Exodus 25

¹ This is what the LORD then said to Moses:

² Tell the Israelites to take up a collection for me. From every man you shall accept the contribution that his heart prompts him to give me.

³ These are the contributions you shall accept from them: gold, silver and bronze;

⁴ violet, purple and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

⁵ rams' skins dyed red, and tahash skins; acacia wood;

⁶ oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

⁷ onyx stones and other gems for mounting on the ephod and the breastpiece.

⁸ They shall make a sanctuary for me, that I may dwell in their midst.

⁹ This Dwelling and all its furnishings you shall make exactly according to the pattern that I will now show you.

¹⁰ You shall make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.

¹¹ Plate it inside and outside with pure gold, and put a molding of gold around the top of it.

¹² Cast four gold rings and fasten them on the four supports of the ark, two rings on one side and two on the opposite side.

¹³ Then make poles of acacia wood and plate them with gold.

¹⁴ These poles you are to put through the rings on the sides of the ark, for carrying it;

¹⁵ they must remain in the rings of the ark and never be withdrawn.

¹⁶ In the ark you are to put the commandments which I will give you.

¹⁷ You shall then make a propitiatory of pure gold, two cubits and a half long, and one and a half cubits wide.

¹⁸ Make two cherubim of beaten gold for the two ends of the propitiatory,

¹⁹ fastening them so that one cherub springs direct from each end.

²⁰ The cherubim shall have their wings spread out above, covering the propitiatory with them; they shall be turned toward each other, but with their faces looking toward the propitiatory.

²¹ This propitiatory you shall then place on top of the ark. In the ark itself you are to put the commandments which I will give you.

²² There I will meet you and there, from above the propitiatory, between the two cherubim on the ark of the commandments, I will tell you all the commands that I wish you to give the Israelites.

²³ You shall also make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

²⁴ Plate it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.

²⁵ Surround it with a frame, a handbreadth high, with a molding of gold around the frame.

²⁶ You shall also make four rings of gold for it and fasten them at the four corners, one at each leg,

²⁷ on two opposite sides of the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.

²⁸ These poles for carrying the table you shall make of acacia wood and plate with gold.

²⁹ Of pure gold you shall make its plates and cups, as well as its pitchers and bowls for pouring libations.

³⁰ On the table you shall always keep showbread set before me.

³¹ You shall make a lampstand of pure beaten gold-its shaft and branches-with its cups and knobs and petals springing directly from it.

³² Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand, three branches on one side, and three on the other.

³³ On one branch there are to be three cups, shaped like almond blossoms, each with its knob and petals; on the opposite branch there are to be three cups, shaped like almond blossoms, each with its knob and petals; and so for the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

³⁴ On the shaft there are to be four cups, shaped like almond blossoms, with their knobs and petals,

³⁵ including a knob below each of the three pairs of branches that extend from the lampstand.

³⁶ Their knobs and branches shall so spring from it that the whole will form but a single piece of pure beaten gold.

³⁷ You shall then make seven lamps for it and so set up the lamps that they shed their light on the space in front of the lampstand.

³⁸ These, as well as the trimming shears and trays, must be of pure gold.

³⁹ Use a talent of pure gold for the lampstand and all its appurtenances.

⁴⁰ See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.