Exodus 25:1-13 ▼

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring firstfruits to me: of every man that offereth of his own accord, you shall take them.

3 And these are the things you must take: gold, and silver, and brass,

4 Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

5 And rams' skins dyed red, and violet skins, and setim wood:

6 Oil to make lights: spices for ointment, and for sweetsmelling incense:

7 Onyx stones, and precious stones to adorn the ephod and the rational.

8 And they shall make me a sanctuary, and I will dwell in the midst of them:

9 According to all the likeness of the tabernacle which I will shew thee, and of all the vessels for the service thereof: and thus you shall make it:

10 Frame an ark of setim wood, the length whereof shall be of two cubits and a half: the breadth, a cubit and a half: the height, likewise, a cubit and a half.

11 And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold within and without: and over it thou shalt make a golden crown round about:

12 And four golden rings, which thou shall put at the four corners of the ark: let two rings be on the one side, and two on the other.

13 Thou shalt make bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.