< Exodus 37 >
1 And Bezalel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
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 within and without, and made for it a crown of gold round about.
And he made to it a goldun coroun `bi cumpas,
3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, for the four corners thereof; even 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 shittim 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 upon the sides of the ark, to bear 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 cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half was its length, and one cubit and a half its breadth.
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 made he them, on the two ends of the cover;
Also he made twei cherubyns of gold, betun out with hamer, whiche he settide on euer eithir side of the propiciatorie,
8 One cherub was on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end; out of the cover itself made he the cherubim on 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 were spreading forth their wings on high, overshadowing with their wings the cover, with their faces one to the other; toward the cover were the faces of the cherubim directed.
and hilynge the propiciatorie, and biholdynge hem silf togidere and that.
10 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;
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 thereto a crown 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 unto it a rim of a hand's breadth round about, and made a golden crown on its rim 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 he 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 under the rim were the rings, as receptacles for the staves to bear 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 shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
And he made tho barris of the trees of Sechym, and cumpasside tho with gold.
16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, its dishes, and its spoons, and its purifying tubes, and the supporters wherewith [the bread] was covered, 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 made he the candlestick, its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, were out of one piece with it.
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 were coming out of its sides; three branches of the candlestick out of its one side, 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 Three bowls, almond-shaped, were on one branch, with a knob and a flower; and three bowls, almond-shaped, were on the other branch, with a knob and a flower; so on the six branches that were coming 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 on the candlestick itself were four bowls, almond-shaped, with 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 was under two branches that came out of the same, and a knob under two branches that came out of the same, and a knob under two branches that came out of the same, for the six branches that proceeded 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 out of one piece with it; all of it was one piece of 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 its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, 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 made he it, and all its vessels.
The candilstike with alle his vessels weiyede a talent of gold.
25 And he made the altar of incense of shittim wood: its length was a cubit, and its breadth a cubit; it was foursquare, and two cubits was its height; from itself were its horns.
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, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns: and he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
And he clothide it with clenneste gold, and the gridele, and wallis, and hornes;
27 And two rings of gold he made for it beneath its crown, on its two corners, upon both its sides, as receptacles for the staves to bear it by means of them.
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 shittim 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 spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
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.