Beginning

25 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

² “Speak to the children of Israel, so that they receive an offering for Me. You shall take the offering for Me from every man whose heart gives it freely.

³ “And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold and silver, and copper,

⁴ “and blue silk, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen and goat’s hair,

⁵ “and ram’s skins (colored red), and the skins of badgers, and shittim wood,

⁶ “oil for the light, spices for anointing oil and for the perfume of sweet savor,

⁷ “onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.

⁸ “Also they shall make Me a Sanctuary, so that I may dwell among them.

⁹ “Exactly according to all that I show you, shall you make the form of the Tabernacle, and the fashion of all its instruments.

¹⁰ “They shall also make an Ark of shittim wood, two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half broad, and a cubit and a half high.

¹¹ “And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and shall make a gold border all around it.

¹² “And you shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them in its four corners. That is, 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 shittim wood and cover them with gold.

¹⁴ “Then you shall put the poles in the rings, on the sides of the Ark, and carry the Ark with them.

¹⁵ “The poles shall be in the rings of the Ark. They shall not be taken away from it.

¹⁶ “So, you shall put the Testimony (which I shall give you) in the Ark.

¹⁷ “Also, you shall make a Mercy Seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half broad.

¹⁸ “And you shall make two Cherubims of gold; of work beaten out with a hammer you shall make them, at the two ends of the Mercy Seat.

¹⁹ “And you shall make one Cherub at one end, and the other Cherub at the other end. From one piece you shall make the Cherubims with the Mercy Seat, on its two ends.

²⁰ “And the Cherubims shall stretch their wings on high, covering the Mercy Seat with their wings and their faces toward one another. Toward the Mercy Seat shall the faces of the Cherubims be.

²¹ “And you shall put the Mercy Seat on top of the Ark. And in the Ark you shall put the Testimony which I will give you.

²² “And there I will declare Myself to you. And from above the Mercy Seat, between the two Cherubims which are upon the Ark of the Testimony, I will tell you all things which I will give you in Commandment to the children of Israel.

²³ “You shall also make a Table of shittim wood, two cubits long, one cubit broad, and a cubit and a half high.

²⁴ “And you shall cover it with pure gold and make a border of gold all around it.

²⁵ “You shall also make a rim for it all around, the width of a handbreadth. And you shall make a golden border all around the rim of it.

²⁶ “After, you shall make four rings of gold for it, and shall put the rings on the four corners which are on its four feet.

²⁷ “The rings shall be close to the border, as places for poles, to carry the Table.

²⁸ “And you shall make the poles of shittim wood, and shall overlay them with gold, so that the Table may be carried with them.

²⁹ “You shall also make dishes for it, and cups for it, and coverings for it, and goblets, with which it shall be covered. Of fine gold you shall make them.

³⁰ “And you shall set Showbread upon the Table before Me continually.

³¹ “Also, you shall make a Lampstand of pure gold. Of work beaten out with a hammer shall the Lampstand be made. Its shaft and its branches, its bowls, its knobs and its flowers shall be of the same.

³² “Also, six branches shall come out of the sides of it—three branches of the Lampstand out of one side of it, and three branches of the Lampstand out of the other side of it.

³³ “Three bowls are to be like almonds, one knob and one flower in one branch. And three bowls are to be like almonds in the other branch, one knob and one flower. So it is throughout the six branches that come out of the Lampstand.

³⁴ “And in the shaft of the Lampstand shall be four bowls like almonds, with its knobs and its flowers.

³⁵ “And there shall be a knob under its first pair of branches, and a knob under its second pair of branches, and a knob under its third pair of branches, according to the six branches coming out of the Lampstand.

³⁶ “Their knobs and their branches shall be one piece. All this shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

³⁷ “And you shall make the seven Lamps for it. And you shall put on the Lamps for it, so as to give light toward that which is before it.

³⁸ “Also, its snuffers and snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.

³⁹ “You shall make it from a talent of fine gold, with all these instruments.

⁴⁰ “See, therefore, that you make them after the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.”

26 “Afterward, you shall make the Tabernacle, with ten curtains of fine-twined linen and blue silk, and purple, and scarlet. And in them you shall make Cherubims of skilled workmanship.

² “The length of one curtain shall be 28 cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits. Every one of the curtains shall have the same measure.

³ “Five curtains shall be coupled to one another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.

⁴ “And you shall make loops of blue silk upon the edge of one curtain, which is at the outermost edge of the coupling. And you shall make the same loops on the outermost edge of the other curtain, in the second coupling.

⁵ “You shall make fifty loops on one curtain; and you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is in the second coupling. The loops shall be directly opposite each other.

⁶ “You shall also make fifty clasps of gold and couple the curtains to each another with the clasps. And it shall be one Tabernacle.

⁷ “Also, you shall make curtains of goats’ hair, to be a covering upon the Tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains.

⁸ “The length of a curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of a curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains shall be the same length.

⁹ “And you shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. And you shall double over the sixth curtain upon the front of the covering.

¹⁰ “And you shall make fifty loops on the edge of one curtain, on the outermost end of the coupling, and fifty loops on the outermost edge of the curtain in the second coupling.

¹¹ “Likewise, you shall make fifty clasps of copper and fasten them on the loops, and shall couple the covering together, so that it may be one.

¹² “And the remnant that remains in the curtains of the covering, the half- curtain that remains, shall be left at the back side of the Tabernacle.

¹³ “A cubit on one side and a cubit on the other side (of that which is left in the length of the curtains of the covering) may remain on either side of the Tabernacle, to cover it.

¹⁴ “Moreover, for that covering, you shall make a covering of rams’ skins, (dyed red) and a covering of badgers’ skins above that.

¹⁵ “Also, you shall make boards of shittim wood for the Tabernacle, to stand upright.

¹⁶ “The length of a board shall be ten cubits; and the breadth of one board shall be one and a half cubits.

¹⁷ “Two tenons shall be set in one board, to join two boards together. Thus shall you make it for all the boards of the Tabernacle.

¹⁸ “And you shall make boards for the Tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side.

¹⁹ “And you shall make forty pedestals of silver under the twenty boards, two pedestals under one board for its two tenons, and two pedestals under another board for its two tenons.

²⁰ “In the same way, on the other side of the Tabernacle, toward the north side, there shall be twenty boards

²¹ “and their forty pedestals of silver, two pedestals under one board and two pedestals under another board.

²² “And on the side of the Tabernacle, toward the west, you shall make six boards.

²³ “Also, you shall make two boards in the corners of the Tabernacle, on the two sides.

²⁴ “Also, they shall be joined beneath, and they shall be joined above, to a ring. It shall be this way for them both. They shall be for the two corners.

²⁵ “So they shall be, eight boards having pedestals of silver (sixteen pedestals), with two pedestals under one board and two pedestals under another board.

²⁶ “Then, you shall make five poles of shittim wood, for the boards of one side of the Tabernacle

²⁷ “and five poles for the boards of the other side of the Tabernacle (also, five poles for the boards of the west side of the Tabernacle).

²⁸ “And the middle bar shall go through the midst of the boards, from end to end.

²⁹ “And you shall cover the boards with gold and make their rings of gold, for places for the poles. And you shall cover the poles with gold.

³⁰ “So you shall raise up the Tabernacle, according to its pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.

³¹ “Moreover, you shall make a veil of blue silk, and purple, and scarlet, and fine-twined linen. You shall make it of skillful workmanship, with Cherubims.

³² “And you shall hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood covered with gold (whose hooks shall be of gold) upon four pedestals of silver.

³³ “Afterward, you shall hang the veil on the hooks, so that you may bring into it (that is, within the veil) the Ark of the Testimony. And the veil shall make a separation for you, between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place.

³⁴ “Also, you shall put the Mercy Seat upon the Ark of the Testimony, in the Most Holy Place.

³⁵ “And you shall set the Table outside the veil, and the Lampstand opposite the Table, on the south side of the Tabernacle. And you shall set the Table on the north side.

³⁶ “Also, you shall make a screen for the door of the Tabernacle, of blue silk, and purple, and scarlet, and fine-twined linen, expertly woven.

³⁷ “And you shall make five pillars of shittim wood for the screen and cover them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold; and you shall cast five pedestals of copper for them.”

27 “Moreover, you shall make the Altar of shittim wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad (the altar shall be square) and the height thereof three cubits

² “And you shall make horns for it in its four corners. The horns shall be made of the same wood; and you shall cover it with copper.

³ “Also, you shall make its ash pans for its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its fleshhooks, and its fire pans. You shall make all its instruments of copper.

⁴ “And you shall make a grate for it, a network of copper. Upon that grate you shall also make four copper rings, on its four corners.

⁵ “And you shall put it under the edge of the altar beneath, so that the grate may be in the midst of the altar.

⁶ “Also, you shall make poles for the altar (poles of shittim wood) and shall cover them with copper.

⁷ “And its poles shall be put in the rings, to bear it. The poles shall be upon the two sides of the altar.

⁸ “You shall make the altar hollow between the boards. As God showed you on the mount, so shall they make it.

⁹ “Also, you shall make the court of the Tabernacle on the south side. The court shall have curtains of fine-twined linen on one side, a hundred cubits long.

¹⁰ “And it shall have twenty pillars, with their twenty pedestals of copper. The hooks of the pillars, and their bands, shall be silver.

¹¹ “Likewise, for the whole length of the north side, there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long, as well as its twenty pillars with their twenty pedestals of copper. The hooks of the pillars, and the bands, shall be silver.

¹² “And on the west side, the breadth of the court shall have curtains of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten pedestals.

¹³ “And the breadth of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits.

¹⁴ “Also, hangings of fifteen cubits shall be on one side, with their three pillars and their three pedestals.

¹⁵ Likewise, on the other side, shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three pedestals.

¹⁶ “And in the gate of the court shall be a veil of twenty cubits of blue silk, and purple, and scarlet, and fine-twined linen, expertly woven, with its four pillars and their four sockets.

¹⁷ “All the pillars of the court shall have bands of silver all around, with their hooks of silver and their pedestals of copper.

¹⁸ “The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty, (at either end) and the height five cubits; and the hangings shall be made of fine-twined linen and their sockets of copper.

¹⁹ “All the vessels of the Tabernacle (for all manner of its service), and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court shall be copper.

²⁰ “And you shall command the children of Israel to bring to you pure oil of pressed olive for the light, so that the lamps may always burn.

²¹ “In the Tabernacle of the Congregation, outside the veil which is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep order before the LORD from evening to morning, as an everlasting statute to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.