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Offerings for the Sanctuary

¹ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,² "^(C1)Tell the sons of Israel to ^(F1)raise a ^(F2)contribution for Me; ^(C2)from every man whose heart moves him you shall ^(F1)raise My ^(F2)contribution.³ "This is the ^(F1)contribution which you are to ^(F2)raise from them: gold, silver and bronze,^4 (F1)(C1)blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair,⁵ rams' skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood,^6 (C1)oil for lighting, ^(C2)spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,⁷ onyx stones and setting stones for the ^(C1)ephod and for the ^(F1)(C2)breastpiece.⁸ "Let them ^(C1)construct a sanctuary for Me, ^(C2)that I may dwell among them.⁹ "^(C1)According to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, just so you shall construct it.

Ark of the Covenant

¹⁰ "^(C1)They shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half ^(F1)cubits ^(F2)long, and one and a half cubits ^(F3)wide, and one and a half cubits ^(F4)high.¹¹ "You shall ^(C1)overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding ^(F1)around it.¹² "You shall cast four gold rings for it and ^(F1)fasten them on its four feet, and two rings shall be on one side of it and two rings on the other side of it.¹³ "You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.¹⁴ "You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them.¹⁵ "The ^(C1)poles shall ^(F1)remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it.¹⁶ "You shall ^(C1)put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.

¹⁷ "You shall ^(C1)make a ^(F1)mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half ^(F2)cubits ^(F3)long and one and a half cubits ^(F4)wide.¹⁸ "You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work ^(F1)at the two ends of the mercy seat.¹⁹ "Make one cherub ^(F1)at one end and one cherub ^(F1)at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.²⁰ "^(C1)The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and ^(F1)facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat.²¹ "^(C1)You shall put the mercy seat ^(F1)on top of the ark, and ^(C2)in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you.²² "^(C1)There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from ^(C2)between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel.

The Table of Showbread

²³ "^(C1)You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits ^(F1)long and one cubit ^(F2)wide and one and a half cubits ^(F3)high.²⁴ "You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold ^(C1)border around it.²⁵ "You shall make for it a rim of a handbreadth around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it.²⁶ "You shall make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four feet.²⁷ "The rings shall be close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table.²⁸ "You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried.²⁹ "You shall make its ^(F1)(C1)dishes and its pans and its jars and its ^(F2)bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.³⁰ "You shall set ^(C1)the bread of the ^(F1)Presence on the table before Me ^(F2)at all times.

The Golden Lampstand

³¹ "^(C1)Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand and its base and its shaft are to be made of hammered work; its cups, its ^(F1)bulbs and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.³² "^(C1)Six branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its ^(F1)other side.³³ "^(C1)Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a ^(F1)bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the ^(F2)other branch, a ^(F1)bulb and a flower--so for six branches going out from the lampstand;³⁴ and ^(C1)in the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its ^(F1)bulbs and its flowers.³⁵ "^(C1)A ^(F1)bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a ^(F1)bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a ^(F1)bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.³⁶ "^(C1)Their ^(F1)bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold.³⁷ "Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and ^(C1)they shall ^(F1)mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it.³⁸ "Its snuffers and ^(F1)their trays shall be of pure gold.³⁹ "It shall be made from a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.⁴⁰ "^(C1)See that you make them ^(C2)after the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.