Exodus 37

1 And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.

And Bezalel made the ark of hard wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high;

2 And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a crown of gold to it round about.

Plating it inside and out with the best gold, and putting an edge of gold all round it.

3 And he cast four rings of gold for it, in the four feet of it, even two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

And he made four gold rings for its four angles, two on one side and two on the other,

4 And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

And rods of the same wood plated with gold.

5 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

These rods he put in the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.

6 And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it.

And he made the cover all of gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

7 And he made two cherubim of gold, of beaten work he made them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat,

And he made two winged ones, hammered out of one bit of gold, for the two ends of the cover;

8 one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end, of one piece with the mercy-seat. He made the cherubim at the two ends of it.

Placing one at one end and one at the other; the winged ones were part of the cover.

9 And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy-seat.

And their wings were stretched out over the cover; the faces of the winged ones were opposite one another and facing the cover.

10 And he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.

And he made the table of hard wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high;

11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.

Plating it with the best gold and putting a gold edge all round it.

12 And he made to it a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border of it round about.

And he made a frame all round it about as wide as a man's hand, edged with gold all round.

13 And he cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that were on the four feet of it,

And he made four gold rings, and put the rings at the angles of its four feet.

14 close by the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.

The rings were fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table was to be lifted.

15 And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.

The rods for lifting the table he made of hard wood plated with gold.

16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, the dishes of it, and the spoons of it, and the bowls of it, and the flagons of it, with which to pour out, of pure gold.

And all the table-vessels, the plates and spoons and basins and the cups for liquids, he made of the best gold.

17 And he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of beaten work, even its base, and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers, were of one piece with it.

Then he made the support for the lights, all of the best gold; its base and its pillar were of hammered gold; its cups and buds and flowers were all made out of the same metal:

18 And there were six branches going out of the sides of it, three branches of the lampstand out of the one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it,

It had six branches coming out from its sides, three from one side and three from the other;

19 three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knob and a flower, and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knob and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower on all the branches;

20 And in the lampstand were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knobs of it, and the flowers of it,

And on its pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower;

21 and a knob under two branches of one piece with it, and a knob under two branches of one piece with it, and a knob under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it.

And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all six branches of it.

22 Their knobs and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold.

The buds and the branches were made of the same metal, all together one complete work of the best hammered gold.

23 And he made the lamps of it, seven, and the snuffers of it, and the snuff dishes of it, of pure gold.

And he made the seven vessels for the lights, and all the necessary instruments for it, of gold.

24 He made it of a talent of pure gold, and all the vessels of it.

A talent of the best gold was used for the making of it and its vessels.

25 And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit was the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it, foursquare, and two cubits was the height of it. The horns of it were of one piece with it.

And he made the altar for the burning of spices, using the same hard wood; it was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high; the horns made of the same.

26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top of it, and the sides of it round about, and the horns of it. And he made to it a crown of gold round about.

The top and the sides and the horns were all plated with the best gold; and he put an edge of gold all round it.

27 And he made for it two golden rings under the crown of it, upon the two ribs of it, upon the two sides of it, for places for staves with which to bear it.

And he made two gold rings, placing them on the two opposite sides under the edge, to take the rods for lifting it.

28 And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

The rods he made of the same hard wood, plating them with gold.

29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.

And he made the holy oil and the perfume of sweet spices for burning, after the art of the perfume-maker.