Exodus 25:7-27

7onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest’s chestpiece.

8“Have the people of Israel build me a holy sanctuary so I can live among them.

9You must build this Tabernacle and its furnishings exactly according to the pattern I will show you.

10“Have the people make an Ark of acacia wood—a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

11Overlay it inside and outside with pure gold, and run a molding of gold all around it.

12Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each side.

13Make poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

14Insert the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.

15These carrying poles must stay inside the rings; never remove them.

16When the Ark is finished, place inside it the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you.

17“Then make the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It must be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

18Then make two cherubim from hammered gold, and place them on the two ends of the atonement cover.

19Mold the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold.

20The cherubim will face each other and look down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they will protect it.

21Place inside the Ark the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you. Then put the atonement cover on top of the Ark.

22I will meet with you there and talk to you from above the atonement cover between the gold cherubim that hover over the Ark of the Covenant. From there I will give you my commands for the people of Israel.

23“Then make a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

24Overlay it with pure gold and run a gold molding around the edge.

25Decorate it with a 3-inch border all around, and run a gold molding along the border.

26Make four gold rings for the table and attach them at the four corners next to the four legs.

27Attach the rings near the border to hold the poles that are used to carry the table.