Exodus 37

Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, about forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding around it. He cast four gold rings for its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side. He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. He put the poles through the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark. He made the mercy seat of pure gold, about forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide. He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat, one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. The cherubim spread their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings. Their faces were toward one another; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat. He made the table of acacia wood, about thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it. He made a rim about three inches wide around it and made a gold molding around its rim. He cast four gold rings for it and put the rings at the four corners by its four legs. The rings were beside the rim, as holders for the poles used to carry the table. He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. He made the utensils that were on the table of pure gold: its dishes and spoons, its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings. He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work; its base and shaft, its cups, knobs, and flowers were of one piece with it. Six branches came out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side. There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on one branch, with a knob and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on another branch, with a knob and a flower. So it was for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. On the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, with its knobs and flowers. There was a knob under two branches coming from it, a knob under two branches coming from it, and a knob under two branches coming from it, for the six branches coming out of it. Their knobs and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole was one piece of hammered work of pure gold. He made its seven lamps, its tongs, and its trays of pure gold. He made it and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold, about seventy-five pounds. He made the incense altar of acacia wood. It was square, about eighteen inches long and eighteen inches wide, and thirty-six inches high. Its horns were of one piece with it. He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its walls all around, and its horns, and made a gold molding around it. He made two gold rings for it below its molding, on its two sides, on either side, as holders for poles to carry it with. He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. He made the holy anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.

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