Quotes About Symbolism

His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.

Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaronís staff swallowed up the other staffs.

(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)

blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;

and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.

And make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.

And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.

Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.

And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.

Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs.

Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.

Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.

There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.

And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

The buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.