1 A nd Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
2 S peak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an offering: of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my offering.
3 A nd this is the offering which ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and brass,
4 a nd blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
5 a nd rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood,
6 o il for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
7 o nyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
8 A nd let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
9 A ccording to all that I show thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture thereof, even so shall ye make it.
10 A nd they shall make an ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
11 A nd thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
12 A nd thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet thereof; and two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
13 A nd thou shalt make staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
14 A nd thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, wherewith to bear the ark.
15 T he staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
16 A nd thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
17 A nd thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
18 A nd thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.
19 A nd make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof.
20 A nd the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
21 A nd thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
22 A nd there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
23 A nd thou shalt make a table of acacia wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
24 A nd thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
25 A nd thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about; and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
26 A nd thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
27 C lose by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table.
28 A nd thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
29 A nd thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the flagons thereof, and the bowls thereof, wherewith to pour out: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
30 A nd thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me alway.
31 A nd thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.
32 A nd there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
33 t hree cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick:
34 a nd in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;
35 a nd a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the candlestick.
36 T heir knops and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.
37 A nd thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven: and they shall light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it.
38 A nd the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
39 O f a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels.
40 A nd see that thou make them after their pattern, which hath been showed thee in the mount.