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Making the ark

¹Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, about 3 3/4 feet long, about 2 1/4 feet wide and about 2 1/4 feet high. ²He overlaid it with pure gold on the inside and the outside, and put a gold molding around it on every side. ³He cast four rings of gold for it, set at its four feet, so that each side had two rings. ⁴He made carrying poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. ⁵He slid the poles through the rings on the sides of the ark, so that the ark could be carried. ⁶He made a mercy seat of pure gold, about 3 3/4 feet long and about 2 1/4 feet wide. ⁷He made two cherubim of gold, hammered out, for the two ends of the mercy seat. ⁸There was one cherub at this end and another at that end. He shaped the cherubim out of the mercy seat itself, at its two ends. ⁹The cherubim spread their wings out above, sheltering the mercy seat with their wings. They faced one another, with their faces turned toward the mercy seat.

Making the table

¹⁰He made the table of acacia wood, about 3 feet long, about 1 1/2 feet wide and about 2 1/4 feet high. ¹¹He overlaid it with pure gold and gave it a gold molding all the way around. ¹²He gave it a frame about 3 inches wide on every side, with a gold molding all around the frame. ¹³He cast four rings of gold for it and set them at the four corners, one by each of its four legs. ¹⁴The rings were near the frame, to hold the poles by which the table was carried. ¹⁵He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, for carrying the table. ¹⁶He made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its dishes, its pans, its bowls, and the jars used for pouring out drink offerings.

Making the lampstand

¹⁷He made the lampstand of pure gold, hammered out. Its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds and its blossoms formed one piece with it. ¹⁸Six branches came out from the sides of the lampstand: from one side three of its branches, and from the other side three. ¹⁹One branch had three cups shaped like almond blossoms, with a bud and a blossom, and the next branch three cups shaped like almond blossoms, with a bud and a blossom. It was the same for all six branches that came out of the lampstand. ²⁰Four cups shaped like almond blossoms, with their buds and blossoms, were on the lampstand itself. ²¹There was a bud under each pair of branches that came out of it: one bud beneath each of the three pairs, for the six branches that came out of it. ²²Their buds and their branches were part of it, the whole of it a single hammered piece of pure gold. ²³He made seven lamps for it, along with its tongs and its fire pans, all of pure gold. ²⁴From about 75 pounds of pure gold he made the lampstand and all its utensils.

Making the altar of incense

²⁵He made the altar of incense from acacia wood, square in shape, about 18 inches on each side and about 3 feet high; its horns were part of the altar itself. ²⁶He overlaid it with pure gold: the top, the sides all the way around, and the horns. And he ran a gold molding around it. ²⁷Below the molding he made two gold rings for it, on its two opposite sides, as holders for the carrying poles.^{a 28}He made its poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. ²⁹He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of fragrant spices, prepared with a perfumer’s skill.