37:1 And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was three feet nine inches, and its breadth was two feet three inches, and its height was two feet three inches. 37:2 And he overlaid it with pure gold, inside and outside. Then he made for it a gold crown¹ all around it. 37:3 And he cast for it four golden rings to be fastened² at its four corners,³ with⁴ two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side. 37:4 And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. 37:5 And he put the staves into the rings at the sides of the ark, in order to carry the ark.

37:6 He also made⁵ a propitiatory lid of pure gold; its length was three feet nine inches, and its width was two feet three inches. 37:7 And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work on the two ends of the propitiatory lid, 37:8 one cherub on one end⁶ and one cherub on the other end.⁷ He made the cherubim from the propitiatory lid on its two ends. 37:9 And the cherubim were spreading their wings⁸ upward, overshadowing the propitiatory lid with their wings. And the cherubim⁹ faced each other;¹⁰ they were looking to the propitiatory lid.¹¹

37:10 And he made the table of acacia wood; its length was three feet, and its breadth was one foot six inches, and its height was two feet three inches. 37:11 And he overlaid it with pure gold; and he made for it a gold crown all around it. 37:12 He also made a frame for it about three inches broad all around it, and he made a gold crown for its frame all around. 37:13 Then he cast for it four gold rings, and he attached the rings at the four corners where its four legs were. 37:14 The rings were close to the frame for places for the poles to carry the table. 37:15 And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. 37:16 And he made the vessels which were on the table out of pure gold, its¹² plates, its ladles, its pitchers and its bowls, for the pouring out of offerings.

37:17 And he made the lampstand of pure gold; he made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft, its flowerlike cups with its buds and blossoms were from the same piece.¹³ 37:18 And six branches were going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from the one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand from the second side of it. 37:19 Three cups shaped like flowers with buds and blossoms were on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the next¹⁴ branch, and the same for all¹⁵ six branches that were going out from the lampstand. 37:20 And on the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms, 37:21 with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it; according to the six branches that extend from it.¹⁶ 37:22 Their buds and their branches were of one piece;¹⁷ all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold. 37:23 And he made seven lamps, as well as its trimmers and trays, of pure gold. 37:24 He made the lampstand¹⁸ and all its accessories with 75 pounds of pure gold.

37:25 And he made an altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a foot and a half, and its breadth was a foot and a half—it was square; and its height was three feet. Its horns were one piece with it.¹⁹ 37:26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around and its horns, and he made for it a gold crown around it. 37:27 He also made²⁰ two gold rings for it under its crown, on its two flanks, on its two sides, for places for poles with which to carry it. 37:28 And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

37:29 He made²¹ the sacred anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of the perfumer.