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Exodus 25

The Lord spoke to Moses: Speak to the Israelites, that they bring me an offering. You'll take my offering from every man who gives it willingly with his heart. And this is the offering you'll take from them: gold and silver and bronze, And blue, purple and scarlet and fine linen and goats' hair,

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The offering

The Lord spoke to Moses: Speak to the Israelites, that they bring me an offering. You'll take my offering from every man who gives it willingly with his heart. And this is the offering you'll take from them: gold and silver and bronze, And blue, purple and scarlet and fine linen and goats' hair, And rams' skins dyed red and fine leather and acacia wood, Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil and for sweet incense, Onyx stones and stones to be set in the priestly apron and in the breastplate. 'Let them make me a sanctuary, so I may live among them.' 'Make it exactly according to the pattern of the tent and all its furnishings that I show you.'

And the Lord spoke to Moses: Speak to the people of Israel, that they bring me an offering. You'll take my offering from every man who gives it willingly with his heart. And this is the offering you'll take from them: gold and silver and bronze, and blue and purple and scarlet and fine linen and goats' hair, and rams' skins dyed red and fine leather and acacia wood, oil for the light, spices for anointing oil and for sweet incense, onyx stones and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastpiece. And let them make me a holy place, so I can live among them. According to everything I show you, the pattern of the tent and the pattern of all its vessels — that's how you'll make it.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak 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. And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood, Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. According 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.

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The Lord spoke to Moses:

Plain English

And the Lord spoke to Moses:

King James Version, 1611

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Speak to the Israelites, that they bring me an offering. You'll take my offering from every man who gives it willingly with his heart.

Plain English

Speak to the people of Israel, that they bring me an offering. You'll take my offering from every man who gives it willingly with his heart.

King James Version, 1611

Speak 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.

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And this is the offering you'll take from them: gold and silver and bronze,

King James Version, 1611

And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

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And blue, purple and scarlet and fine linen and goats' hair,

Plain English

and blue and purple and scarlet and fine linen and goats' hair,

King James Version, 1611

And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

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And rams' skins dyed red and fine leather and acacia wood,

Plain English

and rams' skins dyed red and fine leather and acacia wood,

King James Version, 1611

And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,

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Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil and for sweet incense,

Plain English

oil for the light, spices for anointing oil and for sweet incense,

King James Version, 1611

Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

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Onyx stones and stones to be set in the priestly apron and in the breastplate.

Plain English

onyx stones and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastpiece.

King James Version, 1611

Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

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'Let them make me a sanctuary, so I may live among them.'

Plain English

And let them make me a holy place, so I can live among them.

King James Version, 1611

And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

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'Make it exactly according to the pattern of the tent and all its furnishings that I show you.'

Plain English

According to everything I show you, the pattern of the tent and the pattern of all its vessels — that's how you'll make it.

King James Version, 1611

According 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.

The ark

They'll make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high. You'll cover it with pure gold. Inside and outside you'll cover it, and you'll make a crown of gold around it. You'll cast four rings of gold for it and put them in its four corners — two rings on one side of it and two rings on the other side. You'll make poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold. You'll put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, so the ark can be carried with them. The poles will stay in the rings of the ark. They won't be taken out of it. You'll put into the ark the testimony I'll give you. You will make a ark's cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. Make two cherubim of gold, beaten work, at the two ends of the ark's cover. Make one cherub at one end and the other cherub at the other end. Make the cherubim of one piece with the ark's cover at its two ends. The cherubim will stretch their wings upward, covering the ark's cover with their wings, and they will face one another, looking toward the ark's cover. Put the cover on top of the ark, and put inside the ark the testimony I will give you. 'There I will meet with you. From above the ark's cover, between the two cherubim on the ark of the covenant, I will speak with you about everything I command you for the Israelites.'

And they'll make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high. And you'll cover it with pure gold. Inside and outside you'll cover it, and you'll make a crown of gold round it. And you'll cast four rings of gold for it and put them in its four corners — two rings on one side of it and two rings on the other side. And you'll make poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold. And you'll put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, so the ark can be carried with them. The poles will stay in the rings of the ark. They won't be taken out of it. And you'll put into the ark the testimony I'll give you. And you'll make a covering of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. And you'll make two cherubim of gold. You'll make them of beaten work, at the two ends of the covering. And make one cherub on one end and the other cherub on the other end. You'll make the cherubim of one piece with the covering, on its two ends. And the cherubim will stretch out their wings on high, covering the covering with their wings, and their faces will look at each other. The faces of the cherubim will look towards the covering. And you'll put the covering above on the ark. And in the ark you'll put the testimony I'll give you. And I'll meet with you there and talk with you from above the covering, from between the two cherubim on the ark of the testimony, about everything I'll give you as orders for the people of Israel.

And 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. And 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. And 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. And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. And 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. And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. And 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. And 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. And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. And 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.

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They'll make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high.

Plain English

And they'll make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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You'll cover it with pure gold. Inside and outside you'll cover it, and you'll make a crown of gold around it.

Plain English

And you'll cover it with pure gold. Inside and outside you'll cover it, and you'll make a crown of gold round it.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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You'll cast four rings of gold for it and put them in its four corners — two rings on one side of it and two rings on the other side.

Plain English

And you'll cast four rings of gold for it and put them in its four corners — two rings on one side of it and two rings on the other side.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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You'll make poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.

Plain English

And you'll make poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.

King James Version, 1611

And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

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You'll put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, so the ark can be carried with them.

Plain English

And you'll put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, so the ark can be carried with them.

King James Version, 1611

And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

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The poles will stay in the rings of the ark. They won't be taken out of it.

King James Version, 1611

The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

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You'll put into the ark the testimony I'll give you.

Plain English

And you'll put into the ark the testimony I'll give you.

King James Version, 1611

And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

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You will make a ark's cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

Plain English

And you'll make a covering of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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Make two cherubim of gold, beaten work, at the two ends of the ark's cover.

Plain English

And you'll make two cherubim of gold. You'll make them of beaten work, at the two ends of the covering.

King James Version, 1611

And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

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Make one cherub at one end and the other cherub at the other end. Make the cherubim of one piece with the ark's cover at its two ends.

Plain English

And make one cherub on one end and the other cherub on the other end. You'll make the cherubim of one piece with the covering, on its two ends.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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The cherubim will stretch their wings upward, covering the ark's cover with their wings, and they will face one another, looking toward the ark's cover.

Plain English

And the cherubim will stretch out their wings on high, covering the covering with their wings, and their faces will look at each other. The faces of the cherubim will look towards the covering.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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Put the cover on top of the ark, and put inside the ark the testimony I will give you.

Plain English

And you'll put the covering above on the ark. And in the ark you'll put the testimony I'll give you.

King James Version, 1611

And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

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'There I will meet with you. From above the ark's cover, between the two cherubim on the ark of the covenant, I will speak with you about everything I command you for the Israelites.'

Plain English

And I'll meet with you there and talk with you from above the covering, from between the two cherubim on the ark of the testimony, about everything I'll give you as orders for the people of Israel.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

The table and the lampstand

You'll make a table of acacia wood too, two cubits long and a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high. You'll cover it with pure gold and make a crown of gold around it. You'll make a border of a handbreadth around it, and you'll make a crown of gold for the border around it. Make four gold rings for the table and put them at the four corners by its four feet. The rings will sit close to the border and hold the poles used to carry the table. You'll make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold, so the table can be carried with them. You'll make its dishes and its spoons and its covers and its bowls to pour with. You'll make them of pure gold. You'll set the sacred bread on the table before me always. You'll make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand will be made of beaten work — its base and its stem, its cups, its buds and its flowers will be of one piece with it. And six branches will come out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side. Three cups made like almonds in one branch, with a bud and a flower. And three cups made like almonds in the other branch, with a bud and a flower. That's how it'll be in the six branches that come out of the lampstand. And in the lampstand itself four cups made like almonds, with their buds and their flowers. There will be a knob beneath each pair of branches — three knobs in all for the six branches coming from the lampstand. Their buds and their branches will be of one piece with it. All of it will be one beaten work of pure gold. You'll make its seven lamps. And they'll light its lamps so they give light in front of it. And its tongs and its trays will be of pure gold. He'll make it of a talent of pure gold, with all these vessels. 'Make sure you make them according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.'

You'll make a table of acacia wood too, two cubits long and a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high. And you'll cover it with pure gold and make a crown of gold round it. And you'll make a border of a handbreadth round it, and you'll make a crown of gold for the border round it. And you'll make four rings of gold for it and put the rings in the four corners at its four legs. The rings will be by the border, as places for the poles to carry the table. And you'll make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold, so the table can be carried with them. And you'll make its dishes and its spoons and its covers and its bowls to pour with. You'll make them of pure gold. And you'll set the bread of the Presence on the table in front of me always. And you'll make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand will be made of beaten work — its base and its stem, its cups, its buds and its flowers will be of one piece with it. And six branches will come out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side. Three cups made like almonds in one branch, with a bud and a flower. And three cups made like almonds in the other branch, with a bud and a flower. That's how it'll be in the six branches that come out of the lampstand. And in the lampstand itself four cups made like almonds, with their buds and their flowers. And a bud under two branches of it, and a bud under two branches of it, and a bud under two branches of it, for the six branches that come out of the lampstand. Their buds and their branches will be of one piece with it. All of it will be one beaten work of pure gold. And you'll make its seven lamps. And they'll light its lamps so they give light in front of it. And its tongs and its trays will be of pure gold. He'll make it of a talent of pure gold, with all these vessels. And look that you make them according to their pattern, that was shown you in the mountain.

Thou 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. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. And 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. And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. And 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. And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. And 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. And 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: Three 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. And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. And 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. Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

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You'll make a table of acacia wood too, two cubits long and a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.

King James Version, 1611

Thou 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.

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You'll cover it with pure gold and make a crown of gold around it.

Plain English

And you'll cover it with pure gold and make a crown of gold round it.

King James Version, 1611

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

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You'll make a border of a handbreadth around it, and you'll make a crown of gold for the border around it.

Plain English

And you'll make a border of a handbreadth round it, and you'll make a crown of gold for the border round it.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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Make four gold rings for the table and put them at the four corners by its four feet.

Plain English

And you'll make four rings of gold for it and put the rings in the four corners at its four legs.

King James Version, 1611

And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

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The rings will sit close to the border and hold the poles used to carry the table.

Plain English

The rings will be by the border, as places for the poles to carry the table.

King James Version, 1611

Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

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You'll make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold, so the table can be carried with them.

Plain English

And you'll make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold, so the table can be carried with them.

King James Version, 1611

And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

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You'll make its dishes and its spoons and its covers and its bowls to pour with. You'll make them of pure gold.

Plain English

And you'll make its dishes and its spoons and its covers and its bowls to pour with. You'll make them of pure gold.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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You'll set the sacred bread on the table before me always.

Plain English

And you'll set the bread of the Presence on the table in front of me always.

King James Version, 1611

And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

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You'll make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand will be made of beaten work — its base and its stem, its cups, its buds and its flowers will be of one piece with it.

Plain English

And you'll make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand will be made of beaten work — its base and its stem, its cups, its buds and its flowers will be of one piece with it.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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And six branches will come out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side.

King James Version, 1611

And 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:

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Three cups made like almonds in one branch, with a bud and a flower. And three cups made like almonds in the other branch, with a bud and a flower. That's how it'll be in the six branches that come out of the lampstand.

King James Version, 1611

Three 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.

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And in the lampstand itself four cups made like almonds, with their buds and their flowers.

King James Version, 1611

And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

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There will be a knob beneath each pair of branches — three knobs in all for the six branches coming from the lampstand.

Plain English

And a bud under two branches of it, and a bud under two branches of it, and a bud under two branches of it, for the six branches that come out of the lampstand.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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Their buds and their branches will be of one piece with it. All of it will be one beaten work of pure gold.

King James Version, 1611

Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

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You'll make its seven lamps. And they'll light its lamps so they give light in front of it.

Plain English

And you'll make its seven lamps. And they'll light its lamps so they give light in front of it.

King James Version, 1611

And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

38

And its tongs and its trays will be of pure gold.

King James Version, 1611

And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.

39

He'll make it of a talent of pure gold, with all these vessels.

King James Version, 1611

Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

40

'Make sure you make them according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.'

Plain English

And look that you make them according to their pattern, that was shown you in the mountain.

King James Version, 1611

And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.