The Egyptians piled them in countless heaps, and the land stank.

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to release them.

So you must keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.

Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and so Jethro went to his own land.

God spoke all these words:

Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, bronze,

You are to make poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold,

You are to put into the ark the testimony that I will give to you.

“You are to make the frames for the tabernacle out of acacia wood as uprights.

You are to set up the tabernacle according to the plan that you were shown on the mountain.

You are to put the atonement lid on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.

You are to kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting

“You are to make an altar for burning incense; you are to make it of acacia wood.

So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments by Mount Horeb.

The Lord said, “Here is a place by me; you will station yourself on a rock.

Now the materials were more than enough for them to do all the work.

He made the frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood as uprights.

He made poles of acacia wood, overlaid them with gold,

He made its seven lamps, its trimmers, and its trays of pure gold.