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Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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"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.
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And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
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blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats' hair;
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ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood;
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oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;
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onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.
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And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
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According 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.
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"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.
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And 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.