Exodus 37

Making the Covenant Box

37Bezalel made the Covenant Box out of acacia wood, 110 centimetres long, 66 centimetres wide, and 66 centimetres high. ²He covered it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all round it. ³He made four carrying rings of gold for it and attached them to its four feet, with two rings on each side. ⁴He made carrying poles of acacia wood, covered them with gold, ⁵and put them through the rings on each side of the box. ⁶He made a lid of pure gold, 110 centimetres long and 66 centimetres wide. ⁷He made two winged creatures of hammered gold, ⁸one for each end of the lid. He made them so that they formed one piece with the lid. ⁹The winged creatures faced each other across the lid, and their outspread wings covered it.

Making the Table for the Bread Offered to God

¹⁰He made the table out of acacia wood, 88 centimetres long, 44 centimetres wide, and 66 centimetres high. ¹¹He covered it with pure gold and put a gold border round it. ¹²He made a rim 75 millimetres wide round it and put a gold border round the rim. ¹³He made four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs were. ¹⁴The rings to hold the poles for carrying the table were placed near the rim. ¹⁵He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold. ¹⁶He made the dishes of pure gold for the table: the plates, the cups, the jars, and the bowls to be used for the wine offering.

Making the Lamp-stand

¹⁷He made the lamp-stand of pure gold. He made its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, formed one piece with it.

¹⁸Six branches extended from its sides, three from each side. ¹⁹Each of the six branches had three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals. ²⁰The shaft of the lamp-stand had four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals. ²¹There was one bud below each of the three pairs of branches. ²²The buds, the branches, and the lamp-stand were a single piece of pure hammered gold. ²³He made seven lamps for the lamp-stand, and he made its tongs and trays of pure gold. ²⁴He used 35 kilogrammes of pure gold to make the lamp-stand and all its equipment.

Making the Altar for Burning Incense

²⁵He made an altar out of acacia wood, for burning incense. It was square, 45 centimetres long and 45 centimetres wide, and it was 90 centimetres high. Its projections at the four corners formed one piece with it. ²⁶He covered its top, all four sides, and its projections with pure gold and put a gold border round it. ²⁷He made two gold carrying rings for it and attached them below the border on the two sides, to hold the poles with which it was to be carried. ²⁸He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.

Making the Anointing Oil and the Incense

^29*He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure sweet-smelling incense, mixed like perfume.