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.

Now Bezalel also made the ark from setim wood, having two and one half cubits in length, and one and one half cubits in width, and the height was also one and one half cubits. And he clothed it with the purest gold, inside and out.

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

And for it he made a crown of gold all around,

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.

casting four gold rings at its four corners: two rings on one side, and two on the other.

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

Likewise, he made bars from setim wood, which he clothed with gold,

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

and he placed them into the rings, which were at the sides of the ark, to carry 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.

He also made the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, from the finest gold, two and one half cubits in length, and one and one half cubits in width,

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

and then two Cherubim of ductile gold, which he positioned at the two sides of the propitiatory:

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.

one Cherub at the top of one side, and the other Cherub at the top of the other side. The two Cherubim were at each end of the propitiatory,

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.

spreading their wings, and protecting the propitiatory, and gazing toward it and toward one another.

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.

He also made the table from setim wood, with a length of two cubits, and a width of one cubit, which had a height of one and one half cubits.

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

And he surrounded it with the finest gold, and for it he made a ledge of gold all around,

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 for the ledge itself he made a polished crown of gold, four fingers high, and upon the same, another crown of gold.

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 cast four gold rings, which he set at the four corners at each foot of the table,

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

opposite the crown. And he placed the bars into them, so that the table could be carried.

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

Likewise, the bars themselves he made from setim wood, and he surrounded them 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 he made vessels for the diverse uses of the table, as well as the little cups, and bowls, and measuring cups, and the censers, from pure gold, in which the libations would be offered.

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.

He also made the lampstand, formed from the finest gold. The branches, bowls, and little spheres, as well as the lilies, proceeded from its bar:

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,

six on the two sides, three branches on one side, and three on 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.

Three bowls, the size of a nut, were on each branch, with little spheres and lilies, and three bowls, in the likeness of a nut, were on the other branch, with the little spheres together with the lilies. The workmanship of the six branches, which proceeded from the shaft of the lampstand, was equal.

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

Now on the shaft itself were four bowls, the size of a nut, and little spheres together with each one, and lilies,

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 little spheres under two branches in three places, which together made six branches proceeding from one bar.

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

Thus, both the little spheres and the branches were from the same thing: all hand-worked from the purest gold.

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

He also made the seven lamps with their candle snuffers, and the vessels where the candles would be extinguished, from the finest gold.

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

The lampstand with all its vessels weighed a talent of gold.

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.

He also made the altar of incense from setim wood, having one cubit on each of four sides, and in height, two. From its corners proceeded horns.

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.

And he clothed it with the purest gold, with its grating, as well as the sides and the horns.

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 for it he made a crown of gold all around, and two gold rings under the crown at each side, so that the bars might be put into them, and the altar could be carried.

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

Now the bars themselves he also made from setim wood, and he covered them with layers of gold.

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

He also composed the oil for the ointment of sanctification, and the incense, from the purest aromatics, with the skill of a perfumer.