Exodus 37

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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.	1 Now Bezalel also made the ark from setim wood, having two and one half cubits in length, and one and one half cubits in width, and the height was also one and one half cubits. And he clothed it with the purest gold, inside and out.
2 He overlaid it, inside and out, with pure gold, and made a gold moulding al round it.	2 And for it he made a crown of gold all around,
3 He cast four gold rings for it at its four supports: two rings on one side and two rings on the other.	3 casting four gold rings at its four corners: two rings on one side, and two on the other.
4 He also made shafts of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold,	4 Likewise, he made bars from setim wood, which he clothed with gold,
5 and passed the shafts through the rings on the sides of the ark, by which to carry it.	5 and he placed them into the rings, which were at the sides of the ark, 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,	6 He also made the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, from the finest gold, two and one half cubits in length, and one and one half cubits in width,
7 and model ed two great winged creatures of beaten gold, putting them at the two ends of the mercy-seat,	7 and then two Cherubim of ductile gold, which he positioned at the two sides of the propitiatory:
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.	8 one Cherub at the top of one side, and the other Cherub at the top of the other side. The two Cherubim were at each end of the propitiatory,
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.	9 spreading their wings, and protecting the propitiatory, and gazing toward it and toward one another.
10 He made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide and one and a half cubits high,	10 He also made the table from setim wood, with a length of two cubits, and a width of one cubit, which had a height of one and one half cubits.
11 and made a gold moulding all round it.	11 And he surrounded it with the finest gold, and for it he made a ledge of gold all around,
12 He fitted it with struts a hand's breadth wide and made a gold moulding round the struts.	12 and for the ledge itself he made a polished crown of gold, four fingers high, and upon the same, another crown of gold.
13 He cast four gold rings for it and fixed the rings at the four corners where the four legs were.	13 And he cast four gold rings, which he set at the four corners at each foot of the table,
14 The rings lay close to the struts to hold the shafts for carrying the table.	14 opposite the crown. And he placed the bars into them, so that the table could be carried.
15 He made the shafts of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold; these were for carrying the table.	15 Likewise, the bars themselves he made from setim wood, and he surrounded them with gold.
16 He made the accessories which were to go on the table: its dishes, cups, jars and libation bowls, ofpure gold.	16 And he made vessels for the diverse uses of the table, as well as the little cups, and bowls, and measuring cups, and the censers, from pure gold, in which the libations would be offered.
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.	17 He also made the lampstand, formed from the finest gold. The branches, bowls, and little spheres, as well as the lilies, proceeded from its bar:
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.	18 six on the two sides, three branches on one side, and three on 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.	19 Three bowls, the size of a nut, were on each branch, with little spheres and lilies, and three bowls, in the likeness of a nut, were on the other branch, with the little spheres together with the lilies. The workmanship of the six branches, which proceeded from the shaft of the lampstand, was equal.
20 The lamp-stand itself carried four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and bud:	20 Now on the shaft itself were four bowls, the size of a nut, and little spheres together with each one, and lilies,
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.	21 and little spheres under two branches in three places, which together made six branches proceeding from one bar.
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.	22 Thus, both the little spheres and the branches were from the same thing: all hand-worked from the purest gold.
23 He also made its seven lamps, its snuffers and trays of pure gold.	23 He also made the seven lamps with their candle snuffers, and the vessels where the candles would be extinguished, from the finest gold.
24 He made the lamp-stand and all its accessories from a talent of pure gold.	24 The lampstand with all its vessels weighed a talent of 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.	25 He also made the altar of incense from setim wood, having one cubit on each of four sides, and in height, two. From its corners proceeded horns.
26 He overlaid its top, its sides al round and its horns with pure gold and made a moulding to go alround.	26 And he clothed it with the purest gold, with its grating, as well as the sides and the horns.
27 He made two gold rings for it below the moulding on its two opposite sides, to take the shafts usedfor carrying it.	27 And for it he made a crown of gold all around, and two gold rings under the crown at each side, so that the bars might be put into them, and the altar could be carried.
28 He made the shafts of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.	28 Now the bars themselves he also made from setim wood, and he covered them with layers of gold.
29 He also made the holy anointing oil and the fragrant incense, blending it as a perfumer would.	29 He also composed the oil for the ointment of sanctification, and the incense, from the purest aromatics, with the skill of a perfumer.