1 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

The Lord said to Moses,

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.

“Tell the people of Israel to take a gift for Me. Receive the gift for Me from every person whose heart makes him willing.

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

This is the gift you are to receive from them: Gold, silver and brass,

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

blue, purple and red cloth, fine linen, goat hair,

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

rams’ skins made red, badgers’ skins, acacia wood,

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

lamp oil, spices for the oil used in worship and for perfumes,

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

onyx stones, and stones to be set in the clothing of the religious leaders.

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

Let them make a holy place for Me, so I may live 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.

Make the meeting tent and all that is in it like the plans I am going to show you. The Special Box of the Agreement

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;

“They will make a special box of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits tall.

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.

Cover it inside and out with pure gold. And make a piece of gold to put on it 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;

Make four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet. Put two rings on one side of it and two rings on the other side.

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

Cut long pieces of acacia wood for carrying and cover 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,

Then put the pieces of wood through the rings on the sides of the box, for carrying the box.

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

The long pieces will stay in the rings of the box. They must not be taken out.

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

Put into the special box the Law 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;

Then make a mercy-seat from pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

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

Make two cherubim out of beaten gold. 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 on one end and one cherub on the other end. Make the top of the mercy-seat, with the cherubim at each end, of one piece.

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.

The wings of the cherubim should spread up over the mercy-seat. Their faces should be toward each other, and 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;

Put the mercy-seat on top of the box. Put the Law which I will give you into the box.

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.

I will meet with you there. Between the two cherubim which are upon the special box of the Law, I will speak to you about all the Laws I will give you for the people of Israel. The Table for the Holy Bread

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,

“Make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits tall.

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

Cover it with pure gold and make a gold piece around it.

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.

Make a piece around it as wide as a hand and put gold on the side of this piece 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;

Make four rings of gold for it. Put them on the four corners that are on the table’s four legs.

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

The rings will be close to the sides, to hold the long pieces of wood used to carry 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;

Cut the long, straight pieces of acacia wood and cover them with gold. The table will be carried with these.

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;

Make its plates, its pots and its jars, for pouring your gifts of drink. Make them of pure gold.

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

And set the holy bread on the table before Me all the time.

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;

“Then make a lamp-stand of pure gold. The lamp-stand and its base are to be made of beaten gold. Its cups, its buds, and its flowers will be of one piece with it.

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;

Six branches will go out of its sides, three branches of the lamp-stand out of one side, and three branches out of its 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 cups will be made to look like almond flowers, each with bud and flower on one branch, and three on the next branch. This is to be done for all six branches going out of the lamp-stand.

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

Four cups made to look like almond flowers, with their buds and flowers, will be put on the lamp-stand’s base.

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;

Make a bud under each of the six branches going out from the place where the lamp-stand is put.

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

Their buds and their branches will all be one piece with the lamp-stand of pure, beaten 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.

Then make the seven lamps and put them where they will give light to the space in front of it.

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

The objects for putting out the light and their dishes will be of pure gold.

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

Make it and all the objects for it out of a piece of gold about half the weight of a man.

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

See that you make them by following the plan for them that was shown to you on the mountain.