1 N ow Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was two and a half cubits, and its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits;

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

3 H e cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet; even two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

4 H e made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

5 H e put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry it.

6 H e made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

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

8 o ne cherub at the one end and one cherub at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at the two ends.

9 T he cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

10 T hen he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long and a cubit wide and one and a half cubits high.

11 H e overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around.

12 H e made a rim for it of a handbreadth all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around.

13 H e cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four feet.

14 C lose by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table.

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

16 H e made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes and its pans and its bowls and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold.

17 T hen he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its bulbs and its flowers were of one piece with it.

18 T here were six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand from the one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it;

19 t hree cups shaped like almond blossoms, a bulb and a flower in one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a bulb and a flower in the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

20 I n the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers;

21 a nd a bulb was under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.

22 T heir bulbs and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was a single hammered work of pure gold.

23 H e made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.

24 H e made it and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold.

25 T hen he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit long and a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high; its horns were of one piece with it.

26 H e overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around.

27 H e made two golden rings for it under its molding, on its two sides—on opposite sides—as holders for poles with which to carry it.

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

29 A nd he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.