1. The Lord said to Moses:
2. Tell everyone in Israel who wants to give gifts that they must bring them to you.
3. Here is a list of what you are to collect: gold, silver, and bronze;
4. blue, purple, and red wool; fine linen; goat hair;
5. tanned ram skins; fine leather; acacia wood;
6. olive oil for the lamp; sweet-smelling spices to mix with the oil for dedicating the tent and ordaining the priests;
7. and onyx stones for the sacred apron and the breastpiece.
8. I also want them to build a special place where I can live among my people.
18-19. Then hammer out two winged creatures of pure gold and fasten them to the lid at the ends of the chest.
24-25. Cover it with pure gold and put a gold edging around it with a border seventy-five millimetres wide.
27-28. near the edging. The poles for carrying the table are to be placed through these rings and are to be made of acacia wood covered with gold.
29-30. The table is to be kept in the holy place, and the sacred loaves of bread must always be put on it. All bowls, plates, jars, and cups for wine offerings are to be made of pure gold and set on this table.