Exodus 37:1–29

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.