Exodus 37

¹ Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, one and a half cubits high.

² He plated it, inside and out, with pure gold, and decorated it all round with a gold moulding.

³ He cast four gold rings for the ark, attaching them to its four feet: two rings on one side and two rings on the other.

⁴ He also made shafts of acacia wood plating them with gold;

⁵ and he passed the shafts through the rings on the sides of the ark, for carrying it.

⁶ Also he made of pure gold a throne of mercy, two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide.

⁷ For the two ends of this throne of mercy he made two golden cherubs; he made them of beaten gold,

⁸ the first cherub for one end and the second for the other, and fastened them to the two ends of the throne of mercy so that they made one piece with it.

⁹ The cherubs had their wings spread upwards so that they overshadowed the throne of mercy. They faced one another, their faces towards the throne of mercy.

¹⁰ He made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.

¹¹ He plated it with pure gold, and decorated it all round with a gold moulding.

¹² He fitted it with struts, one hand’s breadth wide, and decorated these with a golden moulding.

¹³ He cast four gold rings for it and fixed these at the four corners where the four legs were.

¹⁴ The rings lay close to the struts to hold the shafts for carrying the table.

¹⁵ He made the shafts of acacia wood and plated them with gold; these were for carrying the table.

¹⁶ He made the furnishings of pure gold for the table: dishes, cups, jars and libation bowls.

¹⁷ He made the lamp-stand of pure gold, and made the lamp-stand, base and stem, of beaten gold. Its cups – calyx and petals – were of one piece with it.

¹⁸ Six branches extended from the sides of it, three from one side, three from the other.

¹⁹ The first branch carried three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and petals; the second branch, too, carried three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and petals, and similarly all six branches extending from the lamp-stand.

²⁰ The lamp-stand itself carried four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and petals,

²¹ thus: one calyx under the first two branches extending from the lamp-stand, one under the next pair, one under the last pair: corresponding to the six branches extending from the lamp-stand.

²² The calyxes and the branches were of one piece with the lamp-stand, and the whole was made from a single piece of pure gold, beaten out.

²³ Then he made the lamps for it, seven of them, and its snuffers and trays of pure gold.

²⁴ He used a talent of pure gold for making the lamp-stand and all its accessories.

²⁵ He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was one cubit long, and one cubit wide – that is to say, square – and two cubits high; its horns were of one piece with it.

²⁶ The top of it, its surrounding sides, and its horns, he plated with pure gold, and decorated it all round with a gold moulding.

²⁷ He fixed two gold rings to it below the moulding on its two opposite sides, to take the shafts used for carrying it.

²⁸ These shafts he made of acacia wood and plated with gold.

²⁹ He also made the sacred chrism and the pure, fragrant incense, blending it as perfumers do.