< Exodus 37 >
1 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.
Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits; its width was one cubit and a half; and its height was one cubit and a half.
2 He covered it with pure gold on the inside and the outside, and made a gold trim to go around it.
He covered it inside and out with pure gold and made for it a border of gold around its top.
3 He cast four gold rings and attached them to its four feet, two on one side and two on the other.
He cast four rings of gold for its four feet, with two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side.
4 He made poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.
He made poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.
5 He placed the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, so it could be carried.
He put the poles into the rings on the ark's sides, in order to carry the ark.
6 He made the atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long by a cubit and a half wide.
He made an atonement lid of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its width was one and a half cubits.
7 He made two cherubim of hammered gold for the ends of the atonement cover,
Bezalel made two cherubim of hammered gold for the two ends of the atonement lid.
8 and put one cherub on each end. All of this was made from one piece of gold.
One cherub was for one end of the atonement lid, and other cherub was for the other end. They were made as one piece with the atonement lid.
9 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.
The cherubim spread out their wings upward and overshadowed the atonement lid with them. The cherubim faced one another and looked toward the center of the atonement lid.
10 Then he made the table of acacia wood two cubits long by a cubit wide by a cubit and a half high.
Bezalel made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, its width was one cubit, and its height was one and a half cubits.
11 He covered it with pure gold and made a gold trim to go around it.
He covered it with pure gold and put a border of pure gold around the top.
12 He made a border around it the width of a hand and put a gold trim on the border.
He made a surrounding frame for it one handbreadth wide, with a surrounding border of gold for the frame.
13 He cast four gold rings for the table and attached them to the four corners of the table by the legs.
He cast for it four rings of gold and attached the rings to the four corners, where the four feet were.
14 The rings were close to the border to hold the poles used to carry the table.
The rings were attached to the frame to provide places for the poles, in order to carry the table.
15 He made the poles of acacia wood for carrying the table and covered them with gold.
He made the poles out of acacia wood and covered them with gold, in order to carry the table.
16 He made utensils for the table from pure gold: plates and dishes, bowls and pitchers for pouring out drink offerings.
He made the objects that would be on the table—the dishes, spoons, the bowls, and pitchers to be used to pour out the offerings. He made them out of pure gold.
17 He made the lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The whole of it was made of one piece—its base, shaft, cups, buds, and flowers.
He made the lampstand of pure hammered gold. He made the lampstand with its base and shaft. Its cups, its leafy bases, and its flowers were all made of one piece with it.
18 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.
Six branches extended out from its sides—three branches extended from one side, and three branches of the lampstand extended from the other side.
19 Each of six branches that came out had three cups shaped like almond flowers, all complete with buds and petals.
The first branch had three cups made like almond blossoms, with a leafy base and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, with a leafy base and a flower. It was the same for all six branches extending out from the lampstand.
20 On the main shaft of the lampstand he made four cups shaped like almond flowers, complete with buds and petals.
On the lampstand itself, the central shaft, there were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their leafy bases and the flowers.
21 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.
There was a leafy base under the first pair of branches—made as one piece with it, and a leafy base under the second pair of branches—also made as one piece with it. In the same way there was a leafy base under the third pair of branches, made as one piece with it. It was the same for all six branches extending out from the lampstand.
22 The buds and branches are to be made with the lampstand as one piece, hammered out of pure gold.
Their leafy bases and branches were all one piece with it, one beaten piece of work of pure gold.
23 He made seven lamps, as well as wick tongs and their trays of pure gold.
Bezalel made the lampstand and its seven lamps, its tongs and their trays of pure gold.
24 The lampstand and all these utensils required a talent of pure gold.
He made the lampstand and its accessories with one talent of pure gold.
25 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.
Bezalel made the incense altar. He made it with acacia wood. Its length was one cubit, and its width one cubit. It was square, and its height was two cubits. Its horns were made as one piece with it.
26 He covered its top, its side, and its horns with pure gold, and made a gold trim to go all around it.
He covered the incense altar with pure gold—its top, its sides, and its horns. He also made a surrounding border of gold for it.
27 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.
He made two golden rings to be attached to it under its border on its two opposite sides. The rings were holders for poles to carry the altar.
28 He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.
He made the poles of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold.
29 He made the holy anointing oil and the pure, aromatic incense like the product of an expert perfumer.
He made the holy anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.