[1] The LORD said to Moses, [2] "Speak to the people of Israel, that they
take for me an offering; from every man whose heart makes him willing you
shall receive the offering for me. [3] And this is the offering which you
shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, [4] blue and purple and
scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, goats' hair, [5] tanned rams' skins,
goatskins, acacia wood, [6] oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil
and for the fragrant incense, [7] onyx stones, and stones for setting, for
the ephod and for the breastpiece. [8] And let them make me a sanctuary,
that I may dwell in their midst. [9] According to all that I show you
concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you
shall make it. [10] "They shall make an ark of acacia wood; two cubits and
a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and
a half its height. [11] And you shall overlay it with pure gold, within and
without shall you overlay it, and you shall make upon it a molding of gold
round about. [12] And you shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them
on its four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the
other side of it. [13] You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay
them with gold. [14] And you shall put the poles into the rings on the
sides of the ark, to carry the ark by them. [15] The poles shall remain 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 shall give you. [17] Then you shall
make a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length,
and a cubit and a half its breadth. [18] And you shall make two cherubim of
gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy
seat. [19] Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end;
of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two
ends. [20] The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing
the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the
mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. [21] And you shall put the
mercy seat on the top of the ark; and in the ark you shall put the
testimony that I shall give you. [22] There I will meet with you, and from
above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are upon the ark
of the testimony, I will speak with you of all that I will give you in
commandment for the people of Israel. [23] "And you shall make a table of
acacia wood; two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a
cubit and a half its height. [24] You shall overlay it with pure gold, and
make a molding of gold around it. [25] And you shall make around it a frame
a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the frame. [26] And you
shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four
corners at its four legs. [27] Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as
holders for the poles to carry the table. [28] You shall make the poles of
acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried
with these. [29] And you shall make its plates and dishes for incense, and
its flagons and bowls with which to pour libations; of pure gold you shall
make them. [30] And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table
before me always. [31] "And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The
base and the shaft of the lampstand shall be made of hammered work; its
cups, its capitals, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it; [32] and
there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the
lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of
the other side of it; [33] three cups made like almonds, each with capital
and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almonds, each with
capital and flower, on the other branch--so for the six branches going out
of the lampstand; [34] and on the lampstand itself four cups made like
almonds, with their capitals and flowers, [35] and a capital of one piece
with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand.
[36] Their capitals and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the
whole of it one piece of hammered work of pure gold. [37] And you shall
make the seven lamps for it; and the lamps shall be set up so as to give
light upon the space in front of it. [38] Its snuffers and their trays
shall be of pure gold. [39] Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with
all these utensils. [40] And see that you make them after the pattern for
them, which is being shown you on the mountain.
