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“Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give.
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These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze;
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blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair;
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ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather ; acacia wood;
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olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
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and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
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“Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.
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Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.
The Ark
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.
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Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
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Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other.