| 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, | 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, |
| 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. | 2 'Tel the Israelites to set aside a contribution for me; you wil accept a contribution from everyonewhose heart prompts him to give it. |
| 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, | 3 And this is what you wil accept from them: gold, silver and bronze; |
| 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, | 4 materials dyed violet-purple, red-purple and crimson, fine linen, goats' hair; |
| 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, | 5 rams' skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood; |
| 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, | 6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and fragrant incense; |
| 7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. | 7 cornelian and other stones to be set in the ephod and breastplate. |
| 8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. | 8 Make me a sanctuary so that I can reside among them. |
| 9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. | 9 You will make it al according to the design for the Dwel ing and the design for its furnishings which Ishall now show you. |
| 10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. | 10 'You must make me an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide andone and a half cubits high. |
| 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. | 11 You wil overlay it, inside and out, with pure gold and make a gold moulding al round it. |
| 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. | 12 You wil cast four gold rings for it and fix them to its four supports: two rings on one side and tworings on the other. |
| 13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. | 13 You wil also make shafts of acacia wood and overlay them with gold |
| 14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. | 14 and pass the shafts through the rings on the sides of the ark, by which to carry it. |
| 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. | 15 The shafts wil stay in the rings of the ark and not be withdrawn. |
| 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. | 16 Inside the ark you wil put the Testimony which I am about to give you. |
| 17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. | 17 'You wil also make a mercy-seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubitswide, |
| 18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. | 18 and you wil model two great winged creatures of beaten gold, you wil make them at the two ends ofthe mercy-seat. |
| 19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. | 19 Model one of the winged creatures at one end and the other winged creature at the other end; youwil model the winged creatures of a piece with the mercy-seat at either end. |
| 20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. | 20 The winged creatures must have their wings spread upwards, protecting the mercy-seat with theirwings and facing each other, their faces being towards the mercy-seat. |
| 21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. | 21 You wil put the mercy-seat on the top of the ark, and inside the ark you will put the Testimony which Iam about to give you. |
| 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. | 22 There I shall come to meet you; from above the mercy-seat, from between the two winged creatureswhich are on the ark of the Testimony, I shall give you al my orders for the Israelites. |
| 23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. | 23 'You must also make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide and one and a halfcubits high. |
| 24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. | 24 You wil overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold moulding al round it. |
| 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. | 25 You wil fit it with struts of a hand's breadth and make a gold moulding round the struts. |
| 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. | 26 You wil make four gold rings for it and fix the four rings at the four corners where the four legs are. |
| 27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. | 27 The rings must lie close to the struts to hold the shafts for carrying the table. |
| 28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. | 28 You must make the shafts of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. The table must be carried bythese. |
| 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. | 29 You must make dishes, cups, jars and libation bowls for it; you must make these of pure gold, |
| 30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. | 30 and on the table, in my presence, you wil always put the loaves of permanent offering. |
| 31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. | 31 'You wil also make a lamp-stand of pure gold; the lamp-stand must be of beaten gold, base andstem. Its cups, calyxes and petals, must be of a piece with it. |
| 32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: | 32 Six branches must spring from its sides: three of the lamp-stand's branches from one side, three ofthe lamp-stand's branches from the other. |
| 33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. | 33 The first branch must carry three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and petals;the second branch, too, must carry three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and bud, andsimilarly for all six branches springing from the lamp-stand. |
| 34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. | 34 The lamp-stand itself must carry four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and bud: |
| 35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. | 35 one calyx under the first two branches springing from the lamp-stand, one calyx under the next pairof branches and one calyx under the last pair of branches -- thus for al six branches springing from the lamp-stand. |
| 36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. | 36 The calyxes and the branches wil be of a piece with the lamp-stand, and the whole made from asingle piece of pure gold, beaten out. |
| 37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. | 37 You wil also make seven lamps for it and mount the lamps in such a way that they light up the spacein front of it. |
| 38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. | 38 The snuffers and trays must be of pure gold. |
| 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. | 39 You wil use a talent of pure gold for the lamp-stand and al its accessories; |
| 40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount. | 40 and see that you work to the design which was shown you on the mountain.' |