Thematic Bible
Exodus 37:1 (show verse)
Bezalel made the ark [of the covenant] of acacia wood—it was two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.
Exodus 37:2 (show verse)
And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a molding (border) of gold to go all around [the top of it].
Exodus 37:3 (show verse)
He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.
Exodus 37:4 (show verse)
He made carrying poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
Exodus 37:5 (show verse)
He put the carrying poles through the rings at the sides of the ark, to carry it.
Exodus 37:6 (show verse)
Bezalel made the mercy seat of pure gold; it was two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide.
Exodus 37:7 (show verse)
He made two cherubim of hammered gold; he made them 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; he made the cherubim [of one piece] with the mercy seat at the two ends.
Exodus 37:9 (show verse)
The cherubim spread out their wings upward, covering and protecting the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were [looking downward] toward the mercy seat.
Exodus 37:10 (show verse)
Bezalel made the table [for the bread] of acacia wood; it was two cubits long, a cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.
Exodus 37:11 (show verse)
He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a border of gold for it all around [its top].
Exodus 37:12 (show verse)
He made a rim for it [just under the top] a hand width wide all around, and a border of gold around its rim.
Exodus 37:13 (show verse)
He cast four rings of gold for it and fastened the rings to the four corners that were at its four legs.
Exodus 37:14 (show verse)
Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles [to pass through] to carry the table.
Exodus 37:15 (show verse)
Bezalel made the carrying poles of acacia wood to carry the table and overlaid them with gold.
Exodus 37:16 (show verse)
He made the utensils which were to be on the table, its dishes and its pans [for bread], its bowls and its jars for pouring drink offerings, of pure gold.
Exodus 37:17 (show verse)
Then he made the lampstand (menorah) of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its [center] shaft; its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were all of one piece with it.
Exodus 37:18 (show verse)
There were six branches coming out of the sides of the lampstand, three branches from one side of the center shaft and three branches from the other side of it;
Exodus 37:19 (show verse)
three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a calyx and a flower in one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a calyx and a flower in the opposite branch—so for the six branches coming out of the center shaft of the lampstand.
Exodus 37:20 (show verse)
On the center shaft of the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, with calyxes and flowers [one at the top];
Exodus 37:21 (show verse)
and a calyx was under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a calyx under the second pair of branches, coming out of it, and a calyx under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.
Exodus 37:22 (show verse)
Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it; all of it was a single hammered work of pure gold.
Exodus 37:23 (show verse)
He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.
Exodus 37:24 (show verse)
He made the lampstand and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold.
Exodus 37:25 (show verse)
Then Bezalel made the incense altar of acacia wood; its top was a cubit square and it was two cubits high; the horns were of one piece with it.
Exodus 37:26 (show verse)
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides all around and its horns; he also made a rim of gold around it.
Exodus 37:27 (show verse)
He made two rings of gold for it under its rim, on its two opposite sides, as holders for the poles [to pass through] to carry it.
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 incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.