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Offerings for the Sanctuary

¹ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,² "^(C1)Tell the sons of Israel to take a ^(F1)contribution for Me; ^(C2)from everyone whose heart moves him you shall take My ^(F1)contribution.³ "This is the ^(F1)contribution which you are to take from them: gold, silver, and bronze,^4 (F1)(C1)violet, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair,⁵ rams' skins dyed red, ^(F1)fine leather, acacia wood,^6 (C1)oil for lighting, ^(C2)balsam oil 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 "Have them ^(C1)construct a sanctuary for Me, ^(C2)so 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, so you shall construct it.

Ark of the Covenant

¹⁰ "Now ^(C1)they shall construct an ^(F1)ark of acacia wood ^(F2)two and a half cubits ^(F3)long, one and a half cubits ^(F4)wide, and one and a half cubits ^(F5)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 also cast four gold rings for it and ^(F1)fasten them on its four feet; two rings shall be on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.¹³ "And 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 "And you shall ^(C1)make ^(F1)an atoning cover of pure gold, ^(F2)two and a half 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 atoning cover.¹⁹ "Make one cherub ^(F1)at one end and one cherub ^(F1)at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece ^(F1)with the atoning cover at its two ends.²⁰ "And ^(C1)the cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings and ^(F1)facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the atoning cover.²¹ "Then ^(C1)you shall put the atoning cover ^(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 atoning cover, from ^(C2)between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about ^(F1)every commandment that I will give you for the sons of Israel.

Bread of the Presence

²³ "^(C1)You shall also make a table of acacia wood, ^(F1)two cubits ^(F2)long and one cubit ^(F3)wide, and one and a half cubits ^(F4)high.²⁴ "You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold ^(C1)border around it.²⁵ "And you shall make for it a rim of a ^(F1)hand width around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it.²⁶ "You shall also make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four legs.²⁷ "The rings shall be close to the rim, as holders for the poles to carry the table.²⁸ "And 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 also make its ^(C1)dishes, its pans, its jars, and its libation bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.³⁰ "And you shall set ^(C1)the bread of the ^(F1)Presence on the table before Me continually.

The Golden Lampstand

³¹ "^(C1)Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand, 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 on the one branch, a ^(F1)bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the ^(F2)other branch, a ^(F1)bulb and a flower—the same for six branches going out from the lampstand;³⁴ and ^(C1)on 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 tongs and its trays shall be of pure gold.³⁹ "It shall be made from a ^(F1)talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.⁴⁰ "^(C1)See that you make them ^(C2)by the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.