1 Making the Ark of the Testimony And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was two and a half 37:1A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm cubits, and its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits;
2 and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around.
3 He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet; even two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the 37:3Lit second other side of it.
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 carry 37:5Lit the ark it.
6 He made a 37:6Or propitiatory seat, place of atonement, so through v 9 mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half 37:6A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm cubits 37:6Lit its length long and one and a half cubits 37:6Lit its width wide.
7 He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work 37:7Lit from at the two ends of the mercy seat;
8 one cherub 37:8Lit from at the one end and one cherub 37:8Lit from at the other end; fromone piecehe made the mercy seatwiththe cherubim 37:8Lit from at its two ends.
9 The cherubim hadtheirwings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.Making the Table
10 Then he made the table of acacia wood, two 37:10A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm cubits 37:10Lit its length long and a cubit 37:10Lit its width wide and one and a half cubits 37:10Lit its height high.
11 He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding for it all around.
12 He made a rim for it of a handbreadth all around and made a gold molding for its rim all around.
13 He cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four feet.
14 Close to the rim were the rings, the holders 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 utensils which were on the table, its 37:16Or platters dishes and its pans and its offering bowls and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold.Making the Lampstand
17 Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its 37:17Or calyxes bulbs, and its flowers were 37:17Lit of itself ofthe same piece.
18 There were six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand from the one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the 37:18Lit second other side of it;
19 three cups shaped like almondblossoms, a 37:19Or calyx bulb and a flower in one branch, and three cups shaped like almondblossoms, a 37:19Or calyx bulb and a flower in the other branch—so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.
20 In the lampstandthere werefour cups shaped like almondblossoms, its 37:20Or calyxes bulbs and its flowers;
21 and a 37:21Or calyx bulb was under thefirstpair of branchescomingout of it, and a 37:21Or calyx bulb under thesecondpair of branchescomingout of it, and a 37:21Or calyx bulb under thethirdpair of branchescomingout of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.
22 Their 37:22Or calyxes bulbs and their branches wereof one piecewith it; the whole of itwasa single hammered work of pure gold.
23 He made its seven lamps with its tongs and its 37:23Lit snuff dishes trays of pure gold.
24 He made it and all its utensils from a 37:24A talent was approx. 75 lb. or 34 kg talent of pure gold.Making the Altar of Incense
25 Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit 37:25Lit its length long and a cubit 37:25Lit its width wide, square, and two cubits 37:25Lit its height high; its horns wereof one piecewith it.
26 He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its 37:26Lit walls sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around.
27 He made two golden rings for it under its molding, on its two sides—on opposite sides—as holders for poles with which to carry it.
28 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
29 And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.