Exodus 37
37
The Ark of the Covenant Law
1Bezalel made the ark of the covenant law out of acacia wood. It was three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide and high. 2He covered it inside and outside with pure gold. He put a strip of gold around it. 3He made four gold rings for it. He joined them to its four bottom corners. He put two rings on one side and two rings on the other. 4Then he made poles out of acacia wood. He covered them with gold. 5He put the poles through the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
6He made its cover out of pure gold. It was three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide. The cover is the place where sin is paid for. 7Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. 8He put one of the cherubim on each end of it. 9He made them as part of the cover itself. Their wings spread up over the cover. The cherubim faced each other and looked toward the cover.
The Table for the Holy Bread
10The workers made the table out of acacia wood. It was three feet long, one foot six inches wide and two feet three inches high. 11Then they covered it with pure gold. They put a strip of gold around it. 12They also made a rim around it three inches wide. They put a strip of gold around the rim. 13They made four gold rings for the table. They joined them to the four corners, where the four legs were. 14The rings were close to the rim. The rings held the poles used to carry the table. 15The workers made the poles out of acacia wood. They covered them with gold. 16They made plates, dishes and bowls out of pure gold for the table. They also made pure gold pitchers to pour out drink offerings.
The Gold Lampstand
17The workers made the lampstand out of pure gold. They hammered out its base and stem. Its buds, blossoms and cups branched out from it. 18Six branches came out from the sides of the lampstand. There were three on one side and three on the other. 19On one branch there were three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. There were three on the next branch. In fact, there were three on each of the six branches that came out from the lampstand. 20On the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. 21One bud was under the first pair of branches that came out from the lampstand. A second bud was under the second pair. And a third bud was under the third pair. There was a total of six branches. 22The buds and branches came out from the lampstand. The whole lampstand was one piece hammered out of pure gold.
23The workers made its seven lamps out of pure gold. They also made its trays and wick cutters out of pure gold. 24They used 75 pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and everything used with it.
The Altar for Burning Incense
25The workers made the altar for burning incense. They made it out of acacia wood. It was about one foot six inches square and three feet high. A horn stuck out from each of its upper four corners. 26The workers covered the top, sides and horns with pure gold. They put a strip of gold around it. 27They made two gold rings below the strip. They put the rings on the sides across from each other. The rings held the poles used to carry it. 28The workers made the poles out of acacia wood. They covered them with gold.
29They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, sweet-smelling incense. A person who makes perfume made them.
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Exodus 37
37
Making the Ark of the Covenant
Ex 25:10–20
1Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its width a cubit and a half, and its height a cubit and a half.#About 33/4 feet long and 21/4 feet wide and high, or 1.1 meters long and 68 centimeters wide and high; similarly in v. 6. 2He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around. 3He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side of it. 4He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 5He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.
6#Heb 9:5He made the mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. 7He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered metal on the two ends of the mercy seat: 8one cherub on one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends. 9The cherubim spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other. The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.
Making the Table for the Showbread
Ex 25:23–29
10He made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long and a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.#About 3 feet long, 11/2 feet wide, and 21/4 feet high, or 90 centimeters long, 45 centimeters wide, and 68 centimeters high. 11And he overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding for it all around. 12Also he made a rim for it of a handbreadth#About 75 feet, or 23 meters. all around, and he made a gold molding for the rim all around. 13He cast four rings of gold for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four feet. 14Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table. 15He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. 16He made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes and its pans and its bowls and its jars, to be used in pouring out offerings, of pure gold.
Making the Lampstand
Ex 25:31–39
17#Ex 25:31–39; Heb 9:2Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made it of hammered work, its base and its shaft. Its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were of the same piece. 18Six branches were extending from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it. 19Three cups shaped like almond flowers, a bulb and a flower were on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers, a bulb and a flower were on the next branch, and the same for the six branches going out of the lampstand. 20In the lampstand there were four cups made like almond flowers, its bulbs and its flowers. 21And a bulb was under the first two branches from it, and a bulb under the next two branches from it, and a bulb under the third two branches from it, according to the six branches coming out of it. 22Their bulbs and their branches were of the same piece. All of it was one hammered work of pure gold.
23He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays of pure gold. 24He made it and all of its utensils from a talent#About 75 pounds, or 34 kilograms. of pure gold.
Making the Altar of Incense
Ex 30:1–5
25#Ex 30:1–5He made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and the width a cubit, a square, and two cubits high.#About 11/2 feet long and wide and 3 feet high, or 45 centimeters long and wide and 90 centimeters high. Its horns were of the same piece. 26He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides all around, and its horns. He also made a gold molding for it all around. 27He also made two rings of gold for it under its molding, on its two sides, on opposite sides, to be places for the poles to carry it. 28He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
29He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of a perfumer.
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