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Exodus 37

¹Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood — two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. [105]

²He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.

³He cast four gold rings for it and fastened them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other.

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

⁵And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.

⁶He made the atonement cover of pure gold — two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

⁷Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.

⁸He made one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; at the two ends he made them of one piece with the cover.

⁹The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.

¹⁰They [106] made the table of acacia wood — two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high. [107]

¹¹Then they overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.

¹²They also made around it a rim a handbreadth [108] wide and put a gold molding on the rim.

¹³They cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners, where the four legs were.

¹⁴The rings were put close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.

¹⁵The poles for carrying the table were made of acacia wood and were overlaid with gold.

¹⁶And they made from pure gold the articles for the table — its plates and dishes and bowls and its pitchers for the pouring out of drink offerings.

¹⁷They made the lampstand of pure gold. They hammered out its base and shaft, and made its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them.

¹⁸Six branches extended from the sides of the lampstand — three on one side and three on the other.

¹⁹Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on one branch, three on the next branch and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand.

²⁰And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.

²¹One bud was under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair — six branches in all.

²²The buds and the branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

²³They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold.

²⁴They made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent [109] of pure gold.

²⁵They made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high [110] — its horns of one piece with it.

²⁶They overlaid the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.

²⁷They made two gold rings below the molding — two on each of the opposite sides — to hold the poles used to carry it.

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

²⁹They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense — the work of a perfumer.