Exodus 25:1–30

OFFERINGS TO BUILD THE TABERNACLE

25The Lord spoke to Moses: ²“Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me. You are to take my offering from everyone who is willing to give.^{q 3}This is the offering you are to receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze; ⁴blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair; ⁵ram skins dyed red^r and fine leather;^A acacia wood; ⁶oil^s for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; ⁷and onyx^B along with other gemstones for mounting on the ephod and breastpiece.^Ct

⁸“They are to make a sanctuary^u for me so that I may dwell^v among them. ⁹You must make it according to all that I show you—the pattern^w of the tabernacle as well as the pattern of all its furnishings.

THE ARK

¹⁰“They are to make an ark^x of acacia wood, forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.^{D 11}Overlay it with pure gold; overlay it both inside and out. Also make a gold molding all around it. ¹²Cast four gold rings for it and place them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side. ¹³Make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. ¹⁴Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them. ¹⁵The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it. ¹⁶Put the tablets of the testimony that I will give you into the ark.^{y 17}Make a mercy seat^z of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.^{F 18}Make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat. ¹⁹Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At its two ends, make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat. ²⁰The cherubim are to have wings spread out above, covering^a the mercy seat with their wings, and are to face one another. The faces of the cherubim should be toward the mercy seat. ²¹Set the mercy seat on top of the ark and put the tablets of the testimony that I will give you into the ark.^{b 22}I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim^c that are over the ark of the testimony; I will speak with you from there about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

THE TABLE

²³“You are to construct a table^d of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.^{A 24}Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding all around it. ²⁵Make a three-inch^B frame all around it and make a gold molding for it all around its frame. ²⁶Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs. ²⁷The rings should be next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table. ²⁸Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table can be carried by them. ²⁹You are also to make its plates^e and cups, as well as its pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold. ³⁰Put the Bread of the Presence^f on the table before me at all times.