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.

Forsothe Beseleel made also an arke of the trees of Sechym, hauynge twey cubitis and an half in lengthe, and a cubit and an half in breede; forsothe the hiynesse was of o cubit and an half; and he clothide the arke with purest gold, with ynne and without forth.

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

And he made to it a goldun coroun `bi cumpas,

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.

and yetide foure goldun ryngis, bi foure corneris therof, twey ryngis in o side, and twei ryngis in the tother side.

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

And he made barris of the trees of Sechym, whiche barris he clothide with gold,

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

and whiche barris he putte into the ryngis that weren in the sidis of the arke, to bere 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 made also a propiciatorie, that is, Goddis answeryng place, of pureste gold, of twei cubitis and an half in lengthe, and of o cubit and an half in breede.

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

Also he made twei cherubyns of gold, betun out with hamer, whiche he settide on euer eithir side of the propiciatorie,

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.

o cherub in the hiynesse of o part, and the tother cherub in the hiynesse of the tothir part; twei cherubyns, oon in ech hiynesse of the propiciatorie, stretchynge out the wengis,

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.

and hilynge the propiciatorie, and biholdynge hem silf togidere and that.

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 made also a boord of `the trees of Sechym, in the lengthe of twey cubitis, and in the breede of o cubit, whiche boord hadde `a cubit and an half in heiythe.

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

And he cumpaside the boord with clenneste gold, and made to it a goldun brynke bi cumpas;

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 he made to that brynke a goldun coroun, rasid bitwixe of foure fyngris; and on the same coroun he made anothir goldun coroun.

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.

Also he yetide foure goldun serclis whiche he settide in foure corneris,

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

bi alle the feet of the boord ayens the coroun, and he puttide barris in to the serclis, that the `boord may be borun.

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

And he made tho barris of the trees of Sechym, and cumpasside tho 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 vesselis to dyuerse vsis of the boord, vessels of vynegre, violis, and litle cuppis, and censeris of pure gold, in whiche the fletynge sacrifices schulen be offrid.

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.

And he made a candilstike, betun out with hamer, of clenneste gold, of whos barre yerdis, cuppis, and litle rundelis and lilies camen forth;

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;

sixe in euer eithir side, thre yerdis on o side, and thre on the tother side; thre cuppis in the maner of a note bi ech yerde, and litle rundels to gidere, and lilies;

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.

and thre cuppis at the licnesse of a note in the tother yerde, and litle rundels to gidere, and lilies; forsothe the werk of sixe schaftis, that camen forth of the `stok of the candilstike, was euene.

20 And in the candlestick were four cups, shaped like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers;

Sotheli in that barre weren foure cuppis, in the maner of a note, and litle rundels and lilies weren bi alle cuppis;

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 litle rundels vndur twei schaftis, bi thre placis, whiche to gidre be maad sixe schaftis comynge forth of o barre;

22 Their knobs and their branches were of itself — all of one beaten work of pure gold.

therfor and the litle rundels, and schaftis therof, weren alle betun out with hamer, of pureste gold.

23 And he made the seven lamps thereof, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold.

He made also seuene lanternes, with her `snytyng tongis, and the vessels where `tho thingis, that ben snytid out, ben quenchid, of clennest gold.

24 Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and all its utensils.

The candilstike with alle his vessels weiyede 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 made also the auter of encense, of trees of Sechym, hauynge a cubit bi square, and twei cubitis in heiythe, of whos corneris camen forth hornes.

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 clothide it with clenneste gold, and the gridele, and wallis, and hornes;

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 he made to it a litil goldun coroun bi cumpas, and twei goldun ryngis vndur the coroun, bi ech syde, that barris be put in to tho, and the auter mow be borun.

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

Forsothe he made tho barris of the trees of Sechym, and hilide with goldun platis.

29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of fragrant drugs, according to the work of the perfumer.

He made also oile to the oynement of halewyng, and encense of swete smellynge spiceries, moost clene, bi the werk of `a makere of oynement.