Exodus 25:18–40

¹⁸Then hammer gold to make two creatures with wings, and put one on each end of the lid. ¹⁹Attach one creature on one end of the lid and the other creature on the other end. Make them to be one piece with the lid at the ends. ²⁰The creatures’ wings should be spread upward, covering the lid, and the creatures are to face each other across the lid. ²¹Put this lid on top of the Ark, and put in the Ark the Agreement which I will make with you. ²²I will meet with you there, above the lid between the two winged creatures on the Ark of the Agreement. There I will give you all my commands for the Israelites.

The Table

²³“Make a table out of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. ²⁴Cover it with pure gold, and put a gold strip around it. ²⁵Make a frame three inches high that stands up all around the edge, and put a gold strip around it. ²⁶Then make four gold rings. Attach them to the four corners of the table where the four legs are. ²⁷Put the rings close to the frame around the top of the table, because they will hold the poles for carrying it. ²⁸Make the poles out of acacia wood, cover them with gold, and carry the table with these poles. ²⁹Make the plates and bowls for the table, as well as the jars and cups, out of pure gold. They will be used for pouring out the drink offerings. ³⁰On this table put the bread that shows you are in my presence so that it is always there in front of me.

The Lampstand

³¹“Hammer pure gold to make a lampstand. Its base, stand, flower-like cups, buds, and petals must all be joined together in one piece. ³²The lampstand must have six branches going out from its sides—three on one side and three on the other. ³³Each branch must have three cups shaped like almond flowers on it. Each cup must have a bud and a petal. Each of the six branches going out from the lampstand must be the same. ³⁴And there must be four more cups made like almond flowers on the lampstand itself. These cups must also have buds and petals. ³⁵Put a bud under each pair of branches that goes out from the lampstand. Each of the six branches going out from the lampstand must be the same. ³⁶The branches, buds, and lampstand must be made of one piece, hammered out of pure gold.

³⁷“Then make seven small oil lamps and put them on the lampstand so that they give light to the area in front of it. ³⁸The wick trimmers and trays must be made of pure gold. ³⁹Use seventy-five pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and everything with it. ⁴⁰Be very careful to make them by the plan I showed you on the mountain.