Firstfruits. . .Offerings of some of the best and choicest of their goods.
25:3. And these are the things you must take: Gold, and silver, and brass,
25:4. Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
25:5. And rams' skins dyed red, and violet skins, and setim wood:
Setim wood. . .The wood of a tree that grows in the wilderness, which is said to be incorruptible.
25:6. Oil to make lights: spices for ointment, and for sweetsmelling incense:
25:7. Onyx stones, and precious stones to adorn the ephod and the rational.
The ephod and the rational. . .The ephod was the high priest's upper vestment; and the rational his breastplate, in which were twelve gems, etc.
25:8. And they shall make me a sanctuary, and I will dwell in the midst of them:
25:9. According to all the likeness of the tabernacle which I will shew thee, and of all the vessels for the service thereof: and thus you shall make it: