Exodus 37

1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.

Now Bezalel also made the ark from setim wood, having two and one half cubits in length, and one and one half cubits in width, and the height was also one and one half cubits. And he clothed it with the purest gold, inside and out.

2 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a moulding of gold for it around it.

And for it he made a crown of gold all around,

3 He cast four rings of gold for it in its four feet—two rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side.

casting four gold rings at its four corners: two rings on one side, and two on the other.

4 He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

Likewise, he made bars from setim wood, which he clothed with gold,

5 He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

and he placed them into the rings, which were at the sides of the ark, to carry it.

6 He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its width.

He also made the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, from the finest gold, two and one half cubits in length, and one and one half cubits in width,

7 He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work, at the two ends of the mercy seat:

and then two Cherubim of ductile gold, which he positioned at the two sides of the propitiatory:

8 one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.

one Cherub at the top of one side, and the other Cherub at the top of the other side. The two Cherubim were at each end of the propitiatory,

9 The cherubim spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces towards one another. The faces of the cherubim were towards the mercy seat.

spreading their wings, and protecting the propitiatory, and gazing toward it and toward one another.

10 He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and its width was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.

He also made the table from setim wood, with a length of two cubits, and a width of one cubit, which had a height of one and one half cubits.

11 He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold moulding around it.

And he surrounded it with the finest gold, and for it he made a ledge of gold all around,

12 He made a border of a hand’s width around it, and made a golden moulding on its border around it.

and for the ledge itself he made a polished crown of gold, four fingers high, and upon the same, another crown of gold.

13 He cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that were on its four feet.

And he cast four gold rings, which he set at the four corners at each foot of the table,

14 The rings were close by the border, the places for the poles to carry the table.

opposite the crown. And he placed the bars into them, so that the table could be carried.

15 He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

Likewise, the bars themselves he made from setim wood, and he surrounded them with gold.

16 He made the vessels which were on the table, its dishes, its spoons, its bowls, and its pitchers with which to pour out, of pure gold.

And he made vessels for the diverse uses of the table, as well as the little cups, and bowls, and measuring cups, and the censers, from pure gold, in which the libations would be offered.

17 He made the lamp stand of pure gold. He made the lamp stand of beaten work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers were of one piece with it.

He also made the lampstand, formed from the finest gold. The branches, bowls, and little spheres, as well as the lilies, proceeded from its bar:

18 There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its other side:

six on the two sides, three branches on one side, and three on the other.

19 three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower; so for the six branches going out of the lamp stand.

Three bowls, the size of a nut, were on each branch, with little spheres and lilies, and three bowls, in the likeness of a nut, were on the other branch, with the little spheres together with the lilies. The workmanship of the six branches, which proceeded from the shaft of the lampstand, was equal.

20 In the lamp stand were four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;

Now on the shaft itself were four bowls, the size of a nut, and little spheres together with each one, and lilies,

21 and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it.

and little spheres under two branches in three places, which together made six branches proceeding from one bar.

22 Their buds and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole thing was one beaten work of pure gold.

Thus, both the little spheres and the branches were from the same thing: all hand-worked from the purest gold.

23 He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.

He also made the seven lamps with their candle snuffers, and the vessels where the candles would be extinguished, from the finest gold.

24 He made it of a talent of pure gold, with all its vessels.

The lampstand with all its vessels weighed a talent of gold.

25 He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.

He also made the altar of incense from setim wood, having one cubit on each of four sides, and in height, two. From its corners proceeded horns.

26 He overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold moulding around it.

And he clothed it with the purest gold, with its grating, as well as the sides and the horns.

27 He made two golden rings for it under its moulding crown, on its two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles with which to carry it.

And for it he made a crown of gold all around, and two gold rings under the crown at each side, so that the bars might be put into them, and the altar could be carried.

28 He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

Now the bars themselves he also made from setim wood, and he covered them with layers of gold.

29 He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.

He also composed the oil for the ointment of sanctification, and the incense, from the purest aromatics, with the skill of a perfumer.