[1] And the Lord said to Moses, [2] Say to the children of Israel that they
are to make me an offering; from every man who has the impulse in his heart
take an offering for me. [3] And this is the offering you are to take from
them: gold and silver and brass; [4] And blue and purple and red, and the
best linen, and goats' hair; [5] And sheepskins coloured red, and leather,
and hard wood; [6] Oil for the light, spices for the sweet-smelling oil,
sweet perfumes for burning; [7] Beryls and stones of value to be put on the
ephod and on the priest's bag. [8] And let them make me a holy place, so
that I may be ever present among them. [9] Make the House and everything in
it from the designs which I will give you. [10] And they are to make an ark
of hard wood; two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide and
high. [11] It is to be plated inside and out with the best gold, with an
edge of gold all round it [12] And make four rings of gold for it, to be
fixed on its four feet, two rings on one side of it and two on the other.
[13] And make rods of the same wood, plating them with gold. [14] And put
the rods through the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it. [15]
The rods are to be kept in the rings, and never taken out. [16] Inside the
ark you are to put the record which I will give you. [17] And you are to
make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a
half wide. [18] And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged
ones of hammered gold, [19] One at one end and one at the other; the winged
ones are to be part of the cover. [20] And their wings are to be
outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one
another, facing the cover. [21] And put the cover over the ark, and in the
ark the record which I will give you. [22] And there, between the two
winged ones on the cover of the ark, I will come to you, face to face, and
make clear to you all the orders I have to give you for the children of
Israel. [23] And you are to make a table of the same wood, two cubits long,
a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high, [24] Plated with the best gold,
with a gold edge all round it; [25] And make a frame all round it, as wide
as a man's hand, with a gold edge to the frame. [26] And make four gold
rings and put them at the four angles, on the four feet of the table; [27]
The rings are to be fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the
table is to be lifted. [28] Make rods of the same wood, plated with gold,
for lifting the table. [29] And make the table-vessels, the spoons and the
cups and the basins for liquids, all of the best gold. [30] And on the
table at all times you are to keep my holy bread. [31] And you are to make
a support for lights, of the best gold; its base and its pillar are to be
of hammered gold; its cups, its buds, and its flowers are to be made of the
same metal. [32] It is to have six branches coming out from its sides;
three branches from one side and three from the other. [33] Every branch
having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a
flower, on all the branches. [34] And on the pillar, four cups like almond
flowers, every one with its bud and its flower: [35] And under every two
branches a bud, made with the branch, for all the six branches of it. [36]
The buds and the branches are to be made of the same metal; all together
one complete work of hammered gold. [37] Then you are to make its seven
vessels for the lights, putting them in their place so that they give light
in front of it. [38] And the instruments and trays for use with it are all
to be of the best gold. [39] A talent of gold will be needed for it, with
all these vessels. [40] And see that you make them from the design which
you saw on the mountain.
