King James Version, Updated™

KJV:   1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

KJVu: 1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

KJV:   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.

KJVu: 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering . From every man who gives it willingly with his heart YOU shall take my offering.

KJV:   3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them ; gold, and silver, and brass,

KJVu: 3 And this is the offering which YOU shall take from them : gold, silver, and brass,

KJV:   4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

KJVu: 4 blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

Info: "Thread" was added after blue, purple, and scarlet based on the Hebrew words for "blue" Strong’s H8504 and "purple" Strong’s H713 which both reference "thread" in the Brown-Driver-Briggs definition.

KJV:   5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

KJVu: 5 rams' skins dyed red, badgers' skins, and acacia wood,

Notes: "Shittim" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H7848 with a Strong’s definition of "acacia (a tree and a wood). Pronounced as: uh-kei-shuh"

KJV:   6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

KJVu: 6 oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

KJV:   7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

KJVu: 7 onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

KJV:   8 And let them make me a sanctuary ; that I may dwell among them.

KJVu: 8 And let them make me a sanctuary , that I may dwell among them.

KJV:   9 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.

KJVu: 9 According to all that I show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furnishings in it, so YOU shall make it.

Notes: "Instruments" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H3627 with a Strong’s definition of "armour bearer, artillery, bag, carriage, furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, -|- From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon) — armour -bearer, artillery, bag, carriage, + furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, X one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, + psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, + whatsoever."

KJV:   10 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.

KJVu: 10 And they shall make an ark of acacia wood ; two and a half cubits shall be the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.

KJV:   11 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.

KJVu: 11 You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside you shall overlay it, and you shall make on it a border of gold around it.

Notes: "Crown" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H213 with a Strong’s definition of "circlet, border."

KJV:   12 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.

KJVu: 12 And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them on the four corners of it; and two rings shall be on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

KJV:   13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

KJVu: 13 You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

Notes: "Staves" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H905 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs definition of "of poles or staves used for carrying the ark Exodus 25:13,14,15; Exodus 35:12; Exodus 37:4,5; Exodus 39:35; Exodus 40:20; Numbers 4:6; 1 Kings 8:7,8."

KJV:   14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

KJVu: 14 And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried with them.

Notes: "Borne" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H5375 with a Strong’s definition of "to lift, carry, take."

KJV:   15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark : they shall not be taken from it.

KJVu: 15 The poles shall be in the rings of the ark ; they shall not be taken from it.

KJV:   16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

KJVu: 16 And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.

KJV:   17 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.

KJVu: 17 You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold ; two and a half cubits shall be the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it.

KJV:   18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

KJVu: 18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold, of beaten work you shall make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat.

Info: "Cherubim is the plural of cherub (or cherubs)."

KJV:   19 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.

KJVu: 19 Make one cherub on one end, and the other cherub on the other end ; YOU shall make the cherubim on the two ends of the mercy seat.

KJV:   20 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.

KJVu: 20 And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat so shall the faces of the cherubim be.

Notes: "On High" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H4605 with a Strong’s definition of "above, upwards."

KJV:   21 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.

KJVu: 21 You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark; and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.

KJV:   22 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.

KJVu: 22 There I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, of all things that I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.

KJV:   23 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.

KJVu: 23 You shall also make a table of acacia wood , the length of it shall be two cubits, and the breadth of it shall be a cubit, and the height of it shall be a cubit and a half.

KJV:   24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

KJVu: 24 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a border of gold around it.

KJV:   25 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.

KJVu: 25 You shall make on it a rim the breadth of a hand around it, and you shall make a golden border for the rim around it.

Notes: "Border" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H4526 with a Strong’s definition of "border, rim, fastness."

KJV:   26 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.

KJVu: 26 And 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.

KJV:   27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

KJVu: 27 The rings shall be close to the border as places for the poles to bear the table.

Notes: "Over Against" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H5980 with a Strong’s definition of "close by, side by side with."

KJV:   28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

KJVu: 28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

KJV:   29 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.

KJVu: 29 And you shall make its dishes, its spoons, and its covers, and its bowls, to cover them; you shall make them of pure gold.

Notes: "Bowls" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H2004 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "in, such like, with them, thereby, therein, more than they, wherein, in which, -|- Feminine plural from huw'; they (only used when emphatic) — X in, such like, (with) them, thereby, therein, (more than) they, wherein, in which, whom, withal."

KJV:   30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

KJVu: 30 You shall set on the table showbread before me always.

KJV:   31 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.

KJVu: 31 And you shall make a candlestick of pure gold ; the candlestick shall be made of hammered work; its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, shall be of the same piece.

Notes:

KJV:   32 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 :

KJVu: 32 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 .

KJV:   33 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.

KJVu: 33 Three bowls made like almonds, with a knob and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knob and a flower ; so are the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

KJV:   34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

KJVu: 34 And on the candlestick shall be four bowls made like almonds, with its knobs and its flowers.

KJV:   35 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.

KJVu: 35 And there shall be a knob under the first two branches of the same piece, and a knob under the second two branches of the same piece, and a knob under the third two branches of the same piece, according to the six branches that comes out of the candlestick.

KJV:   36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same : all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

KJVu: 36 Their knobs and their branches shall be of the same piece; all of it shall be one hammered work of pure gold.

KJV:   37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

KJVu: 37 And you shall make the seven lamps for it; and they shall light the lamps of it, that they may give light in front of it.

Notes: "Over Against" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H5676 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "compare מָּנֶיהָ ׳עַלעֿ Exodus 25:37 to give light upon the space in front of it."

KJV:   38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.

KJVu: 38 The tongs, and the snuffdishes, shall be of pure gold.

KJV:   39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

KJVu: 39 He shall make it from a talent of pure gold, with all these vessels.

KJV:   40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

KJVu: 40 And see that you make them according to their pattern, which was shown to you on the mountain.

Notes: "After" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H8403 with a Strong’s definition of "pattern, according to which anything is to be constructed (P & late), of tabernacle Exodus 25:9, utensils of tabernacle Exodus 25:9; Exodus 25:40."