Exodus 37

1 And Bezaleel made the ark of acacia-wood; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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 border of gold upon it round about.

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

3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, for its four corners: 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 carry 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 thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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 did he make 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 end of one side, and one cherub at the end of the other side; out of the mercy-seat he made the two cherubim at the two ends thereof.

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 over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat; and their faces were opposite to one another: the faces of the cherubim were [turned] 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 thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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 upon it a border 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 for it a margin of a hand-breadth round about; and made a border of gold for the margin thereof 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 for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that were on the four feet thereof.

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

14 Close to the margin were the rings, as receptacles of the staves to carry 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 carry the table.

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

16 And he made the utensils that were on the table, the dishes thereof, and the cups thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the goblets 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 candlestick of pure gold; [of] beaten work he made the candlestick: its base, and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were of itself.

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 six branches went out of the sides thereof — three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof;

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

19 [there were] three cups shaped like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower; and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so in the six branches which went out of the candlestick.

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 candlestick were four cups, shaped like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers;

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 thereof, and [again] a knob under two branches thereof, and [again] a knob under two branches thereof, for the six branches which went 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 itself — all of 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 seven lamps thereof, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, 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 Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and all its utensils.

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

25 And he made the altar of incense of acacia-wood; a cubit the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, square, and two cubits the height thereof: its horns were of itself.

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 thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and made upon it a border 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 two rings of gold for it under its border, by its two corners, on the two sides thereof, as receptacles for the staves with which to carry 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 fragrant drugs, according to the work 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.