Exodus 25:1-12 ▼

1 The LORD said to Moses,

2 |Tell the Israelites to choose something to give me as a special contribution. You must accept whatever contribution each person freely gives.

3 This is the kind of contribution you will accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze,

4 violet, purple, and bright red yarn, fine linen, goats' hair,

5 rams' skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood,

6 olive oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense,

7 onyx stones, and other precious stones to be set in the [chief priest's] ephod and his breastplate.

8 |Then have them make a holy place for me, and I will live among them.

9 Make the tent and all its furnishings exactly like the plans I am showing you.

10 |Make an ark of acacia wood 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

11 Cover it with pure gold inside and out, and put a gold molding around it.

12 Cast four gold rings for it, and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on each side.