1 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 ` Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they take for Me a heave-offering; from every man whose heart impelleth him ye do take My heave-offering.

“Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.

3 ` And this the heave-offering which ye take from them; gold, and silver, and brass,

And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

4 a nd blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats',

blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair;

5 a nd rams' skins made red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood;

6 o il for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the perfume of the spices,

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

7 s hoham stones, and stones for setting for an ephod, and for a breastplate.

onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.

8 ` And they have made for Me a sanctuary, and I have tabernacled in their midst;

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

9 a ccording to all that which I am shewing thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its vessels, even so ye do make.

According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it. The Ark of the Testimony

10 ` And they have made an ark of shittim wood; two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;

“And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits shall be its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

11 a nd thou hast overlaid it pure gold, within and without thou dost overlay it, and thou hast made on it a ring of gold round about.

And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a molding of gold all around.

12 ` And thou hast cast for it four rings of gold, and hast put on its four feet, even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side;

You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners; two rings shall be on one side, and two rings on the other side.

13 a nd thou hast made staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them gold,

And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

14 a nd hast brought the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark by them,

You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them.

15 i n the rings of the ark are the staves, they are not turned aside from it;

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

16 a nd thou hast put unto the ark the testimony which I give unto thee.

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

17 ` And thou hast made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

“You 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.

18 a nd thou hast made two cherubs of gold, beaten work dost thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;

And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

19 a nd make thou one cherub at the end on this side, and one cherub at the end on that; at the mercy-seat ye do make the cherubs on its two ends.

Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it of one piece with the mercy seat.

20 ` And the cherubs have been spreading out wings on high, covering the mercy-seat over with their wings, and their faces one towards another -- towards the mercy-seat are the faces of the cherubs.

And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

21 ` And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark above, and unto the ark thou dost put the testimony which I give unto thee;

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

22 a nd I have met with thee there, and have spoken with thee from off the mercy-seat (from between the two cherubs, which on the ark of the testimony) all that which I command thee concerning the sons of Israel.

And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel. The Table for the Showbread

23 ` And thou hast made a table of shittim wood, two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height,

“You shall also make a table of acacia wood; two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

24 a nd hast overlaid it pure gold, and hast made for it a crown of gold round about,

And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold all around.

25 a nd hast made for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and hast made a crown of gold to its border round about.

You shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.

26 ` And thou hast made to it four rings of gold, and hast put the rings on the four corners, which to its four feet;

And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that are at its four legs.

27 o ver-against the border are the rings for places for staves to bear the table;

The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table.

28 a nd thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold, and the table hath been borne with them;

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

29 a nd thou hast made its dishes, and its bowls, and its covers, and its cups, with which they pour out; of pure gold thou dost make them;

You shall make its dishes, its pans, its pitchers, and its bowls for pouring. You shall make them of pure gold.

30 a nd thou hast put on the table bread of the presence before Me continually.

And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always. The Gold Lampstand

31 ` And thou hast made a candlestick of pure gold, of beaten work is the candlestick made; its base, and its branch, its calyxes, its knops, and its flowers are of the same;

“You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece.

32 a nd six branches are coming out of its sides, three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the second side;

And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side.

33 t hree calyxes made like almonds in the one branch, a knop and a flower, and three calyxes made like almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; so for the six branches which are coming out from the candlestick.

Three bowls shall be made like almond blossoms on one branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower—and so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand.

34 ` And in the candlestick four calyxes made like almonds, its knops and its flowers;

On the lampstand itself four bowls shall be made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower.

35 a nd a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, to the six branches which are coming out of the candlestick;

And there shall be a knob under the first two branches of the same, a knob under the second two branches of the same, and a knob under the third two branches of the same, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

36 t heir knops and their branches are of the same, all of it one beaten work of pure gold;

Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered piece of pure gold.

37 a nd thou hast made its seven lamps, and hath caused its lights to go up, and it hath given light over-against its front.

You shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.

38 ` And its snuffers and its snuff dishes of pure gold;

And its wick-trimmers and their trays shall be of pure gold.

39 o f a talent of pure gold he doth make it, with all these vessels.

It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.

40 A nd see thou and do by their pattern which thou art shewn in the mount.

And see to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.