Offerings for the Sanctuary

¹Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “Tell the sons of Israel to ^[a]raise a ^[b]contribution for Me; from every man whose heart moves him you shall ^[c]raise My ^[d]contribution. ³ This is the ^[e]contribution which you are to ^[f]raise from them: gold, silver and bronze, ^4 [g]blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair, ⁵ rams’ skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood, ⁶ oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, ⁷ onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the ^[h]breastpiece. ⁸ Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them. ⁹ According to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, just so you shall construct it.

Ark of the Covenant

¹⁰ “They shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half ^[i]cubits ^[j]long, and one and a half cubits ^[k]wide, and one and a half cubits ^[l]high. ¹¹ You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding ^[m]around it. ¹² You shall cast four gold rings for it and ^[n]fasten them on its four feet, and two rings shall be on 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 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them. ¹⁵ The poles shall ^[o]remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it. ¹⁶ You shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.

¹⁷ “You shall make a ^[p]mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half ^[q]cubits ^[r]long and one and a half cubits ^[s]wide. ¹⁸ You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work ^[t]at the two ends of the mercy seat. ¹⁹ Make one cherub ^[u]at one end and one cherub ^[v]at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. ²⁰ The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and ^[w]facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat. ²¹ You shall put the mercy seat ^[x]on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. ²² There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel.

The Table of Showbread

²³ “You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits ^[y]long and one cubit ^[z]wide and one and a half cubits ^[aa]high. ²⁴ You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold border around it. ²⁵ You shall make for it a rim of a handbreadth around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it. ²⁶ You shall make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four feet. ²⁷ The rings shall be close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table. ²⁸ You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried. ²⁹ You shall make its ^[ab]dishes and its pans and its jars and its ^[ac]bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. ³⁰ You shall set the bread of the ^[ad]Presence on the table before Me ^[ae]at all times.

The Golden Lampstand

³¹ “Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand and its base and its shaft are to be made of hammered work; its cups, its ^[af]bulbs and its flowers shall be of one piece with it. ³² Six branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its ^[ag]other side. ³³ Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a ^[ah]bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the ^[ai]other branch, a ^[aj]bulb and a flower—so for six branches going out from the lampstand; ³⁴ and in the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its ^[ak]bulbs and its flowers. ³⁵ A ^[al]bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a ^[am]bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a ^[an]bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. ³⁶ Their ^[ao]bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. ³⁷ Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and they shall ^[ap]mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it. ³⁸ Its snuffers and ^[aq]their trays shall be of pure gold. ³⁹ It shall be made from a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils. ⁴⁰ See that you make them after the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.