< Exodus 37 >
1 And Bezaleel makes the Ark of shittim wood; two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;
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.
2 and he overlays it with pure gold inside and outside, and makes a wreath of gold for it all around;
And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a border of gold upon it round about.
3 and he casts four rings of gold for it on its four feet, even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side;
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.
4 and he makes poles of shittim wood, and overlays them with gold,
And he made staves of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
5 and he brings in the poles into the rings, by the sides of the Ark, to carry the Ark.
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
6 And he makes a propitiatory covering of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;
— 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.
7 and he makes two cherubim of gold; he has made them of beaten work at the two ends of the propitiatory covering—
And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work did he make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;
8 one cherub at the end on this [side] and one cherub at the end on that [side]; he has made the cherubim from [above] the propitiatory covering, at its two ends;
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.
9 and the cherubim are spreading out wings on high, covering over the propitiatory covering with their wings, and their faces [are] toward one another; the faces of the cherubim have been toward the propitiatory covering.
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.
10 And he makes the table of shittim wood; two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height,
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.
11 and overlays it with pure gold, and makes a wreath of gold for it all around.
And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made upon it a border of gold round about.
12 And he makes a border for it of a handbreadth around, and makes a wreath of gold around for its border;
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.
13 and he casts four rings of gold for it, and puts the rings on the four corners which [are] at its four feet;
And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that were on the four feet thereof.
14 the rings have been close by the border, places for poles to carry the table.
Close to the margin were the rings, as receptacles of the staves to carry the table.
15 And he makes the poles of shittim wood, and overlays them with gold, to carry the table;
And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
16 and he makes the vessels which [are] on the table, its dishes, and its bowls, and its cups, and the cups by which they pour out, of pure gold.
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.
17 And he makes the lampstand of pure gold; he has made the lampstand of beaten work, its base, and its branch, its calyxes, its knobs, and its flowers, have been of the same;
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.
18 and six branches are coming out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its second side;
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;
19 three calyxes, made like almonds, in one branch, a knob and a flower; and three calyxes, made like almonds, in another branch, a knob and a flower; so for the six branches which are coming out of the lampstand.
[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.
20 And in the lampstand [are] four calyxes, made like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers,
And in the candlestick were four cups, shaped like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers;
21 and a knob under the two branches of the same, and a knob under the two branches of the same, and a knob under the two branches of the same, [are] for the six branches which are coming out of it;
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.
22 their knobs and their branches have been of the same; all of it one beaten work of pure gold.
Their knobs and their branches were of itself — all of one beaten work of pure gold.
23 And he makes its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, of pure gold;
And he made the seven lamps thereof, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold.
24 he has made it of a talent of pure gold, and with all its vessels.
Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and all its utensils.
25 And he makes the incense-altar of shittim wood; a cubit its length, and a cubit its breadth (square), and two cubits its height; its horns have been of the same;
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.
26 and he overlays it with pure gold, around its top and its sides, and its horns; and he makes a wreath of gold for it all around;
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.
27 and he has made two rings of gold for it under its wreath, at its two corners, at its two sides, for places for poles to carry it with them.
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.
28 And he makes the poles of shittim wood, and overlays them with gold;
And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold.
29 and he makes the holy anointing oil, and the pure spice-incense—work of a compounder.
And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of fragrant drugs, according to the work of the perfumer.