2. "Speak to the sons of Israel, so that they may take the first-fruits to me. You shall accept these from every man who offers of his own accord.
3. Now these are the things that you must accept: Gold, and silver, and brass,
4. hyacinth and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, the hair of goats,
5. and the skins of rams, dyed red, and skins of violet, and setim wood,
6. oil to prepare lights, aromatics as ointments and sweet-smelling incense,
7. onyx stones and gems to adorn the ephod as well as the breastplate.
8. And they shall make a sanctuary for me, and I will live in their midst.
9. According to exact likeness of the tabernacle, and all of the vessels for its rituals, that I will reveal to you, so shall you make it.
10. Join together an ark of setim wood, whose length shall hold two and one half cubits; the width, one and one half cubits; the height, likewise, one and one half cubits.
11. And you shall overlay it with the finest gold, inside and out. And over it, you shall fashion a gold crown all around,
12. and four gold rings, which you shall set into the four corners of the ark. Let two rings be on one side and two on the other.
13. Likewise, you shall make bars of setim wood and cover them with gold.
14. And you shall put them through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, so that it may be carried on them.
15. These must always be in the rings, neither shall they ever be drawn out of them.
16. And you shall place the testimony, which I will give to you, in the ark.