1. And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
2. Speak unto the sons of Israel that they bring me an offering; of every man that gives it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
3. And this shall be the offering which ye shall take of them: gold and silver and brass
4. and blue and purple and scarlet and fine linen and goats’ hair
5. and rams’ skins dyed red and badgers’ skins and cedar wood,
6. oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
7. onyx stones and stones to be set in the ephod and in the pectoral.
8. And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
9. According to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its vessels, even so shall ye make it.
10. And they shall make an ark of cedar wood; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
11. And thou shalt cover it with pure gold; within and without shalt thou cover it and shalt make upon it a moulding of gold round about.
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.
13. And thou shalt make staves of cedar 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.