Making the Ark of the Covenant

¹ And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its height.

² And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and he made for it a gold molding all around.

³ And he cast for it four gold rings on its four feet; and two rings were on its one side, and two rings were on its second side.

⁴ And he made poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold.

⁵ And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

⁶ And he made an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width.

⁷ And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the atonement cover.

⁸ One cherub was ⌞at one end⌟,¹ and one cherub was ⌞at the other end⌟² of the atonement cover; he made the cherubim at its two ends.

1. Literally “from end from this”
2. Literally “from end from this”

⁹ And the cherubim were with outspread wings above, covering with their wings over the atonement cover ⌞and facing each other⌟;¹ the faces of the cherubim were toward the atonement cover.

1. Literally “and their faces a man to his brother”

Making the Table and the Lampstand

¹⁰ And he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its height.

¹¹ And he overlaid it with pure gold, and he made for it a gold molding all around.

¹² And he made for it a handbreadth rim all around, and he made a gold molding for its rim all around.

¹³ And he cast for it four gold rings, and he put the rings on the four corners where its four ⌞legs⌟¹ were.

1. Literally “feet”

¹⁴ The rings were near the rim as ⌞holders⌟¹ for the poles to carry the table.

1. Literally “houses”

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

¹⁶ And he made the vessels that were on the table—its plates and its ladles,¹ and its bowls and its pitchers with which libations were poured—of pure gold.

1. Or “bowls”

¹⁷ And he made the lampstand of pure gold; he made the lampstand of hammered work—its base and its branch, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were ⌞all part of it⌟.¹

1. Literally “from it”

¹⁸ And six branches were going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side.

¹⁹ Three almond-flower cups were on the one branch with a bud and a blossom, and three almond-flower cups were on the one branch with a bud and a blossom—likewise for the six branches going out from the lampstand.

²⁰ And on the lampstand were four almond-flower cups, with its¹ buds and its blossoms.

1. Refers to the lampstand

²¹ And a bud was under the two branches that came from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, likewise for the six branches coming out from the lampstand.

²² Their buds and their branches were from it, all of it one piece of pure gold, hammered work.

²³ And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its fire pans of pure gold.

²⁴ He made it from a talent of pure gold and all its pieces of equipment.

Making the Incense Altar and Anointing Oil

²⁵ And he made the incense altar of acacia wood, a cubit its length and a cubit its width—a square—and two cubits its height; its horns were ⌞of one piece with it⌟.¹

1. Literally “from it”

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 molding all around.

²⁷ And he made for it two gold rings under its molding ⌞on two opposite sides⌟¹ as ⌞holders⌟² for poles to carry it with them.

1. Literally “on two of its sides on two of its sides”
2. Literally “houses”

²⁸ And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold.

²⁹ And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense—work of a perfumer.