1 B ezalel made the special box of the agreement of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits tall.

Now 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 H e covered it inside and out with pure gold. And he made a piece of gold to put on it all around.

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

3 H e made four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet. He put two rings on one side of it and two rings on the other side.

He 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 long pieces of acacia wood and covered them with gold.

He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

5 T hen he put the long pieces of wood through the rings on the sides of the special box to carry it.

He 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.

He 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 out of beaten gold at the two ends of the mercy-seat.

He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat;

8 H e made one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end. He made the cherubim and the mercy-seat of one piece.

one 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 up over the mercy-seat. Their faces were toward each other, and toward the mercy-seat.

The 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 a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits tall.

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

11 H e covered it with pure gold and made a gold piece around it.

He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around.

12 H e made a piece around it as wide as a hand. And he put gold on the side of this piece all around.

He made a rim for it of a handbreadth all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around.

13 H e made four rings of gold for it. He put them on the four corners that were on the table’s four legs.

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

14 T he rings were close to the sides, to hold the long pieces of wood used to carry the table.

Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table.

15 H e made the long pieces of acacia wood and covered them with gold. The table was carried with these.

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

16 H e made of pure gold its plates, its pots and its jars, for pouring gifts of drink. Making the Lamp-Stand

He 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 lamp-stand of pure gold and the base of the lamp-stand of beaten gold. Its cups, its buds and its flowers were all made of one piece with it.

Then 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 S ix branches went out of its sides, three branches of the lamp-stand out of one side, and three branches out of its other side.

There 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 were made to look like almond flowers, each with bud and flower, on one branch, and three on the next branch. This was done for all six branches going out of the lamp-stand.

three 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 lamp-stand there were four cups made to look like almond flowers, with their buds and flowers.

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

21 A bud was under each of the six branches going out of the lamp-stand.

and 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 buds and their branches were of one piece with it. All of it was one piece of pure, beaten gold.

Their 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, the tools for putting out the light, and its dishes of pure gold.

He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.

24 H e made it and all its objects out of a piece of gold about half the weight of a man. Making the Altar

He made it and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold.

25 T hen he made the altar for burning special perfume of acacia wood. It was one cubit long, one cubit wide, and as high as a man’s waist. Its horns were of one piece with it.

Then 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 covered its top, all its sides and its horns with pure gold. And he made a piece of gold to go around it.

He 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 T hen he made two gold rings to put under this piece. He put one on the altar’s left side and one on its right side to hold the long pieces of wood used for carrying it.

He 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 long pieces of acacia wood and covered them with gold. Making the Holy Oil and Special Perfume

He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

29 A nd he made the holy oil for pouring, and the pure, sweet-smelling perfume of spices, the work of an able workman.

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