1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: |
2 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering. |
3 "And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze; |
4 "blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats' hair; |
5 "ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood; |
6 "oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense; |
7 "onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate. |
8 "And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. |
9 "According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it. |
10 "And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits shall be its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height. |
11 "And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a molding of gold all around. |
12 "You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners; two rings shall be on one side, and two rings on the other side. |
13 "And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. |
14 "You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them. |
15 "The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it. |
16 "And you shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you. |
17 "You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its length and a cubit and a half its width. |
18 "And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat. |
19 "Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it of one piece with the mercy seat. |
20 "And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat. |
21 "You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you. |
22 "And 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, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel. |
23 "You shall also make a table of acacia wood; two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height. |
24 "And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold all around. |
25 "You shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around. |
26 "And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that are at its four legs. |
27 "The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table. |
28 "And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them. |
29 "You shall make its dishes, its pans, its pitchers, and its bowls for pouring. You shall make them of pure gold. |
30 "And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always. |
31 "You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece. |
32 "And six branches shall 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. |
33 "Three bowls shall be made like almond blossoms on one branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower--and so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand. |
34 "On the lampstand itself four bowls shall be made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower. |
35 "And there shall be a knob under the first two branches of the same, a knob under the second two branches of the same, and a knob under the third two branches of the same, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand. |
36 "Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered piece of pure gold. |
37 "You shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it. |
38 "And its wick-trimmers and their trays shall be of pure gold. |
39 "It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils. |
40 "And see to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain. |