like to almonds, with their buds and their flowers.
KJVAnd there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
GIGAKJVAnd there shall be a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the lampstand.
KJVTheir knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
GIGAKJVTheir buds and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
KJVAnd thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall make the seven lamps of it: and they shall light its lamps, that they may give light opposite it.
KJVAnd the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
GIGAKJVAnd its tongs, and its trays, shall be of pure gold.
KJVOf a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
GIGAKJVOf 75 pounds of pure gold shall he make it, with all these items.
KJVAnd look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
GIGAKJVSee that you make them after their pattern, which was showed you in the mount.
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