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"Make a Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
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Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it.
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Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side.
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Make carrying poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold
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and put them through the rings on each side of the Box.
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The poles are to be left in the rings and must not be taken out.
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Then put in the Box the two stone tablets that I will give you, on which the commandments are written.
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"Make a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
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Make two winged creatures of hammered gold,
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one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid.
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The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, and their outspread wings are to cover it.
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Put the two stone tablets inside the Box and put the lid on top of it.
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I will meet you there, and from above the lid between the two winged creatures I will give you all my laws for the people of Israel.
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"Make a table out of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
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Cover it with pure gold and put a gold border around it.
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Make a rim 3 inches wide around it and a gold border around the rim.
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Make four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs are.
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The rings to hold the poles for carrying the table are to be placed near the rim.
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Make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.
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Make plates, cups, jars, and bowls to be used for the wine offerings. All of these are to be made of pure gold.
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The table is to be placed in front of the Covenant Box, and on the table there is always to be the sacred bread offered to me.
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"Make a lampstand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it.
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Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side.
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Each of the six branches is to have three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
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The shaft of the lampstand is to have four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
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There is to be one bud below each of the three pairs of branches.
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The buds, the branches, and the lampstand are to be a single piece of pure hammered gold.
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Make seven lamps for the lampstand and set them up so that they shine toward the front.
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Make its tongs and trays of pure gold.
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Use seventy-five pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and all this equipment.
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Take care to make them according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.
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