Exodus 25:2-30 "Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me, and you shall accept my offering from every person whose heart moves him to give.

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ² "Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me, and you shall accept my offering from every person whose heart moves him to give. ³ This is the offering that you shall accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze; ⁴ blue, purple, and scarlet material; fine linen and goat hair; ⁵ ram skins dyed red, dolphin skins, and acacia wood; ⁶ oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense, ⁷ onyx stones and stones for mountings on the ephod and the breast piece. ⁸ Let them make a sanctuary for me so I may dwell among them. ⁹ "Make the tent and all its furnishings exactly like the plans I show you. ¹⁰ And they shall make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. ¹¹ "Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it. ¹² You shall cast four rings for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on one side of it and two rings on its other side. ¹³ You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. ¹⁴ You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark. ¹⁵ The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark and are not to be removed from it. ¹⁶ And you will put into the ark the testimony which I will give you. ¹⁷ And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. ¹⁸ And make two cherubims of thick gold on the two ends of the mercy seat; ¹⁹ "Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim of one piece with the chest at its two ends. ²⁰ "The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the chest with their wings and facing one another. The faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the chest. ²¹ And put the cover over the ark, and in the ark the record which I will give you. ²² "I will be above the throne of mercy between the angels whenever I meet with you. I will give you all my commandments for the Israelites. ²³ And you are to make a table of the same wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high, ²⁴ You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it. ²⁵ »Make a rim three inches wide around it. Put a gold molding around the rim. ²⁶ "Make four gold rings for it. Fasten them to the four corners where the four legs are. ²⁷ "The rings are to be close to the rim. They are to hold the poles for carrying the table. ²⁸ "Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold and use them to carry the table. ²⁹ »The plates and dishes for the table should be out of pure gold. Also make pitchers and bowls to be used for pouring wine offerings. ³⁰ You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.