37:1 Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was ①two and a half cubits, its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits;
▷ ①About 3.7 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide and high or about 1.1 m and 68 cm
37:2 and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around.
37:3 He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet; two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the ①other side of it.
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37:4 And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
37:5 He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry ①it.
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37:6 He also made ①an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits ②long and one and a half cubits ③wide.
▷ ①Also called a mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement ②Lit its length ③Lit its width
37:7 And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work ①at the two ends of the atoning cover:
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37:8 one cherub ①at the one end and one cherub ②at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the atoning cover ③at the two ends.
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37:9 And the cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the atoning cover.
37:10 Then he made the table of acacia wood, ①two cubits ②long, a cubit ③wide, and one and a half cubits ④high.
▷ ①About 3 ft. long, 1.5 ft. wide, and 2.2 ft. high or about 90 cm, 45 cm, and 68 cm ②Lit its length ③Lit its width ④Lit its height
37:11 He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around.
37:12 And he made a rim for it of a ①hand width all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around.
▷ ①About 3 in. or 7.5 cm
37:13 He also cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four legs.
37:14 Close by the rim were the rings, the holders 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 He also made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes, its pans, its libation bowls, and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold.
37:17 Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its ①bulbs, and its flowers were of one piece with it.
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37:18 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 ①other side of it;
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37:19 three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ①bulb and a flower on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ②bulb and a flower on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
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37:20 And on the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its ①bulbs and its flowers;
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37:21 and a ①bulb was under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a ②bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a ③bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.
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37:22 Their ①bulbs and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was a single hammered work of pure gold.
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37:23 And he made its seven lamps with its tongs and its trays of pure gold.
37:24 He made it and all its utensils from a ①talent of pure gold.
▷ ①About 75 lb. or 34 kg
37:25 Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit ①long and a cubit ②wide, square, and two cubits ③high; its horns were of one piece with it.
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37:26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its ①sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around.
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37:27 He also 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.
37:28 And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
37:29 Then he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.