Exodus 37

1 And Bezaleel maketh 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;

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 and he overlayeth it with pure gold within and without, and maketh for it a wreath of gold round about;

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

3 and he casteth for it four rings of gold, on its four feet, even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side;

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

4 and he maketh staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold,

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

5 and he bringeth in the staves into the rings, by 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 And he maketh a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

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 and he maketh two cherubs of gold, of beaten work he hath made them, 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 end on this [side], and one cherub at the end on that, out of the mercy-seat he hath made the cherubs, 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 and the cherubs are spreading out wings on high, covering over the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces [are] one towards another; towards the mercy-seat have the faces of the cherubs been.

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

10 And he maketh the table of shittim wood; two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height,

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 and overlayeth it with pure gold, and maketh for it a wreath of gold round about.

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

12 And he maketh for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and maketh a wreath of gold for its border round about;

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

13 and he casteth for it four rings of gold, and putteth the rings on the four corners which [are] to its four feet;

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

14 over-against the border have the rings been, places for staves to bear the table.

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

15 And he maketh the staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold, to bear the table;

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

16 and he maketh the vessels which [are] upon the table, its dishes, and its bowls, and its cups, and the cups by which they 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 And he maketh the candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work he hath made the candlestick, its base, and its branch, its calyxes, its knops, and its flowers, have been of the same;

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 and six branches are coming out of its sides, three branches of the candlestick out of its one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of its second side;

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

19 three calyxes, made like almonds, in the one branch, a knop and a flower; and three calyxes, made like almonds, in another branch, a knop and a flower; so to the six branches which are coming out of the candlestick.

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 And in the candlestick [are] four calyxes, made like almonds, its knops, 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 knop under the two branches of the same, and a knop under the two branches of the same, and a knop under the two branches of the same, [are] to the six branches which are coming out of it;

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

22 their knops and their branches have been of the same; all of it 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 And he maketh 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 of a talent of pure gold he hath made it, and all its vessels.

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

25 And he maketh the perfume-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;

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 and he overlayeth it with pure gold, its top and its sides round about, and its horns; and he maketh for it a wreath of gold round about;

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

27 and two rings of gold he hath made for it under its wreath, at its two corners, at its two sides, for places for staves to bear it with them.

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 And he maketh the staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold;

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

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

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