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Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
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'Tell the Israelites to set aside a contribution for me; you will accept a contribution from everyone whose heart prompts him to give it.
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And this is what you will accept from them: gold, silver and bronze;
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materials dyed violet-purple, red-purple and crimson, fine linen, goats' hair;
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rams' skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood;
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oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and fragrant incense;
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cornelian and other stones to be set in the ephod and breastplate.
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Make me a sanctuary so that I can reside among them.
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You will make it all according to the design for the Dwelling and the design for its furnishings which I shall now show you.
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'You must make me an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide and one and a half cubits high.
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You will overlay it, inside and out, with pure gold and make a gold moulding all round it.
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You will cast four gold rings for it and fix them to its four supports: two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
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You will also make shafts of acacia wood and overlay them with gold
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and pass the shafts through the rings on the sides of the ark, by which to carry it.
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The shafts will stay in the rings of the ark and not be withdrawn.
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Inside the ark you will put the Testimony which I am about to give you.
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'You will also make a mercy-seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide,
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and you will model two great winged creatures of beaten gold, you will make them at the two ends of the mercy-seat.
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Model one of the winged creatures at one end and the other winged creature at the other end; you will model the winged creatures of a piece with the mercy-seat at either end.
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The winged creatures must have their wings spread upwards, protecting the mercy-seat with their wings and facing each other, their faces being towards the mercy-seat.
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You will put the mercy-seat on the top of the ark, and inside the ark you will put the Testimony which I am about to give you.
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There I shall come to meet you; from above the mercy-seat, from between the two winged creatures which are on the ark of the Testimony, I shall give you all my orders for the Israelites.
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'You must also make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide and one and a half cubits high.
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You will overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold moulding all round it.
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You will fit it with struts of a hand's breadth and make a gold moulding round the struts.
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You will make four gold rings for it and fix the four rings at the four corners where the four legs are.
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The rings must lie close to the struts to hold the shafts for carrying the table.
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You must make the shafts of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. The table must be carried by these.
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You must make dishes, cups, jars and libation bowls for it; you must make these of pure gold,
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and on the table, in my presence, you will always put the loaves of permanent offering.
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'You will also make a lamp-stand of pure gold; the lamp-stand must be of beaten gold, base and stem. Its cups, calyxes and petals, must be of a piece with it.
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Six branches must spring from its sides: three of the lamp-stand's branches from one side, three of the lamp-stand's branches from the other.
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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, and similarly for all six branches springing from the lamp-stand.
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The lamp-stand itself must carry four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and bud:
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one calyx under the first two branches springing from the lamp-stand, one calyx under the next pair of branches and one calyx under the last pair of branches -- thus for all six branches springing from the lamp-stand.
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The calyxes and the branches will be of a piece with the lamp-stand, and the whole made from a single piece of pure gold, beaten out.
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You will also make seven lamps for it and mount the lamps in such a way that they light up the space in front of it.
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The snuffers and trays must be of pure gold.
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You will use a talent of pure gold for the lamp-stand and all its accessories;
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and see that you work to the design which was shown you on the mountain.'
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