Exodus 37

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; two cubits and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.	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 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a molding of gold around it.	2 And for it he made a crown of gold all around,
3 And he cast for it four rings of gold for its four corners, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side.	3 casting four gold rings at its four corners: two rings on one side, and two on the other.
4 And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,	4 Likewise, he made bars from setim wood, which he clothed with gold,
5 and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.	5 and he placed them into the rings, which were at the sides of the ark, to carry it.
6 And he made a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.	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 he made two cherubim of hammered gold; on the two ends of the mercy seat he made them,	7 and then two Cherubim of ductile gold, which he positioned at the two sides of the propitiatory:
8 one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end; of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends.	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 cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.	9 spreading their wings, and protecting the propitiatory, and gazing toward it and toward one another.
10 He also made the table of acacia wood; two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;	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 he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it.	11 And he surrounded it with the finest gold, and for it he made a ledge of gold all around,
12 And he made around it a frame a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the frame.	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 for it four rings of gold, and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs.	13 And he cast four gold rings, which he set at the four corners at each foot of the table,
14 Close to the frame were the rings, as holders for the poles to carry the table.	14 opposite the crown. And he placed the bars into them, so that the table could be carried.
15 He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold.	15 Likewise, the bars themselves he made from setim wood, and he surrounded them with gold.
16 And he made the vessels of pure gold which were to be upon the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and flagons with which to pour libations.	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 lampstand of pure gold. The base and the shaft of the lampstand were made of hammered work; its cups, its capitals, and its flowers were of one 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 And there were six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;	18 six on the two sides, three branches on one side, and three on the other.
19 three cups made like almonds, each with capital and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almonds, each with capital and flower, on the other branch --so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.	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 And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almonds, with their capitals and flowers,	20 Now on the shaft itself were four bowls, the size of a nut, and little spheres together with each one, and lilies,
21 and a capital of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out of it.	21 and little spheres under two branches in three places, which together made six branches proceeding from one bar.
22 Their capitals and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was one piece of hammered work of pure gold.	22 Thus, both the little spheres and the branches were from the same thing: all hand-worked from the purest gold.
23 And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its 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 it and all its utensils of 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; its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit; it was square, and two cubits was its height; its horns were of one 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 it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and he made a molding of gold round about it,	26 And he clothed it with the purest gold, with its grating, as well as the sides and the horns.
27 and made two rings of gold on it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, as holders for the poles with which to carry 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 And he made the poles 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 made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.	29 He also composed the oil for the ointment of sanctification, and the incense, from the purest aromatics, with the skill of a perfumer.