Exodus 25:1-13 ▼

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Tell the sons of Israel to raise a contribution for Me; from every man whose heart moves him you shall raise My contribution.

3 “And this is the contribution which you are to raise from them: gold, silver and bronze,

4 blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair,

5 rams’ skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood,

6 oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

7 onyx stones and setting stones, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

8 “And let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them.

9 “According to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, just so you shall construct it.

10 “And they shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.

11 “And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding around it.

12 “And you shall cast four gold rings for it, and fasten them on its four feet, and 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 acacia wood and overlay them with gold.