Exodus 25:1-27

Offerings for the Sanctuary

¹Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Tell the sons of Israel to take a contribution for Me; from everyone whose heart moves him you shall take My contribution. ³This is the contribution which you are to take from them: gold, silver, and bronze, ⁴violet, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair, ⁵rams’ skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood, ⁶oil for lighting, balsam oil for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, ⁷onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the breastpiece. ⁸Have them construct a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them. ⁹According to all that I am going to show you as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, so you shall construct it.

Ark of the Covenant

¹⁰“Now they shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high. ¹¹You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding around it. ¹²You shall also cast four gold rings for it and fasten them on its four feet; two rings shall be on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. ¹³And you shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. ¹⁴You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them. ¹⁵The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it. ¹⁶You shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.

¹⁷“And you shall make an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. ¹⁸You shall make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work at the two ends of the atoning cover. ¹⁹Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the atoning cover at its two ends. ²⁰And the cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings and facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the atoning cover. ²¹Then you shall put the atoning cover on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. ²²There I will meet with you; and from above the atoning cover, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about every commandment that I will give you for the sons of Israel.

Bread of the Presence

²³“You shall also make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long and one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high. ²⁴You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold border around it. ²⁵And you shall make for it a rim of a hand width around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it. ²⁶You shall also make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four legs. ²⁷The rings shall be close to the rim, as holders for the poles to carry the table.

The Golden Lampstand