Adonoy spoke to Moshe saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying,

And the L-rd spoke to Moses, saying:

Speak to the B’nei Yisrael and have them take for Me a terumah-offering. From every man whose heart impels him to generosity shall you take My terumah-offering.

Speak to the children of Yisra᾽el that they bring me an offering: of every man whose heart prompts him to give you shall take my offering.

Speak to the children of Israel and let them take for Me [i.e., for My Name's sake] terumah [a tithe]. From every man whose heart prompts him shall you take My terumah. [Three terumoth are referred to here: the terumah of a beka for a head, of which the sockets were made; the terumah of the altar, a beka for a head, for the communal offering funds; and the terumah of the mishkan (the tabernacle), an individual gift. (The thirteen articles mentioned below were needed either for the work of the mishkan or for the priestly garments)].

This is the terumah-offering that you shall take from them: gold, silver and copper.

And this is the offering which you shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

And this is the terumah that you shall take from them: gold, silver, and copper [all voluntary gifts, except silver, a half-shekel for each individual (Additional offerings of silver were used for making the ministering vessels)].

Greenish-blue [wool], dark red [wool], crimson [wool], fine linen, and goats [hair].

and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

And tcheleth [wool died with the blood of the chilazon, of a greenish hue], and argaman [wool colored with a dye of that name], and crimson, and linen, and goats' hair.

Red[-dyed] ram’s skins, tachash skins, and acacia wood.

and rams’ skins dyed red, and taĥash skins, and shittim wood,

And skins of rams dyed red [after tanning] and skins of techashim [a kind of animal found only at that time], and acacia wood. [Jacob foresaw that they would build a tabernacle in the desert (where there is no wood). Accordingly, he brought cedars to Egypt, planted them and bade his sons take them when they left Egypt.]

Oil for the lamp. Spices for anointing-oil, and for the incense of aromatic spices.

oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

Oil for the light [pure olive oil to make the flame ascend continuously], spices for the anointing oil [used to anoint the vessels of the mishkan itself, to sanctify it] and for the burning [ketoreth (the rising of a smoke column)] of the incense, [which was burned every evening and morning].

Onyx stones, and filling stones [into] the eiphod and breastplate.

shoham stones, and stones to be set in the efod, and in the breastplate.

[Two] onyx stones [for the ephod (28:6)] and stones for filling [the golden settings in the breastplate (choshen)], for the ephod and the choshen [respectively].

They shall make a Sanctuary for Me, and I will [then] dwell in their midst.

And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

And they shall make for Me mikdash [beth kedushah — "a house of holiness"] and I shall dwell in their midst.

According to all that I am showing you—the form of the mishkon [tabernacle] and the form of all its vessels—and so should you make [it].

According to all that I show thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its vessels, even so shall you make it.

["And they shall make for Me mikdash"] according to all that I show you, the design of the tabernacle and the design of all its vessels. And so [according to this design] shall you do [in future generations when any of the Temple vessels are lost].

They shall make an ark of acacia wood, two and one-half amohs long, one and one-half amohs wide, and one and one-half amohs high.

And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

And they shall make an ark [without legs] of acacia wood: two and a half cubits, its length; one and a half cubits, its breadth; and one and a half cubits, its height.

Cover it with pure gold—you shall cover it inside and out. Make for it a golden crown-like rim around [its top].

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a rim of gold round about.

And you shall cover it with pure gold. From inside and from outside shall you cover it. [Bezalel made three arks: two of gold and one of wood, each having four walls and a base, and open from above. He placed the wooden one in a golden one, and a golden one in the wooden one and covered the top with gold so that it was found to be covered with gold "from inside and from outside."] And you shall make a rim of gold roundabout it. [He made the outer ark higher than the inner so that it projected above the kaporeth (the ark cover) and formed a rim roundabout, symbolizing the "crown of Torah"].

Cast four gold rings, and place them on its [the ark’s] four corners, two rings on one side, and two rings on the second side.

And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners, and two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

And you shall cast for it four golden rings, and you shall place them on its four [upper] corners [near the kaporeth, two on each side along the breadth of the ark, into which the staves were placed, this allowing space (the two and a half cubits of the length) for two carriers to walk between them] — two rings on one side and two rings on the other.

Make [two] poles of acacia wood, and cover them with gold.

And thou shalt make poles of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

And you shall make staves of acacia wood and cover them with gold.

Place the poles in the rings on the sides of the ark, so that the ark can be carried with them.

And thou shalt put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried therewith.

And you shall insert the staves in the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark therewith.

In the rings of the ark, must the poles remain. They must not be removed from them.

The poles shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

In the rings of the ark shall the staves remain; they shall never depart from it.

You shall then place in the ark, the Testimony that I will give you.

And thou shalt put into the ark the Testimony which I shall give thee.

And you shall place in the ark the Testimony [(the Torah, which serves as testimony between you and Me that I have charged you with the mitzvoth written therein)] that I shall give you.

Make a cover of pure gold [for the ark], two and one-half amohs long, and one and one-half amohs wide.

And thou shalt make a covering of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

And you shall make a kaporeth [an ark-cover (the ark was open on top and the kaporeth was placed upon it like a board)] of pure gold: two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width [(corresponding to the length and width of the ark, the kaporeth resting on the thickness of its four walls. The thickness of the kaporeth was a tefach, a hand-breadth)].

Make two golden cherubim. You must make them by hammering them out of the two ends of the [ark] cover.

And thou shalt make two keruvim of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the covering.

And you shall make two golden cherubs. Of beaten work shall you make them, at the two [front] ends of the kaporeth.

Make one cherub out of one end, and one cherub out of the other end. From the [same piece of gold as] the cover itself, you shall make the cherubim on its two ends.

And make one keruv on the one end, and the other keruv on the other end: of the covering shall you make the keruvim on the two ends of it.

Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. From the kaporeth [itself] shall you make the cherubs at its two ends.

The cherubim shall spread their wings upward, sheltering the cover with their wings, and the cherubim shall face one another. Their faces shall be [inclined] toward the cover.

And the keruvim shall stretch out their wings on high, overspreading the covering with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the covering shall the faces of the keruvim be.

And the cherubs shall have their wings spread on high [parallel to their heads], covering the kaporeth with their wings from above [a space of ten tefachim between the wings and the kaporeth]. And their faces shall be towards each other. Towards the kaporeth shall the faces of the cherubs be.

Place the cover on top of the ark and place the Testimony in the ark that I will give you.

And thou shalt put the covering above, upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the Testimony that I shall give thee.

And you shall place the kaporeth on the ark from above, and in the ark shall you place the Testimony that I shall give you.

I will set My meetings with you there, and I will speak with you from above the cover, from between the cherubim that are on the Ark of the Testimony. All that which I will command you concerning the B’nei Yisrael.

And there I will meet with thee, and I will speak with thee from above the covering, from between the two keruvim which are upon the ark of the Testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment to the children of Yisra᾽el.

And I will be appointed for you [to speak to you] there, and I will speak to you from above the kaporeth between the two cherubs on the ark of testimony, all that I shall charge you with to the children of Israel.

You shall make a table out of acacia wood, two amohs will be its length, one amoh will be its width, and one and one-half amohs its height.

Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

And you shall make a table of acacia wood: two cubits, its length; one cubit, its breadth; and a cubit and a half, its height [the combined height of its legs and the thickness of the table].

Overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold crown-like rim around it.

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make for it a rim of gold round about.

And you shall cover it with pure gold, and you shall make for it a rim of gold roundabout, [symbolizing the "crown of kingdom"].

Make a ledge of a tefach around [the table], and make a gold crown-like rim around the ledge.

And thou shalt make for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown for its border round about.

And you shall make a frame for it, a hand-breadth roundabout, and you shall make a golden rim [the aforementioned (24)] for its frame, roundabout.

Make four gold rings [for the table], and place the rings on the four corners that are on its legs.

And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four legs.

And you shall make for it four golden rings, and you shall place the rings in the four corners of its four legs.

The rings shall be against the ledge, and they shall be houses [receptacles] for the poles with which to carry the table.

Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the poles to bear the table.

Opposite the [corners of the] frame shall the rings be, as housings for the staves for the carrying of the table.

Make the poles out of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. The table will be carried by them.

And thou shalt make the poles of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and they shall be for carrying the table.

And you shall make the staves of acacia wood, and you shall cover them with gold, and the table shall be carried with them.

Make its dishes [bread forms], spoons, its half-hollow tubes, and its supports, by which they [the breads] shall be covered. Make them out of pure gold.

And thou shalt make its dishes, and its spoons, and its jars, and its bowls, used for pouring out: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

And you shall make its [bread-] moulds [for the show-bread], its censers [for the frankincense], its (hollow) canes [canes split lengthwise on which the loaves were placed to separate one from another so that they not mold], and its staves, [the framework for the canes] by which [canes] it [the show-bread] shall be covered. Of pure gold shall you make them.

You shall place the showbread upon the table, before Me at all times.

And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.

And you shall place upon the table show-bread before Me always. ["show-bread," lit., "face-bread," so called because it had "faces" (i.e., surfaces) facing two (opposite) sides of the sanctuary].

You shall make a menorah [out] of pure gold. The menorah must be made by hammering [its form out of a solid piece of gold]. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of it [the same piece of gold].

And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its bulbs, and its flowers, shall be of the same.

And you shall make a menorah [candelabrum] of pure gold; of beaten work shall the menorah be made, ["of itself." Moses being "stymied" by the task, the Holy One Blessed be He said to him: "Cast the talent into the fire and it shall be made of itself."] Its base, its [central] shaft [surmounted by the middle lamp, made in the form of a cup (for the oil and the wick)], its bowls [golden ornaments projecting from the branches], its bulbs [apple-shaped ornaments around the central branch], and its flowers [flower-shaped figures], from it [the one piece of gold] shall be [fashioned (without breaking anything off)].

Six branches shall extend from its sides, three branches of the menorah from one of its sides, and three branches of the menorah from the second side.

And six branches shall come out of its sides; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

And six branches projecting from its [the central shaft's] sides, three branches of the menorah from one side, and three branches of the menorah from the other side [slantwise, one above the other, all rising to the height of the middle branch].

Three cups, engraved in almond shaped patterns, on one branch, with a knob and a flower. And three cups engraved in almond shaped patterns, on one branch, with a knob and a flower. So shall be [the form] of each of the six branches that extend from [the shaft of] the menorah.

three cups made like almonds, with a bulb and a flower in one branch; and three cups made like almonds in the other branch, with a bulb and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

Three chased bowls on one branch, with bulb and flower; and three chased bowls on the other branch, with bulb and flower. And so with (all) six branches that project from the menorah.

The [shaft of the] menorah shall have four cups, engraved in almond shaped patterns, with their knobs and their flowers.

And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like almonds, with their bulbs and flowers.

And on the [central shaft of the] menorah were four bowls [one projecting under the branches, and three (respectively) above the origin of the branches], chased, its bulbs and its flowers [(The phrase is ambiguous, i.e., either "bowls chased, its bulbs and its flowers," or "…bowls, its bulbs and its flowers chased")]

[There shall be] a knob under the two branches extending from it. [There should be] a [second] knob under the [second] two branches extending from it. [There should be] a [third] knob under the [third] two branches extending from it. [This holds true] for the six branches that extend from [the shaft of] the menorah.

And there shall be a bulb under two branches of the same piece, and a bulb under two branches of the same piece, and a bulb under two branches of the same piece, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

And a bulb under the two branches from it [the one piece of gold], and a bulb under the (next) two branches from it, and a bulb under the (next) two branches from it, (thus) for (all) the six branches that project from the menorah.

Their knobs and their branches shall be made out of [the menorah] itself. It shall all be made of a single hammered work of pure gold.

Their bulbs and their branches shall be made of the same piece: all shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

Their bulbs and their branches from it shall be, all one (piece of) beaten work of pure gold.

You shall make seven lamps [for the menorah]. and its lamps shall be lit so that they shine toward it [the center lamp].

And thou shalt make its seven lamps: and they shall light its lamps, that they may give light over against it.

And you shall make its lamps [small bowls into which oil and wicks were placed], seven, and he (the artificer) shall fashion its lamps so that their light is directed at its face [the central shaft].

Its tongs and its [ash] scoops [shall also be made of] pure gold.

And its tongs, and its ashpans, shall be of pure gold.

And its tongs [for manipulating and positioning the wicks] and its snuff-dishes [small bowls into which the high-priest raked the ashes every morning], pure gold.

It shall be made out of a kikar of pure gold [together] with all these vessels.

Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

(Of) a talent of pure gold shall he make it [together] with all these vessels.

Observe [carefully] and make them like the pattern that will be shown to you on the mountain.

And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shown thee in the mountain.

And see, and make (them) according to their design which you are shown [here] in the mountain.