Exodus 37

1 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;

And he made Bezalel the ark wood of acacia [was] two cubits and a half length its and [was] a cubit and a half breadth its and [was] a cubit and a half height its.

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

And he overlaid it gold pure from inside and from outside and he made for it a molding of gold all around.

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

And he cast for it four rings of gold on [the] four feet its and two rings [were] on side its one and two rings [were] on side its second.

4 And rods of the same wood plated with gold.

And he made poles of wood of acacia and he overlaid them gold.

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

And he put the poles in the rings on [the] sides of the ark to carry the ark.

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

And he made an atonement cover of gold pure [was] two cubits and a half length its and [was] a cubit and a half breadth its.

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

And he made two cherubim gold hammered work he made them from [the] two [the] ends of the atonement cover.

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

A cherub one [was] from an end from this and a cherub one [was] from an end from this from the atonement cover he made the cherubim from [the] two (ends its. *Q(K)*)

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

And they were the cherubim spreading out wings upwards covering with wings their over the atonement cover and faces their each [was] to brother its to the atonement cover they were [the] faces of the cherubim.

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

And he made the table wood of acacia [was] two cubits length its and [was] a cubit breadth its and [was] a cubit and a half height its.

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

And he overlaid it gold pure and he made for it a molding of gold all around.

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

And he made for it a rim of a hand breadth all around and he made a molding of gold for rim its all around.

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

And he cast for it four rings of gold and he put the rings on [the] four the corners which [belonged] to [the] four feet its.

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

Close to the rim they were the rings holders for the poles to carry the table.

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

And he made the poles wood of acacia and he overlaid them gold to carry the table.

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

And he made the articles - which [were] on the table dishes its and pans its and bowls its and the jugs which it was poured out with them gold pure.

17 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:

And he made the lampstand gold pure hammered work he made the lampstand base its and shaft its cups its bulbs its and blossoms its from it they were.

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

And six branches [were] going out from sides its three - branches of lampstand [were] from side its one and three branches of lampstand [were] from side its second.

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

Three cups shaped like almond blossoms [were] on the branch one a bulb and a blossom and three cups shaped like almond blossoms [were] on a branch one a bulb and a blossom thus for [the] six the branches which came out from the lampstand.

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

And [were] on the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms bulbs its and blossoms its.

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

And a bulb [was] under two of the branches from it and a bulb [was] under two of the branches from it and a bulb [was] under two of the branches from it for [the] six the branches which came out from it.

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

Bulbs their and branches their from it they were all of it [was] hammered work one gold pure.

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

And he made lamps its seven and tongs its and fire-pans its gold pure.

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

A talent of gold pure he made it and all articles its.

25 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.

And he made [the] altar of incense wood of acacia [was] a cubit length its and [was] a cubit breadth its square and [was] two cubits height its from it they were horns its.

26 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.

And he overlaid it gold pure top its and sides its all around and horns its and he made for it a molding of gold all around.

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

And two rings of gold he made for it - from under to molding its on [the] two sides its on [the] two sides its for holders for poles to carry it by them.

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

And he made the poles wood of acacia and he overlaid them gold.

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

And he made [the] oil of anointing a holy thing and [the] incense of the perfume pure [the] work of a perfumer.