3. Here is a list of sacred offerings you may accept from them:gold, silver, and bronze;
4. blue, purple, and scarlet thread;fine linen and goat hair for cloth;
5. tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather;acacia wood;
6. olive oil for the lamps;spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
7. onyx 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.
9. You 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.
11. Overlay it inside and outside with pure gold, and run a molding of gold all around it.
12. Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each side.
13. Make poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
14. Insert the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.
15. These carrying poles must stay inside the rings; never remove them.
16. When the Ark is finished, place inside it the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you.