²³“Make a table out of acacia wood. Make it three feet long, one foot six inches wide and two feet three inches high. ²⁴Cover it with pure gold. Put a strip of gold around it. ²⁵Also make a rim around it that is three inches wide. Put a strip of gold around the rim.

²⁶“Make four gold rings for the table. Join them to the four corners, where the four legs are. ²⁷The rings must be close to the rim. They must hold the poles that will be used to carry the table.

²⁸“Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold. Use them to carry the table.

²⁹“Make its plates and dishes out of pure gold. Also make its pitchers and bowls out of pure gold. Use the pitchers and bowls to pour out drink offerings.

³⁰“Put the holy bread on the table. It must be near my holy throne on the ark of the covenant at all times.

The Gold Lampstand

³¹“Make a lampstand out of pure gold. Hammer out its base and stem. Its buds, blooms and cups must branch out from it.

³²“Six branches must come out from the sides of the lampstand. Make three on one side and three on the other. ³³On one branch make three cups that are shaped like almond flowers with buds and blooms. Then put three on the next branch. Do the same with all six branches that come out from the lampstand.

³⁴“On the lampstand there must be four cups that are shaped like almond flowers with buds and blooms. ³⁵One bud must be under the first pair of branches that come out from the lampstand. Put a second bud under the second pair. And put a third bud under the third pair. Make a total of six branches. ³⁶The buds and branches must come out from the lampstand.

“The whole lampstand must be one piece that is hammered out of pure gold.

³⁷“Then make its seven lamps. Set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it. ³⁸The trays and wick cutters must be made out of pure gold. ³⁹Use 75 pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and everything that is used with it.

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