Exodus 25:8 — Meaning and Application

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

Exodus 25:8

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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}.

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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Exodus 25:1

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

Exodus 25:2

"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. {bring me: Heb. take for me} {offering: or, heave offering}"

Exodus 25:3

"And this {is} the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, {offering: or, heave offering}"

Exodus 25:4

"And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' {hair}, {fine...: or, silk}"

Exodus 25:5

"And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,"

Exodus 25:6

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

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