Exod 37:1 And Betsal’ĕl made the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits
long, and a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Exod 37:2 And he overlaid it with clean gold inside and outside, and made a
moulding of gold all around it.
Exod 37:3 And he cast four rings of gold for it, for its four feet, two rings on
its one side, and two rings on its other side.
Exod 37:4 And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Exod 37:5 And he put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark, to lift
the ark.
Exod 37:6 And he made a lid of atonement of clean gold, two and a half
cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Exod 37:7 And he made two keruḇim of beaten gold. He made them from the
two ends of the lid of atonement,
Exod 37:8 one keruḇ at one end on this side, and the other keruḇ at the other
end on that side. He made the keruḇim from the lid of atonement, from the
two ends.
Exod 37:9 And the keruḇim spread out their wings above, and covered the
lid of atonement with their wings, with their faces toward each other, the
faces of the keruḇim were turned toward the lid of atonement.
Exod 37:10 And he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long, and a
cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Exod 37:11 And he overlaid it with clean gold, and made a moulding of gold
all around it.
Exod 37:12 And he made a rim of a handbreadth all around it, and made a
moulding of gold for the rim all around it.
Exod 37:13 And he cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings on the four
corners that were at its four legs.
Exod 37:14 The rings were next to the rim, as holders for the poles to lift the
table.
Exod 37:15 And he made the poles of acacia wood to lift the table, and
overlaid them with gold.
Exod 37:16 And he made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes,
and its cups, and its bowls, and its jars for pouring, of clean gold.
Exod 37:17 And he made the lampstand of clean gold. He made the
lampstand of beaten work, its base, and its shaft, its cups, its ornamental
knobs, and its blossoms were from it.
Exod 37:18 And six branches came out of its sides: three branches of the
lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the
other side.
Exod 37:19 There were three cups like almond flowers on one branch, with
ornamental knob and blossom, and three cups like almond flowers on the
other branch, a knob and a blossom – so for the six branches coming out of
the lampstand.
Exod 37:20 And on the lampstand were four cups like almond flowers, its
knobs and blossoms,
Exod 37:21 and a knob under the first two branches of the same, and a knob
under the second two branches of the same, and a knob under the third two
branches of the same, for the six branches coming out of it.
Exod 37:22 Their knobs and their branches were of it, all of it was one
beaten work of clean gold.
Exod 37:23 And he made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its trays, of
clean gold.
Exod 37:24 He made it of a talent of clean gold, and all its utensils.
Exod 37:25 And he made the incense altar of acacia wood, a cubit long and
a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high. Its horns were of it.
Exod 37:26 And he overlaid it with clean gold, its top and its sides all
around, and its horns. And he made a moulding for it of gold all around it.
Exod 37:27 And he made two rings of gold for it under its moulding, at its
two corners on both sides, as holders for the poles with which to lift it.
Exod 37:28 And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with
gold.
Exod 37:29 And he made the set-apart anointing oil and the clean incense of
sweet spices, according to the work of the perfumer.
Shemoth (Exodus) 37
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