1 Then the Loʀᴅ spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “AEx 35:4-9Tell the sons of Israel to 1Lit takeraise a 2Or heave offeringcontribution for Me; BEx 35:21; 1 Chr 29:3, 5, 9; Ezra 2:68; 2 Cor 8:11, 12; 9:7from every man whose heart moves him you shall 1Lit takeraise My 2Or heave offeringcontribution. 3  “This is the 1Or heave offeringcontribution which you are to 2Lit takeraise from them: gold, silver and bronze, 4 1Or violetAEx 28:5, 6, 8blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair, 5 rams’ skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood, 6 AEx 27:20oil for lighting, BEx 30:23fspices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 7 onyx stones and setting stones for the AEx 28:4, 6-14ephod and for the 1Or pouchBEx 28:4, 15-30breastpiece. 8  “Let them AEx 36:1-5construct a sanctuary for Me, BEx 29:45, 46; Num 5:3; Deut 12:11; 1 Kin 6:13; 2 Cor 6:16; Rev 21:3that I may dwell among them. 9  “AEx 25:40; 26:30; Acts 7:44; Heb 8:2, 5According 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.

10 “AEx 37:1-9; Deut 10:3; Heb 9:4They shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half 1I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.cubits 2Lit its lengthlong, and one and a half cubits 3Lit its widthwide, and one and a half cubits 4Lit its heighthigh. 11  “You shall AHeb 9:4overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding 1Lit on it round aboutaround it. 12  “You shall cast four gold rings for it and 1Or putfasten 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 A1 Kin 8:8poles shall 1Lit beremain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it. 16  “You shall AEx 40:20; Deut 10:2; 31:26; 1 Kin 8:9; Heb 9:4put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.

17 “You shall AEx 37:6make a 1Lit propitiatory, and so through v 22mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half 2I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.cubits 3Lit its lengthlong and one and a half cubits 4Lit its widthwide. 18  “You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work 1Lit fromat the two ends of the mercy seat. 19  “Make one cherub 1Lit fromat one end and one cherub 1Lit fromat the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. 20  “A1 Kin 8:7; 1 Chr 28:18; Heb 9:5The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and 1Lit their faces tofacing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat. 21  “AEx 26:34; 40:20You shall put the mercy seat 1Lit above, uponon top of the ark, and BEx 25:16in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. 22  “AEx 29:42, 43; 30:6, 36; Lev 16:2; Num 17:4There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from BNum 7:89; 1 Sam 4:4; 2 Sam 6:2; 2 Kin 19:15; Ps 80:1; Is 37:16between 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.

23 “AEx 37:10-16You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits 1Lit its lengthlong and one cubit 2Lit its widthwide and one and a half cubits 3Lit its heighthigh. 24  “You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold AEx 25:11border 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 1Or plattersAEx 37:16; Num 4:7dishes and its pans and its jars and its 2Lit libation bowlsbowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. 30  “You shall set AEx 39:36; 40:23; Lev 24:5-9the bread of the 1Lit FacePresence on the table before Me 2Or continuallyat all times.

31 “AEx 37:17-24; 1 Kin 7:49; Zech 4:2Then 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 1Or calyxbulbs and its flowers shall be of one piece with it. 32  “AEx 37:18Six branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its 1Lit secondother side. 33  “AEx 37:19Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a 1Or calyxbulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the 2Lit one branchother branch, a 1Or calyxbulb and a flower—so for six branches going out from the lampstand; 34 and AEx 37:20in the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its 1Or calyxesbulbs and its flowers. 35  “AEx 37:21A 1Or calyxbulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a 1Or calyxbulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a 1Or calyxbulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. 36  “AEx 37:22Their 1Or calyxesbulbs 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 ANum 8:2they shall 1Lit raise upmount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it. 38  “Its snuffers and 1Lit its snuff dishestheir trays shall be of pure gold. 39  “It shall be made from a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils. 40  “AHeb 8:5See that you make them BEx 25:9; 26:30; Num 8:4; Acts 7:44after the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.