Thematic Bible
Exodus 37:1 (show verse)
Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
Exodus 37:2 (show verse)
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding all around it.
Exodus 37:3 (show verse)
He cast four gold rings for it, for its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.
Exodus 37:4 (show verse)
He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
Exodus 37:5 (show verse)
He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark for carrying the ark.
Exodus 37:6 (show verse)
He made a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
Exodus 37:7 (show verse)
He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat,
Exodus 37:8 (show verse)
one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At each end, he made a cherub of one piece with the mercy seat.
Exodus 37:9 (show verse)
They had wings spread out. They faced each other and covered the mercy seat with their wings. The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.
Exodus 37:10 (show verse)
He constructed the table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
Exodus 37:11 (show verse)
He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it.
Exodus 37:12 (show verse)
He made a three-inch frame all around it and made a gold molding all around its frame.
Exodus 37:13 (show verse)
He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
Exodus 37:14 (show verse)
The rings were next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.
Exodus 37:15 (show verse)
He made the poles for carrying the table from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
Exodus 37:16 (show verse)
He also made the utensils that would be on the table out of pure gold: its plates and cups, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.
Exodus 37:17 (show verse)
Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold. He made it all of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its calyxes and petals.
Exodus 37:18 (show verse)
Six branches extended from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.
Exodus 37:19 (show verse)
There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the next branch. It was this way for the six branches that extended from the lampstand.
Exodus 37:20 (show verse)
On the lampstand shaft there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with its calyxes and petals.
Exodus 37:21 (show verse)
For the six branches that extended from it, a calyx was under the first pair of branches from it, a calyx under the second pair of branches from it, and a calyx under the third pair of branches from it.
Exodus 37:22 (show verse)
Their calyxes and branches were of one piece. All of it was a single hammered piece of pure gold.
Exodus 37:23 (show verse)
He also made its seven lamps, snuffers, and firepans of pure gold.
Exodus 37:24 (show verse)
He made it and all its utensils of 75 pounds of pure gold.
Exodus 37:25 (show verse)
He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide; it was 36 inches high. Its horns were of one piece.
Exodus 37:26 (show verse)
He overlaid it, its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold. Then he made a gold molding all around it.
Exodus 37:27 (show verse)
He made two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; he put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with.
Exodus 37:28 (show verse)
He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
Exodus 37:29 (show verse)
He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant, and expertly blended incense.