Exodus 37

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

2He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.

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

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.

6He made the mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

7He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat,

8one cherub at one end and the other cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.

9The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings. They faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.

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

11He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.

12He made a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding around the rim.

13He cast four gold rings for it and fastened the rings to the four corners where its four legs were.

14The rings were close to the rim, to hold the poles used to carry the table.

15He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

16He made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, its bowls, and the pitchers for pouring drink offerings.

17He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were of one piece with it.

18Six branches extended from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.

19There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on one branch, each with a bud and a blossom, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the next branch, each with a bud and a blossom. So it was for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.

20On the lampstand itself there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, with their buds and blossoms.

21A bud was under the first pair of branches extending from it, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair, for all six branches that extended from it.

22Their buds and their branches were of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.

23He made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and their trays, of pure gold.

24He made the lampstand and all its accessories from a talent of pure gold.

25He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high, with its horns of one piece with it.

26He overlaid it with pure gold—its top, its sides all around, and its horns—and made a gold molding around it.

27He made two gold rings for it below its molding, on its two sides, on opposite sides, to hold the poles used to carry it.

28He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

29He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.