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The LORD said to Moses, |
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"Tell the people of Israel to bring me their sacred offerings. Accept the contributions from all whose hearts are moved to offer them. |
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Here is a list of sacred offerings you may accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze; |
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blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goat hair for cloth; |
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tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather; acacia wood; |
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olive oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; |
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onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest’s chestpiece. |
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"Have the people of Israel build me a holy sanctuary so I can live among them. |
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You must build this Tabernacle and its furnishings exactly according to the pattern I will show you. |
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"Have the people make an Ark of acacia wood—a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.* |
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Overlay it inside and outside with pure gold, and run a molding of gold all around it. |
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Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each side. |
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Make poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. |
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Insert the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it. |
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These carrying poles must stay inside the rings; never remove them. |
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When the Ark is finished, place inside it the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant,* which I will give to you. |
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"Then make the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It must be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.* |
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Then make two cherubim from hammered gold, and place them on the two ends of the atonement cover. |
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Mold the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold. |
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The cherubim will face each other and look down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they will protect it. |
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Place inside the Ark the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you. Then put the atonement cover on top of the Ark. |
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I will meet with you there and talk to you from above the atonement cover between the gold cherubim that hover over the Ark of the Covenant.* From there I will give you my commands for the people of Israel. |
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"Then make a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.* |
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Overlay it with pure gold and run a gold molding around the edge. |
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Decorate it with a 3-inch border* all around, and run a gold molding along the border. |
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Make four gold rings for the table and attach them at the four corners next to the four legs. |
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Attach the rings near the border to hold the poles that are used to carry the table. |
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Make these poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. |
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Make special containers of pure gold for the table—bowls, pans, pitchers, and jars—to be used in pouring out liquid offerings. |
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Place the Bread of the Presence on the table to remain before me at all times. |
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"Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. Make the entire lampstand and its decorations of one piece—the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and petals. |
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Make it with six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side. |
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Each of the six branches will have three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals. |
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Craft the center stem of the lampstand with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals. |
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There will also be an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extend from the center stem. |
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The almond buds and branches must all be of one piece with the center stem, and they must be hammered from pure gold. |
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Then make the seven lamps for the lampstand, and set them so they reflect their light forward. |
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The lamp snuffers and trays must also be made of pure gold. |
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You will need seventy-five pounds* of pure gold for the lampstand and its accessories. |
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"Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain. |
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