¹ And the Lord said to Moses,

^{2 Ref} Say to the children of Israel that they are to make me an offering; from every man who has the impulse in his heart take an offering for me.

^{3 Ref} And this is the offering you are to take from them: gold and silver and brass;

^{4 Ref} And blue and purple and red, and the best linen, and goats' hair;

^{5 Ref} And sheepskins coloured red, and leather, and hard wood;

^{6 Ref} Oil for the light, spices for the sweet-smelling oil, sweet perfumes for burning;

^{7 Ref} Beryls and stones of value to be put on the ephod and on the priest's bag.

^{8 Ref} And let them make me a holy place, so that I may be ever present among them.

^{9 Ref} Make the House and everything in it from the designs which I will give you.

^{10 Ref} And they are to make an ark of hard wood; two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide and high.

^{11 Ref} It is to be plated inside and out with the best gold, with an edge of gold all round it

^{12 Ref} And make four rings of gold for it, to be fixed on its four feet, two rings on one side of it and two on the other.

^{13 Ref} And make rods of the same wood, plating them with gold.

¹⁴ And put the rods through the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.

^{15 Ref} The rods are to be kept in the rings, and never taken out.

^{16 Ref} Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.

^{17 Ref} And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

^{18 Ref} And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold,

¹⁹ One at one end and one at the other; the winged ones are to be part of the cover.

^{20 Ref} And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover.

^{21 Ref} And put the cover over the ark, and in the ark the record which I will give you.

^{22 Ref} And there, between the two winged ones on the cover of the ark, I will come to you, face to face, and make clear to you all the orders I have to give you for the children of Israel.

^{23 Ref} And you are to make a table of the same wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high,

^{24 Ref} Plated with the best gold, with a gold edge all round it;

^{25 Ref} And make a frame all round it, as wide as a man's hand, with a gold edge to the frame.

²⁶ And make four gold rings and put them at the four angles, on the four feet of the table;

^{27 Ref} The rings are to be fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table is to be lifted.

^{28 Ref} Make rods of the same wood, plated with gold, for lifting the table.

^{29 Ref} And make the table-vessels, the spoons and the cups and the basins for liquids, all of the best gold.

^{30 Ref} And on the table at all times you are to keep my holy bread.