Exodus 37

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

² The inside and outside were plated with gold, and a molding of gold was put around it.

³ Four gold rings were cast and put on its four supports, two rings for one side and two for the opposite side.

⁴ Poles of acacia wood were made and plated with gold;

⁵ these were put through the rings on the sides of the ark, for carrying it.

⁶ The propitiatory was made of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

⁷ Two cherubim of beaten gold were made for the two ends of the propitiatory,

⁸ one cherub fastened at one end, the other at the other end, springing directly from the propitiatory at its two ends.

⁹ The cherubim had their wings spread out above, covering the propitiatory with them. They were turned toward each other, but with their faces looking toward the propitiatory.

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

¹¹ It was plated with pure gold, and a molding of gold was put around it.

¹² A frame a handbreadth high was also put around it, with a molding of gold around the frame.

¹³ Four rings of gold were cast for it and fastened, one at each of the four corners.

¹⁴ The rings were alongside the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.

¹⁵ These poles were made of acacia wood and plated with gold.

¹⁶ The vessels that were set on the table, its plates and cups, as well as its pitchers and bowls for pouring libations, were of pure gold.

¹⁷ The lampstand was made of pure beaten gold--its shaft and branches as well as its cups and knobs and petals springing directly from it.

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

¹⁹ On one branch there were three cups, shaped like almond blossoms, each with its knob and petals; on the opposite branch there were three cups, shaped like almond blossoms, each with its knob and petals; and so for the six branches that extended from the lampstand.

²⁰ On the shaft there were four cups, shaped like almond blossoms, with their knobs and petals,

²¹ including a knob below each of the three pairs of branches that extended from the lampstand.

²² The knobs and branches sprang so directly from it that the whole formed but a single piece of pure beaten gold.

²³ Its seven lamps, as well as its trimming shears and trays, were made of pure gold.

²⁴ A talent of pure gold was used for the lampstand and its various appurtenances.

²⁵ The altar of incense was made of acacia wood, on a square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high, having horns that sprang directly from it.

²⁶ Its grate on top, its walls on all four sides, and its horns were plated with pure gold; and a molding of gold was put around it.

²⁷ Underneath the molding gold rings were placed, two on one side and two on the opposite side, as holders for the poles to carry it.

²⁸ The poles, too, were made of acacia wood and plated with gold.

²⁹ The sacred anointing oil and the fragrant incense were prepared in their pure form by a perfumer.