Exodus 37

¹ Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide and oneand a half cubits high.

² He overlaid it, inside and out, with pure gold, and made a gold moulding al round it.

³ He cast four gold rings for it at its four supports: two rings on one side and two rings on the other.

⁴ He also made shafts of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold,

⁵ and passed the shafts through the rings on the sides of the ark, by which to carry it.

⁶ He also made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide,

⁷ and model ed two great winged creatures of beaten gold, putting them at the two ends of the mercy-seat,

⁸ one winged creature at one end and the other winged creature at the other end, making the wingedcreatures of a piece with the mercy-seat at either end.

⁹ The winged creatures had their wings spread upwards, protecting the ark with their wings and facingeach other, their faces being towards the mercy-seat.

¹⁰ He made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide and one and a half cubits high,

¹¹ and made a gold moulding all round it.

¹² He fitted it with struts a hand's breadth wide and made a gold moulding round the struts.

¹³ He cast four gold rings for it and fixed the rings at the four corners where the four legs were.

¹⁴ The rings lay close to the struts to hold the shafts for carrying the table.

¹⁵ He made the shafts of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold; these were for carrying the table.

¹⁶ He made the accessories which were to go on the table: its dishes, cups, jars and libation bowls, ofpure gold.

¹⁷ He also made the lamp-stand of pure gold, making the lamp-stand, base and stem, of beaten gold,its cups, calyxes and bud being of a piece with it.

¹⁸ Six branches sprang from its sides: three of the lamp-stand's branches from one side, three of thelamp-stand's branches from the other.

¹⁹ The first branch carried three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and bud; thesecond branch, too, carried three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and bud, and similarlyal six branches springing from the lamp-stand.

²⁰ The lamp-stand itself carried four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and bud:

²¹ one calyx under the first two branches springing from the lamp-stand, one calyx under the next pairof branches and one calyx under the last pair of branches -- thus for al six branches springing from the lamp-stand.

²² The calyxes and the branches were of a piece with the lamp-stand, and the whole was made from asingle piece of pure gold, beaten out.

²³ He also made its seven lamps, its snuffers and trays of pure gold.

²⁴ He made the lamp-stand and all its accessories from a talent of pure gold.

²⁵ He made the altar of incense of acacia wood, one cubit long, and one cubit wide -- it was square --and two cubits high, its horns were of a piece with it.

²⁶ He overlaid its top, its sides al round and its horns with pure gold and made a moulding to go alround.

²⁷ He made two gold rings for it below the moulding on its two opposite sides, to take the shafts usedfor carrying it.

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

²⁹ He also made the holy anointing oil and the fragrant incense, blending it as a perfumer would.