1The Lord said to Moses,2“Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. (出35:4; 出35:5; 出35:21; 出35:29; 出36:2; 士5:2; 代上29:5; 拉1:6; 拉2:68; 拉3:5; 拉7:16; 尼11:2; 林后8:12; 林后9:7)3And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,4blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats’ hair, (出26:1; 出26:31; 出26:36)5tanned rams’ skins, goatskins,[1] acacia wood, (出26:14)6oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, (出27:20; 出30:7; 出30:23; 出30:34; 出31:11)7onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece. (出28:4; 出28:15)8And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst. (出29:45; 出36:1; 王上6:13; 林后6:16; 來9:1; 启21:3)9Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it. (出25:40; 出26:1)
The Ark of the Covenant
10“They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits[2] and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. (出37:1; 申10:3; 來9:4)11You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it. (出25:24; 出30:3; 出37:2)12You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. (出37:3)13You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.14And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them.15The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it. (王上8:8)16And you shall put into the ark the testimony that I shall give you. (出16:34; 申31:26; 王上8:9)17“You shall make a mercy seat[3] of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. (出37:6; 來9:5)18And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. (出25:31; 出37:7; 出37:17; 出37:22; 民8:4; 民10:2)19Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends. (出37:8)20The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. (王上8:7; 代上28:18; 來9:5)21And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.22There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel. (出29:42; 出30:6; 出30:36; 利16:2; 民7:89; 民17:4)
The Table for Bread
23“You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. (出37:10; 王上7:48; 代下4:8; 來9:2)24You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it. (出25:11)25And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth[4] wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.26And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.27Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table. (出26:29; 出30:4; 出36:34; 出37:14; 出37:27; 出38:5)28You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.29And you shall make its plates and dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. (出37:16; 民4:7)30And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly. (利24:5)
The Golden Lampstand
31“You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it. (出37:17; 王上7:49; 亚4:2; 來9:2; 启1:12)32And there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;33three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.34And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,35and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand.36Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.37You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it. (利24:2; 民8:2; 代下13:11)38Its tongs and their trays shall be of pure gold.39It shall be made, with all these utensils, out of a talent[5] of pure gold.40And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain. (出25:9; 出26:30; 出27:8; 民8:4; 代上28:11; 代上28:19; 徒7:44; 來8:5)