¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they¹ bring me² an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly³ with his heart ye shall take my offering.

And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass⁴,

And blue⁵, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen⁶, and goats' hair,

⁷And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood⁸,

Oil for⁹ the light, spices¹⁰ for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

Onyx stones¹¹, and stones to be set in the ephod¹², and in the breastplate.

And let them make me a sanctuary¹³; that I may dwell¹⁴ among them.

According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle¹⁵, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

¶ And they shall make an ark¹⁶ of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

¹⁷And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.

¹⁸And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

¹⁹And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

²⁰The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

²¹And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

And thou shalt make a mercy seat²² of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold²³, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the²⁴ mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

¶ And the cherubims shall²⁵ stretch forth their wings on high, covering²⁶ the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward²⁷ the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

And thou shalt put the mercy seat²⁸ above upon the ark; and in²⁹ the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

And there I will meet with thee, and I will³⁰ commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between³¹ the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

¶ Thou shalt also make a table³² of shittim wood³³: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

³⁴And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border³⁵ thereof round about.

And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold³⁶, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves³⁷ to bear the table.

And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table³⁸ may be borne with them.

And thou shalt make the³⁹ dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover⁴⁰ withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

¶⁴¹And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

¶ And thou shalt make a candlestick⁴² of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops⁴³, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

Three bowls made like unto⁴⁴ almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three⁴⁵ bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

And there shall be 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, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten⁴⁶ work of pure gold.

And thou shalt make the seven⁴⁷ lamps thereof: and they shall⁴⁸ light⁴⁹ the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it⁵⁰.

And the tongs⁵¹ thereof, and the snuffdishes⁵² thereof, shall be of pure gold.

Of a talent⁵³ of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

¶ And look that thou make⁵⁴ them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount⁵⁵.