- The Lord said to Moses,
- "Tell the people of Israel to bring me their sacred offerings. Accept the contributions from all whose hearts are moved to offer them.
- Here is a list of sacred offerings you may accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
- blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goat hair for cloth;
- tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather; acacia wood;
- olive oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
- onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest's chestpiece.
- "Have the people of Israel build me a holy sanctuary so I can live among them.
- You must build this Tabernacle and its furnishings exactly according to the pattern I will show you.
- "Have the people make an Ark of acacia wood—a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.[1]
- Overlay it inside and outside with pure gold, and run a molding of gold all around it.
- Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each side.
- Make poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
- Insert the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.
- These carrying poles must stay inside the rings; never remove them.
- When the Ark is finished, place inside it the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant,[2] which I will give to you.
- "Then make the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It must be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.[3]
- Then make two cherubim from hammered gold, and place them on the two ends of the atonement cover.
- Mold the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold.
- The cherubim will face each other and look down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they will protect it.
- Place inside the Ark the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you. Then put the atonement cover on top of the Ark.
- I will meet with you there and talk to you from above the atonement cover between the gold cherubim that hover over the Ark of the Covenant.[4] From there I will give you my commands for the people of Israel.
- "Then make a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.[5]
- Overlay it with pure gold and run a gold molding around the edge.
- Decorate it with a 3-inch border[6] all around, and run a gold molding along the border.
- Make four gold rings for the table and attach them at the four corners next to the four legs.
- Attach the rings near the border to hold the poles that are used to carry the table.
- Make these poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
- Make special containers of pure gold for the table—bowls, pans, pitchers, and jars—to be used in pouring out liquid offerings.
- Place the Bread of the Presence on the table to remain before me at all times.
- "Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. Make the entire lampstand and its decorations of one piece—the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and petals.
- Make it with six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side.
- Each of the six branches will have three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
- Craft the center stem of the lampstand with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
- There will also be an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extend from the center stem.
- The almond buds and branches must all be of one piece with the center stem, and they must be hammered from pure gold.
- Then make the seven lamps for the lampstand, and set them so they reflect their light forward.
- The lamp snuffers and trays must also be made of pure gold.
- You will need seventy-five pounds[7] of pure gold for the lampstand and its accessories.
- "Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.
Offerings for the Tabernacle
Plans for the Ark of the Covenant
Plans for the Table
Plans for the Lampstand
- Hebrew '2.5 cubits' 115 centimeters 'long, 1.5 cubits' 69 centimeters 'wide, and 1.5 cubits high.'
- Hebrew 'Place inside the Ark the Testimony;' similarly in 25:21. The Hebrew word for “testimony” refers to the terms of the Lord’s covenant with Israel as written on stone tablets, and also to the covenant itself.
- Hebrew '2.5 cubits' 115 centimeters 'long and 1.5 cubits' 69 centimeters 'wide.'
- Or 'Ark of the Testimony.'
- Hebrew '2 cubits' 92 centimeters 'long, 1 cubit' 46 centimeters 'wide, and 1.5 cubits' 69 centimeters 'high.'
- Hebrew 'a border of a handbreadth' 8 centimeters.
- Hebrew '1 talent' 34 kilograms.