Exodus 25:1-7

New Catholic Bible

Instruction on the Sanctuary and Its Ministers

Chapter 25

Moses Receives the Command to Establish a Sanctuary. ¹ The Lord said to Moses, ² “Tell the children of Israel to gather an offering for me. Let each one raise up as an offering what his heart tells him is right. ³ This is what you shall gather from them: gold, silver, and bronze, ⁴ blue, purple, and scarlet cloth, fine linen, goats’ hair, ⁵ rams’ skins dyed red, sheep skins, acacia wood, ⁶ oil for the lamps, balsam for anointing oil and for fragrant incense, ⁷ onyx stones and stones for setting in the ephod and the breastplate.