1And the
Lord spoke to Moses and said,
2“Tell the sons of Israel to bring me a heave-offering. You shall take my heave-offering from every man whose heart wills it.
3And this
is the heave-offering which you shall take from them: gold and silver and copper,
4and blue and purple and scarlet
material, and fine linen and goat's
hair,
5and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins and acacia wood,
6and lamp-oil, fragrances for anointing oil and for aromatic incense,
7onyx gemstones, and stones for setting in the ephod and the breastplate.
8And they shall make me a sanctuary so that I may dwell in their midst,
9according to everything that I am about to show you – the model of the tabernacle and the model of all its equipment – and that is how you shall make it.
10And make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits in length and one and a half cubits in width and one and a half cubits in height.
11And you will overlay it
with pure gold; you will overlay it inside and outside, and you will make a golden edge on it
all around.
12And you will cast four golden rings for it, and you will put
them on its four corner-posts, with two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
13And you shall make poles from acacia wood and overlay them
with gold.
14And you will pass the poles through the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark by
means of them.
15The poles will be through the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it.
16And you will put the testimony which I will give you in the ark.
17And you will make an atonement cover
of pure gold, two and a half cubits in length and one and a half cubits in width.
18And you will make two cherubim
of gold; you will make them
as beaten work at the two ends of the atonement cover.
19And make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. Make the cherubim from the atonement cover at its two ends.
20And the cherubim will be
with wings spread upwards, covering the atonement cover with their wings, and they will face each other. The faces of the cherubim will be
directed towards the atonement cover.
21And you will put the atonement cover on the ark from above, and you will put the testimony which I will give you in the ark.
22And I will be known to you there, and I will speak with you from above the atonement cover, from between the two cherubim which
are on the ark of the testimony,
and I will tell you everything that I command you for the sons of Israel.
23And you shall make a table from acacia wood, two cubits in length and a cubit in width, and one and a half cubits in height,
24and you will overlay it
with pure gold, and you will make a golden edge for it
to go around
it.
25And you will make it a rim a handbreadth
wide,
all around, and you will make a golden edge for the rim
all around.
26And you will make four golden rings for it, and you will put the rings on the four corners which
are at its four legs.
27And the rings will be joined to the rim, as receptacles for the poles
by which to carry the table.
28And you will make the poles from acacia wood, and you will overlay them
with gold, and the table will be carried by
means of them.
29And you will make its dishes and spoons and bowls and vials by which
libations are poured. You will make them
of pure gold.
30And you will place showbread on the table before me always.
31And you will make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand will be made
as beaten work – its main stem and its branches. Its cups, its knobs and its flowers will diverge from it.
32And
there will be six branches coming out of its sides – three branches of the lampstand from one of its sides and three lampstand branches from the other side.
33There will be three almond-shaped cups on one branch,
with a knob and a flower, and three almond-shaped cups on another branch,
with a knob and a flower. This
is how
it will be for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.
34And in the
main stem of the lampstand
there will be four almond-shaped cups
with its knobs and its flowers.
35And there
will be a knob under the two branches
where they diverge from it and a knob under the two branches
where they diverge from it and a knob under the two branches
where they diverge from it,
this being for the six branches which come out of the lampstand.
36Their knobs and their branches will be integral to it. All of it
will be work beaten
from one
piece of pure gold.
37And you will make its seven lamps, and the lamps will be lit, and it will give light straight forwards.
38And its snuffing-tongs and snuff-dishes
shall be of pure gold.
39From a talent
of gold he shall make it, with all these accessories.
40And
see that you make them according to the model of them which you were shown on the mountain.
Reference(s) in Chapter 25: v.9 ↔ Acts 7:44, Hebrews 8:5 ● v.40 ↔ Acts 7:44, Hebrews 8:5.