Exodus 37

1 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;

Then Bezalel made the [sacred] chest from acacia wood. It was (45 in./110 cm.) long, (27 in./66 cm.) wide, and (27 in./66 cm.) high.

2 and he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, -and made for it a rim of gold, round about;

He covered it with pure gold inside and outside the chest, and he made a gold border around the top of it.

3 and he cast for it four rings of gold, upon the four feet thereof, —even, two rings, on the one side thereof and, two rings, on the other side thereof;

He made/cast four rings from gold [and fastened them] to the legs of the chest. He put two rings on each side of the chest.

4 and he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold;

He made [two] poles from acacia wood, and covered them with gold.

5 and he brought the staves into the rings, upon the sides of the ark, for lifting the ark.

He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the chest, in order that the chest could be carried [by means of the poles].

6 And he made a propitiatory of pure gold, —two cubits and a half, the length thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof:

He made a lid for the chest. That was [the place where Yahweh would] forgive people’s sins. It [also] was (45 in./110 cm.) long and (27 in./66 cm.) wide.

7 and he made two cherubim, of gold, of beaten work, did he make them, out of the two ends of the propitiatory:

He made two winged creatures from hammered gold.

8 one cherub, out of this end, and, one cherub, out of that end, out of the propitiatory itself, made he the cherubim, out of the two ends thereof:

One of these was put at each end of the chest. The gold [with which they were made] was joined to the gold from which the lid [was made].

9 and the cherubim were spreading out their wings on high making a shelter with their wings over the propitiatory, with, their faces, one towards the other, towards the propitiatory, were the faces of the cherubim,

[He placed] the winged creatures facing each other so that their wings touched each other and spread out over the lid.

10 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,

Bezalel made a table from acacia wood. It was (36 in./88 cm.) long, (18 in./44 cm.) wide, and (27 in./66 cm.) high.

11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, —and he made thereto a rim of gold round about:

He covered it with pure gold, and he put a gold border around it.

12 and he mane thereto a border of a handbreadth, round about, and he made a rim of gold to the border thereof round about:

He made a rim all around it, (3 in./7 cm.) wide. He put a gold border around the rim.

13 and he cast for it, four rings of gold, and placed the rings upon the four corners, which pertained to the four feet thereof:

He made/cast four rings from gold and fastened the rings to the four corners of the table, one ring close to each leg [of the table].

14 near to the border, were the rings, as receptacles for the staves, for lifting the table;

The rings were fastened to the table near the rim.

15 and he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, —for lifting the table;

He made two poles from acacia wood and covered them with gold. These poles for carrying the table were then inserted into the rings.

16 and he made the utensils which were to be upon the table, its dishes and its pans and its bowls, and its basins for pouring out therewith, of pure gold.

He also made from pure gold all the things to be put on the table. He made the plates, the cups, and the jars and bowls to be used [when the priests] poured out wine [as an offering to Yahweh].

17 And he made the lampstand, of pure gold, of beaten work, made he the lampstand, its base and its shafts, its cups, its apples and its blossoms were, of the same;

[He] made the lampstand from pure gold. Its base and its shaft were hammered from [one large lump of] gold. [The branches of the lampstand], the cups for holding the oil, the flower buds and the petals [that decorated the branches of the lamp, the base, and the shaft were all hammered from] one [big] lump of gold.

18 with, six branches coming out of its sides, —three branches of the lampstand out of its one side and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side:

There were six branches on the lampstand, three on each side [of the shaft].

19 three cups like almond-flowers in the one branch—apple and blossom, and, three cups like almond-flowers, in the next branch, apple and blossom, so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand;

Each of the branches had on it three [gold decorations that looked like] almond blossoms. These decorations also had flower buds and [flower] petals.

20 and in the lampstand itself, four cups, like almond-flowers, its apples and its blossoms:

On the [shaft of the] lampstand there were four [gold decorations that also looked like] almond blossoms, each one with flower buds and [flower] petals.

21 with, an apple, under the two branches of the same, and, an apple, under the next two branches of the same, and, an apple, under the next two branches of the same, for the six branches coming out of the same:

On each side, beneath and extending from each of the branches, there was one [flower] bud.

22 their apples and their brunches were of the same, all of it one beaten work, of pure gold.

All these [flower] buds and branches, along with the shaft, were hammered from one large lump of pure gold.

23 And he made the lamps thereof seven, —with its snuffers and its snuff-trays, of pure gold.

Bezalel also made seven small cups [for holding oil. He put one cup on top of the shaft and he put the others on top of the branches]. He made from pure gold the tongs [for removing the burned wicks] and the trays [in which to put the burned wicks].

24 Of a talent of pure gold, made he it, —and all the utensils thereof.

He used (75 pounds/35 kg.) of pure gold to make the lampstand and all the things that were used to take care of it.

25 And he made the incense altar, of acacia wood, —a cubit, the length thereof, and, a cubit, the breadth thereof, foursquare, and two cubits the height thereof, of the same, were the horns thereof.

From acacia wood, Bezalel made the altar [for burning] incense. It was square, (18 in./45 cm.) on each side. It was (3 ft./90 cm.) high. He made [a projection that looked like] a horn on each of the top corners. The projections were carved from the same block of wood that the altar was made of.

26 And he overlaid it with pure gold—the top thereof and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof, -and he made thereto a rim of gold, round about.

He covered the top and the four sides, including the projections, with pure gold. He put a gold border around the altar, [near the top].

27 And two rings of gold, made he thereto—beneath the rim thereof, upon the two corners thereof, upon the two sides thereof, —as receptacles for the staves, to lift it therewith.

He made two gold rings for carrying the altar. Then he attached them to the altar below the border, one on each side of the altar. The poles by means of which the altar was to be carried were to be inserted into those rings.

28 And he made the staves of acacia wood, —and overlaid them with gold.

He made those [two] poles from acacia wood and covered them with gold.

29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure fragrant incense, —the work of a perfumer.

He also made the sacred oil for anointing and the pure sweet-smelling incense. He mixed the incense together as a skilled perfumer would.