Exodus 37

1 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.

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 for it he made a crown of gold all around,

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

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

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

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

And rods of the same wood plated with gold.

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

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

6 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,

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

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

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 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,

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

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

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

10 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 Likewise, the bars themselves he made from setim wood, and he surrounded them with gold.

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

16 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.

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

17 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:

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

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

19 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25 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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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