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 shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:

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 within and without, and made a crown of gold to 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, to be set by the four corners of it; even 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 shittim 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 by the sides of the ark, to bear 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 the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was 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, beaten out of one piece made he them, on 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 on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubim on 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 on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.

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 shittim wood: two cubits was 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 thereunto a crown 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;

Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border 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 in the four feet thereof.

14 the rings have been close by the border, places for poles to carry the table.

Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear 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 shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear 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 vessels which were on the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover with, 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 made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:

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 going 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.

Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a bud and a flower: so throughout the six branches going 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 bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his 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 bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.

22 their knobs and their branches have been of the same; all of it one beaten work of pure gold.

Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was 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 his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his firepans, 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 made he it, and all the vessels thereof.

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 incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.

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, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made to it a crown 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 the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, on the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it with.

28 And he makes the poles of shittim wood, and overlays them with gold;

And he made the staves of shittim 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 sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.