Construction Continues

37 ^(A)Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was ^[a]two and a half cubits, 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; two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the ^[b]other side of it. ⁴ And 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 ^[c]it. ⁶ He also made ^[d]an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits ^[e]long and one and a half cubits ^[f]wide. ⁷ And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work ^[g]at the two ends of the atoning cover: ⁸ one cherub ^[h]at the one end and one cherub ^[i]at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the atoning cover ^[j]at the two ends. ⁹ And the cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the atoning cover.

^10 (B)Then he made the table of acacia wood, ^[k]two cubits ^[l]long, a cubit ^[m]wide, and one and a half cubits ^[n]high. ¹¹ He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around. ¹² And he made a rim for it of a ^[o]hand width all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around. ¹³ He also cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four legs. ¹⁴ Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table. ¹⁵ And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. ¹⁶ He also made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes, its pans, its libation bowls, and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold.

^17 (C)Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its ^[p]bulbs, and its flowers were of one piece with it. 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 ^[q]other side of it; ¹⁹ three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ^[r]bulb and a flower on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ^[s]bulb and a flower on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. ²⁰ And on the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its ^[t]bulbs and its flowers; ²¹ and a ^[u]bulb was under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a ^[v]bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a ^[w]bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. ²² Their ^[x]bulbs and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was a single hammered work of pure gold. ²³ And he made its seven lamps with its tongs and its trays of pure gold. ²⁴ He made it and all its utensils from a ^[y]talent of pure gold.

^25 (D)Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit ^[z]long and a cubit ^[aa]wide, square, and two cubits ^[ab]high; its horns were of one piece with it. ²⁶ And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its ^[ac]sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around. ²⁷ He also 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 And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. ^29 (E)Then he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.