1 Y ahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 “ Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.

Speak to the Israelites, that they take for Me an offering. From every man who gives it willingly and ungrudgingly with his heart you shall take My offering.

3 T his is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, brass,

This is the offering you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,

4 b lue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,

Blue, purple, and scarlet and fine twined linen and goats’ hair,

5 r ams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,

Rams’ skins tanned red, goatskins, dolphin or porpoise skins, acacia wood,

6 o il for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,

Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil and for sweet incense,

7 o nyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.

Onyx stones, and stones for setting in the ephod and in the breastplate.

8 L et them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

Let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

9 A ccording to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.

And you shall make it according to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle or dwelling and the pattern of all the furniture of it.

10 “ They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.

They shall make an ark of acacia wood: two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

11 Y ou shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.

You shall overlay the ark with pure gold, inside and out, and make a gold crown, a rim or border, around its top.

12 Y ou shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

You shall cast four gold rings and attach them to the four lower corners of it, two rings on either side.

13 Y ou shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold,

14 Y ou shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

And put the poles through the rings on the ark’s sides, by which to carry it.

15 T he poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.

The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it.

16 Y ou shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark.

And you shall put inside the ark the Testimony which I will give you.

17 Y ou shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.

And you shall make a mercy seat (a covering) of pure gold, two cubits and a half long and a cubit and a half wide.

18 Y ou shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

And you shall make two cherubim (winged angelic figures) of hammered gold on the two ends of the mercy seat.

19 M ake one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.

Make one cherub on each end, making the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat, on the two ends of it.

20 T he cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

And the cherubim shall spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, facing each other and looking down toward the mercy seat.

21 Y ou shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.

You shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you.

22 T here I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel.

There I will meet with you and, from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are upon the ark of the Testimony, I will speak intimately with you of all which I will give you in commandment to the Israelites.

23 “ You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its width, and one and a half cubits its height.

Also, make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

24 Y ou shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.

You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a crown, a rim or molding, of gold around the top of it;

25 Y ou shall make a rim of a hand width around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.

And make a frame of a handbreadth around and below the top of it and put around it a gold molding as a border.

26 Y ou shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.

You shall make for it four rings of gold and fasten them at the four corners that are on the table’s four legs.

27 t he rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.

Close against the frame shall the rings be as places for the poles to pass to carry the table.

28 Y ou shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

29 Y ou shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls to pour out offerings with. You shall make them of pure gold.

And you shall make its plates and cups, and its flagons and bowls; make them of pure gold.

30 Y ou shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.

And you shall set the showbread (the bread of the Presence) on the table before Me always.

31 “ You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lamp stand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.

You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of beaten and turned work shall the lampstand be made, both its base and its shaft; its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.

32 T here shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its other side;

Six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the lampstand out of the one side and three branches out of its other side;

33 t hree cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lamp stand;

Three cups made like almond blossoms, each with a knob and a flower on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms on the other branch with a knob and a flower; so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand;

34 a nd in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;

And on the itself you shall four cups like almond blossoms with their knobs and their flowers.

35 a nd a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lamp stand.

Also make a knob under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand and one piece with it;

36 T heir buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold.

Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.

37 Y ou shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.

And you shall make the lamps of the to include a seventh one. shall set up the lamps of it so they may give light in front of it.

38 I ts snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.

Its snuffers and its ashtrays shall be of pure gold.

39 I t shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories.

Use a talent of pure gold for it, including all these utensils.

40 S ee that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.

And see to it that you copy their pattern which was shown you on the mountain.