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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,^[a] and one cherub was at the other end^[b] of the atonement cover; he made the cherubim at its two ends. ⁹ And the cherubim were with outspread wings above, covering with their wings over the atonement cover and facing each other;^[c] the faces of the cherubim were toward the atonement cover.

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^[d] were. ¹⁴ The rings were near the rim as holders^[e] for the poles to carry the table. 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,^[f] and its bowls and its pitchers with which libations were poured—of pure gold.

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.^{[g] 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 its^[h] buds and its blossoms. 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.^{[i] 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^[j] as holders^[k] for poles to carry it with them. 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.