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Offerings for the Tabernacle
The LORD said to Moses,
The LORD said to Moses,
Offerings for the Sanctuary
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
“Tell the people of Israel to bring me their sacred offerings. Accept the contributions from all whose hearts are moved to offer them.
Here is a list of sacred offerings you may accept from them:
gold, silver, and bronze;
gold, silver, and bronze;
And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
blue, purple, and scarlet thread;
fine linen and goat hair for cloth;
fine linen and goat hair for cloth;
blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair;
tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather;
acacia wood;
acacia wood;
olive oil for the lamps;
spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;
onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest’s chestpiece.
onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.
“Have the people of Israel build me a holy sanctuary so I can live among them.
You must build this Tabernacle and its furnishings exactly according to the pattern I will show you.
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
“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.
“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.
Overlay it inside and outside with pure gold, and run a molding of gold all around it.
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.
Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each 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.
Make poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
Insert the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.
You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them.
These carrying poles must stay inside the rings; never remove them.
The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
And you shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you.
“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.
Then make two cherubim from hammered gold, and place them on the two ends of the atonement cover.
And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
Mold the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold.
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.
The cherubim will face each other and look down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they will protect it.
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.
Place inside the Ark the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you. Then put the atonement cover on top of the Ark.
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.
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
“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.
“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.
Overlay it with pure gold and run a gold molding around the edge.
And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold all around.
You shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.
Make four gold rings for the table and attach them at the four corners next to the four legs.
And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that are at its four legs.
Attach the rings near the border to hold the poles that are used to carry the table.
The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table.
Make these poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
Make special containers of pure gold for the table — bowls, ladles, pitchers, and jars — to be used in pouring out liquid offerings.
You shall make its dishes, its pans, its pitchers, and its bowls for pouring. You shall make them of pure gold.
Place the Bread of the Presence on the table to remain before me at all times.
And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.
Plans for the Lampstand
“Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. Make the entire lampstand and its decorations of one piece — the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and petals.
The Gold Lampstand
“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.
“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.
Make it with six branches going out from the center stem, three on each 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.
Each of the six branches will have three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
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.
Craft the center stem of the lampstand with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
On the lampstand itself four bowls shall be made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower.
There will also be an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extend from the center stem.
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.
The almond buds and branches must all be of one piece with the center stem, and they must be hammered from pure gold.
Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered piece of pure gold.
Then make the seven lamps for the lampstand, and set them so they reflect their light forward.
You shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.
The lamp snuffers and trays must also be made of pure gold.
And its wick-trimmers and their trays shall be of pure gold.
It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.