Exodus 37–39

CHAPTER 37

Making the Ark of the Testimony

^1aAnd Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was two and a half ¹cubits, and its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits;

²and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around.

³He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet; even two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the ¹other side of it.

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

⁵He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry ¹it.

⁶He made a ¹mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half ²cubits ³long and one and a half cubits ⁴wide.

⁷He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work ¹at the two ends of the mercy seat;

⁸one cherub ¹at the one end and one cherub ²at the other end; from one piece he made the mercy seat with the cherubim ³at its two ends.

⁹The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

Making the Table

^10aThen he made the table of acacia wood, two ¹cubits ²long and a cubit ³wide and one and a half cubits ⁴high.

¹¹He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding for it all around.

¹²He made a rim for it of a handbreadth all around and made a gold molding for its rim all around.

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

¹⁴Close to the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table.

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

¹⁶He made the utensils which were on the table, its ¹dishes and its pans and its offering bowls and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold.

Making the Lampstand

^17aThen he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its ¹bulbs, and its flowers were ²of the same piece.

¹⁸There were six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand from the one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the ¹other side of it;

¹⁹three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ¹bulb and a flower in one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ²bulb and a flower in the other branch—so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.

²⁰In the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its ¹bulbs and its flowers;

²¹and a ¹bulb was under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a ²bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a ³bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.

²²Their ¹bulbs and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was a single hammered work of pure gold.

²³He made its seven lamps with its tongs and its ¹trays of pure gold.

²⁴He made it and all its utensils from a ¹talent of pure gold.

Making the Altar of Incense

^25aThen he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit ¹long and a cubit ²wide, square, and two cubits ³high; its horns were of one piece with it.

²⁶He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its ¹sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around.

²⁷He made two golden rings for it under its molding, on its two sides—on opposite sides—as holders for poles with which to carry it.

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

^29aAnd he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.

CHAPTER 38

Making the Altar of Burnt Offering

^1aThen he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five ¹cubits ²long, and five cubits ³wide, square, and three cubits ⁴high.

²He made its horns on its four corners, its horns ¹being of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with ²bronze.

³He made all the utensils of the altar, the pots and the shovels and the bowls, the flesh hooks and the firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze.

⁴He made for the altar a grating of a network of bronze beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway down.

⁵He cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze grating as holders for the poles.

⁶He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

⁷He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.

Making the Laver of Bronze

^8aMoreover, he made the laver of bronze with its base of bronze, ¹from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Making the Court

^9aThen he made the court: ¹for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, ²one hundred cubits;

¹⁰their twenty pillars, and their twenty bases, made of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their ¹bands were of silver.

¹¹For the north side there were one hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.

¹²For the west side there were hangings of ¹fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.

¹³For the east side toward the sunrise fifty cubits.

¹⁴The hangings for the one ¹side of the gate were ²fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases,

¹⁵and so for the ¹other ²side. ³On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases.

¹⁶All the hangings of the court all around were of fine twisted linen.

¹⁷The bases for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver; and the overlaying of their tops were of silver, and all the pillars of the court were furnished with silver bands.

¹⁸The screen of the gate of the court was the work of the ¹weaver, of ²blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. And the length was ³twenty cubits and the ⁴height was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

¹⁹Their four pillars and their four bases were of bronze; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their bands were of silver.

²⁰All the pegs of the ¹tabernacle and of the court all around were of bronze.

The Things Numbered for the Tabernacle

²¹These are the things numbered for the ¹tabernacle, the ²tabernacle of the testimony, as they were ³numbered according to the ⁴command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

²²Now ^aBezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh had commanded Moses.

²³With him was ^aOholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman and a skillful designer and a ¹weaver in ²blue and in purple and in scarlet material and fine linen.

²⁴All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the wave offering, was ¹29 talents and ²730 shekels, according to ^athe shekel of the sanctuary.

^25aThe silver of those of the congregation who were ¹numbered was ²100 talents and ³1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;

^26aa beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for each one who passed over to those who were ¹numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for ^b603,550 men.

²⁷One hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; one hundred bases for one hundred talents, a talent for a base.

²⁸Of the 1,775 shekels, he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their tops and made bands for them.

²⁹The bronze of the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

³⁰With it he made the bases to the doorway of the tent of meeting, and the bronze altar and its bronze grating, and all the utensils of the altar,

³¹and the bases of the court all around and the bases of the gate of the court, and all the pegs of the ¹tabernacle and all the pegs of the court all around.

CHAPTER 39

Making the Holy Garments

¹Moreover, from the ^1ablue and purple and scarlet material, they made finely ^bwoven garments for ministering in the holy place ²as well as the holy garments which were for Aaron, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

^2aHe made the ephod of gold, and of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen.

³Then they hammered out gold sheets and cut them into threads ¹to be woven in with the blue and the purple and the scarlet material and the fine linen, the work of a skillful designer.

⁴They made joining shoulder pieces for ¹the ephod; it was joined at its two upper ends.

⁵The skillfully woven band which was on it was like its workmanship, ¹of the same material: of gold, and of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

^6aThey made the onyx stones, set all around in filigree settings of gold; they were engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel.

⁷And ^ahe placed them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

^8aHe made the breastpiece, the work of a skillful designer, like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold, and of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen.

⁹It was square; they made the breastpiece, having been folded double, a ¹span ²long and a span ³wide when folded double.

¹⁰And they ¹mounted four rows of stones on it. The first row was a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald;

¹¹and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

¹²and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

¹³and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were set in their filigree settings with gold filigree.

¹⁴The stones were corresponding to the names of the sons of Israel; they were twelve, corresponding to their names, engraved with the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes.

¹⁵They made on the breastpiece chains of a twisted work of cords in pure…