With a rudimentary saw mill and bronze tools, Bezalel could make an unadorned wooden box measuring two and a half cubits long by one and a half wide by one and a half high, approximately 45 by 27 by 27 inches, with a cubit being about 18 inches (Exod 25:10). He overlaid the ark inside and out with gold foil. A gold molding was fitted around the piece that held the lid in place (Exod 25:11). Two poles of acacia wood were made and overlaid with gold (Exod 25:13). Four pole rings were attached to the
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