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;

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 and he overlays it with pure gold inside and outside, and makes a wreath of gold for it all around;

He covered it inside and out with pure gold and made for it a border of gold around its top.

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;

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 and he makes poles of shittim wood, and overlays them with gold,

He made poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.

5 and he brings in the poles into the rings, by the sides of the Ark, to carry the Ark.

He put the poles into the rings on the ark's sides, in order 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;

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 and he makes two cherubim of gold; he has made them of beaten work at the two ends of the propitiatory covering—

Bezalel made two cherubim of hammered gold for the two ends of the atonement lid.

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 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 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.

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 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,

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 and overlays it with pure gold, and makes a wreath of gold for it all around.

He covered it with pure gold and put a border of pure gold around the top.

12 And he makes a border for it of a handbreadth around, and makes a wreath of gold around for its border;

He made a surrounding frame for it one handbreadth wide, with a surrounding border of gold for the frame.

13 and he casts four rings of gold for it, and puts the rings on the four corners which [are] at its four feet;

He cast for it four rings of gold and attached the rings to the four corners, where the four feet were.

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

The rings were attached to the frame to provide places for the poles, in order to carry the table.

15 And he makes the poles of shittim wood, and overlays them with gold, to carry the table;

He made the poles out of acacia wood and covered them with gold, in order 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.

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 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;

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 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;

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 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.

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 And in the lampstand [are] four calyxes, made like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers,

On the lampstand itself, the central shaft, there were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their leafy bases and the 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;

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

Their leafy bases and branches were all one piece with it, one beaten piece of work of pure gold.

23 And he makes its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, of pure gold;

Bezalel made the lampstand and its seven lamps, its tongs and their trays of pure gold.

24 he has made it of a talent of pure gold, and with all its vessels.

He made the lampstand and its accessories with one talent of pure gold.

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;

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 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;

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 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.

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

He made the poles of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold.

29 and he makes the holy anointing oil, and the pure spice-incense—work of a compounder.

He made the holy anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.