The Bible
Exodus Chapter 37
1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. It was two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high. 2He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold for it around it. 3He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet: two rings on one side, and two rings on the other. 4He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 5He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark. 6He made a mercy seat of pure gold. It was two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide. 7He made two throne-angels of gold. He made them of beaten work, at the two ends of the mercy seat: 8one throne-angel at the one end, and one throne-angel at the other end. He made the throne-angels of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. 9The throne-angels spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the throne-angels were toward the mercy seat.
10He made the table of acacia wood. It was two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high. 11He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it. 12He made a border of a hand's width around it, and made a golden molding on its border around it. 13He cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that were on its four feet. 14The rings were close by the border, the places for the poles to carry the table. 15He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. 16He made the vessels which were on the table, its dishes, its spoons, its bowls, and its pitchers for pouring, of pure gold.
17He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of beaten work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers were of one piece with it. 18There were six branches going out from its sides: three branches of the lampstand out from its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out from its other side: 19three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower; the same for [each of] the six branches going out from the lampstand. 20In the lampstand were four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers; 21and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out from it. 22Their buds and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole thing was one beaten work of pure gold. 23He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold. 24He made it from a talent of pure gold, with all its vessels.
25He made the incense altar of acacia wood. It was square: it was a cubit long, and a cubit wide. It was two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece with it. 26He overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it. 27He made two golden rings for it under its molding crown, on its two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles to carry it with. 28He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. 29He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the art of the perfumer.
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