| New King James Version | New International Version |
| 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: | 1The LORD said to Moses, |
| 2“Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering. | 2"Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give. |
| 3And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze; | 3These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze; |
| 4blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair; | 4blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; |
| 5ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood; | 5ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather; acacia wood; |
| 6oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense; | 6olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; |
| 7onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate. | 7and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece. |
| 8And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. | 8"Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them. |
| 9According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it. | 9Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you. |
| 10“And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits shall be its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height. | 10"Have them make an ark of acacia wood--two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. |
| 11And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a molding of gold all around. | 11Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it. |
| 12You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners; two rings shall be on one side, and two rings on the other side. | 12Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other. |
| 13And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. | 13Then make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. |
| 14You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them. | 14Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it. |
| 15The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it. | 15The poles are to remain in the rings of this ark; they are not to be removed. |
| 16And you shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you. | 16Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law, which I will give you. |
| 17“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its length and a cubit and a half its width. | 17"Make an atonement cover of pure gold--two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. |
| 18And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat. | 18And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. |
| 19Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it of one piece with the mercy seat. | 19Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends. |
| 20And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat. | 20The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover. |
| 21You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you. | 21Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law that I will give you. |
| 22And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel. | 22There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites. |
| 23“You shall also make a table of acacia wood; two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height. | 23"Make a table of acacia wood--two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high. |
| 24And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold all around. | 24Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it. |
| 25You shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around. | 25Also make around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim. |
| 26And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that are at its four legs. | 26Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners, where the four legs are. |
| 27The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table. | 27The rings are to be close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table. |
| 28And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them. | 28Make the poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold and carry the table with them. |
| 29You shall make its dishes, its pans, its pitchers, and its bowls for pouring. You shall make them of pure gold. | 29And make its plates and dishes of pure gold, as well as its pitchers and bowls for the pouring out of offerings. |
| 30And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always. | 30Put the bread of the Presence on this table to be before me at all times. |
| 31“You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece. | 31"Make a lampstand of pure gold. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them. |
| 32And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side. | 32Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand--three on one side and three on the other. |
| 33Three bowls shall be made like almond blossoms on one branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower—and so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand. | 33Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand. |
| 34On the lampstand itself four bowls shall be made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower. | 34And on the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. |
| 35And there shall be a knob under the first two branches of the same, a knob under the second two branches of the same, and a knob under the third two branches of the same, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand. | 35One bud shall be under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair--six branches in all. |
| 36Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered piece of pure gold. | 36The buds and branches shall all be of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold. |
| 37You shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it. | 37"Then make its seven lamps and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it. |
| 38And its wick-trimmers and their trays shall be of pure gold. | 38Its wick trimmers and trays are to be of pure gold. |
| 39It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils. | 39A talent of pure gold is to be used for the lampstand and all these accessories. |
| 40And see to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain. | 40See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain. |
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