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The Second Book of Moses: Exodus

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- Chapter 37 -

(Exodus 25:10–16)
1
Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits; its width was one cubit and a half; and its height was one cubit and a half.
2
He covered it inside and out with pure gold and made for it a border of gold around its top.
3
He cast four rings of gold for its four feet, with two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side.
4
He made poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.
5
He put the poles into the rings on the ark’s sides, in order to carry the ark.

The Mercy Seat

(Exodus 25:17–22)
6
He made an atonement lid of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its width was one and a half cubits.
7
Bezalel made two cherubim of hammered gold for the two ends of the atonement lid.
8
One cherub was for one end of the atonement lid, and the other cherub was for the other end. They were made as one piece with the atonement lid.
9
The cherubim spread out their wings upward and overshadowed the atonement lid with them. The cherubim faced one another and looked toward the center of the atonement lid.

The Table of Showbread

(Exodus 25:23–30; Leviticus 24:5–9)
10
Bezalel made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, its width was one cubit, and its height was one and a half cubits.
11
He covered it with pure gold and put a border of pure gold around the top.
12
He made a surrounding frame for it one handbreadth wide, with a surrounding border of gold for the frame.
13
He cast for it four rings of gold and attached the rings to the four corners, where the four feet were.
14
The rings were attached to the frame to provide places for the poles, in order to carry the table.
15
He made the poles out of acacia wood and covered them with gold, in order to carry the table.
16
He made the objects that would be on the table-the dishes, spoons, the bowls, and pitchers to be used to pour out the offerings. He made them out of pure gold.

The Lampstand

(Exodus 25:31–40; Numbers 8:1–4)
17
He made the lampstand of pure hammered gold. He made the lampstand with its base and shaft. Its cups, its leafy bases, and its flowers were all made of one piece with it.
18
Six branches extended out from its sides-three branches extended from one side, and three branches of the lampstand extended from the other side.
19
The first branch had three cups made like almond blossoms, with a leafy base and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, with a leafy base and a flower. It was the same for all six branches extending out from the lampstand.
20
On the lampstand itself, the central shaft, there were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their leafy bases and the flowers.
21
There was a leafy base under the first pair of branches-made as one piece with it, and a leafy base under the second pair of branches-also made as one piece with it. In the same way there was a leafy base under the third pair of branches, made as one piece with it. It was the same for all six branches extending out from the lampstand.
22
Their leafy bases and branches were all one piece with it, one beaten piece of work of pure gold.
23
Bezalel made the lampstand and its seven lamps, its tongs and their trays of pure gold.
24
He made the lampstand and its accessories with one talent of pure gold.

The Altar of Incense

(Exodus 30:1–10)
25
Bezalel made the incense altar. He made it with acacia wood. Its length was one cubit, and its width one cubit. It was square, and its height was two cubits. Its horns were made as one piece with it.
26
He covered the incense altar with pure gold-its top, its sides, and its horns. He also made a surrounding border of gold for it.
27
He made two golden rings to be attached to it under its border on its two opposite sides. The rings were holders for poles to carry the altar.
28
He made the poles of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold.
29
He made the holy anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.
(Exodus 25:10–16)
1
Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits,(a) and its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.
2
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold for it around it.
3
He cast four rings of gold for it in its four feettwo rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side.
4
He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
5
He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

The Mercy Seat

(Exodus 25:17–22)
6
He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its width.
7
He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work, at the two ends of the mercy seat:
8
one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.
9
The cherubim spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

The Table of Showbread

(Exodus 25:23–30; Leviticus 24:5–9)
10
He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and its width was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.
11
He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.
12
He made a border of a hand’s width around it, and made a golden molding on its border around it.
13
He cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that were on its four feet.
14
The rings were close by the border, the places for the poles to carry the table.
15
He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
16
He made the vessels which were on the table, its dishes, its spoons, its bowls, and its pitchers with which to pour out, of pure gold.

The Lampstand

(Exodus 25:31–40; Numbers 8:1–4)
17
He made the lamp stand of pure gold. He made the lamp stand of beaten work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers were of one piece with it.
18
There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its other side:
19
three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower; so for the six branches going out of the lamp stand.
20
In the lamp stand were four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
21
and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it.
22
Their buds and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole thing was one beaten work of pure gold.
23
He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.
24
He made it of a talent (b) of pure gold, with all its vessels.

The Altar of Incense

(Exodus 30:1–10)
25
He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
26
He overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.
27
He made two golden rings for it under its molding crown, on its two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles with which to carry it.
28
He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
29
He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.

Footnotes

(a)37:1 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
(b)37:24 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces