1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2. Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring firstfruits to me: of every man that offereth of his own accord, you shall take them.
3. And these are the things you must take: gold, and silver, and brass,
4. Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
5. And rams' skins dyed red, and violet skins, and setim wood:
6. Oil to make lights: spices for ointment, and for sweetsmelling incense:
7. Onyx stones, and precious stones to adorn the ephod and the rational.
8. And they shall make me a sanctuary, and I will dwell in the midst of them:
9. According to all the likeness of the tabernacle which I will shew thee, and of all the vessels for the service thereof: and thus you shall make it:
10. Frame an ark of setim wood, the length whereof shall be of two cubits and a half: the breadth, a cubit and a half: the height, likewise, a cubit and a half.
11. And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold within and without: and over it thou shalt make a golden crown round about:
12. And four golden rings, which thou shall put at the four corners of the ark: let two rings be on the one side, and two on the other.