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.

Bezalel made the Ark of acacia wood measuring two and a half cubits long by a cubit and a half wide by one and a half cubits high.

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

He covered it with pure gold on the inside and the outside, and made a gold trim to go around 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.

He cast four gold rings and attached them to its four feet, two on one side and two on the other.

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

He made poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.

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

He placed the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, so it could be carried.

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 made the atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long by 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,

He made two cherubim of hammered gold for the ends of the atonement 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.

and put one cherub on each end. All of this was made from one piece of gold.

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.

The cherubim were designed with spread wings pointing upward, covering the atonement cover. The cherubim were placed facing each another, looking down towards the atonement 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.

Then he made the table of acacia wood two cubits long by a cubit wide by a cubit and a half high.

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

He covered it with pure gold and made a gold trim to go around 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.

He made a border around it the width of a hand and put a gold trim on the border.

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,

He cast four gold rings for the table and attached them to the four corners of the table by the legs.

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

The rings were close to the border to hold the poles used to carry the table.

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

He made the poles of acacia wood for carrying the table and covered 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.

He made utensils for the table from pure gold: plates and dishes, bowls and pitchers for pouring out drink offerings.

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 made the lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The whole of it was made of one piece—its base, shaft, cups, buds, and flowers.

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 of the sides of the lampstand, three on each side. It had three cups shaped like almond flowers on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch.

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.

Each of six branches that came out had three cups shaped like almond flowers, all complete with buds and petals.

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

On the main shaft of the lampstand he made four cups shaped like almond flowers, complete with buds and petals.

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.

On the six branches that came out of it, he placed a bud under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

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 branches are to be made with the lampstand as one piece, hammered out of pure 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 made seven lamps, as well as wick tongs and their trays of pure gold.

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

The lampstand and all these utensils required a talent of pure 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 made the altar for burning incense from acacia wood. It was square, measuring a cubit by a cubit, by two cubits high, with horns on its corners that were all one piece with the altar.

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.

He covered its top, its side, and its horns with pure gold, and made a gold trim to go all around 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.

He made two gold rings for the altar and attached them below the trim, two on both sides, to hold the poles to carry it.

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

He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.

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

He made the holy anointing oil and the pure, aromatic incense like the product of an expert perfumer.