Exodus 37

1 And Bezaleel made the ark, of acacia wood, two cubits and a half, the length thereof and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the height thereof;

Bezalel made the Ark of acacia wood measuring two and a half cubits long by a cubit and a half wide by one and a half cubits high.

2 and he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, -and made for it a rim of gold, round about;

He covered it with pure gold on the inside and the outside, and made a gold trim to go around it.

3 and he cast for it four rings of gold, upon the four feet thereof, —even, two rings, on the one side thereof and, two rings, on the other side thereof;

He cast four gold rings and attached them to its four feet, two on one side and two on the other.

4 and he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold;

He made poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.

5 and he brought the staves into the rings, upon the sides of the ark, for lifting the ark.

He placed the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, so it could be carried.

6 And he made a propitiatory of pure gold, —two cubits and a half, the length thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof:

He made the atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long by a cubit and a half wide.

7 and he made two cherubim, of gold, of beaten work, did he make them, out of the two ends of the propitiatory:

He made two cherubim of hammered gold for the ends of the atonement cover,

8 one cherub, out of this end, and, one cherub, out of that end, out of the propitiatory itself, made he the cherubim, out of the two ends thereof:

and put one cherub on each end. All of this was made from one piece of gold.

9 and the cherubim were spreading out their wings on high making a shelter with their wings over the propitiatory, with, their faces, one towards the other, towards the propitiatory, were the faces of the cherubim,

The cherubim were designed with spread wings pointing upward, covering the atonement cover. The cherubim were placed facing each another, looking down towards the atonement cover.

10 And he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits, the length thereof and, a cubit, the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof,

Then he made the table of acacia wood two cubits long by a cubit wide by a cubit and a half high.

11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, —and he made thereto a rim of gold round about:

He covered it with pure gold and made a gold trim to go around it.

12 and he mane thereto a border of a handbreadth, round about, and he made a rim of gold to the border thereof round about:

He made a border around it the width of a hand and put a gold trim on the border.

13 and he cast for it, four rings of gold, and placed the rings upon the four corners, which pertained to the four feet thereof:

He cast four gold rings for the table and attached them to the four corners of the table by the legs.

14 near to the border, were the rings, as receptacles for the staves, for lifting the table;

The rings were close to the border to hold the poles used to carry the table.

15 and he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, —for lifting the table;

He made the poles of acacia wood for carrying the table and covered them with gold.

16 and he made the utensils which were to be upon the table, its dishes and its pans and its bowls, and its basins for pouring out therewith, of pure gold.

He made utensils for the table from pure gold: plates and dishes, bowls and pitchers for pouring out drink offerings.

17 And he made the lampstand, of pure gold, of beaten work, made he the lampstand, its base and its shafts, its cups, its apples and its blossoms were, of the same;

He made the lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The whole of it was made of one piece—its base, shaft, cups, buds, and flowers.

18 with, six branches coming out of its sides, —three branches of the lampstand out of its one side and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side:

It had six branches coming out of the sides of the lampstand, three on each side. It had three cups shaped like almond flowers on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch.

19 three cups like almond-flowers in the one branch—apple and blossom, and, three cups like almond-flowers, in the next branch, apple and blossom, so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand;

Each of six branches that came out had three cups shaped like almond flowers, all complete with buds and petals.

20 and in the lampstand itself, four cups, like almond-flowers, its apples and its blossoms:

On the main shaft of the lampstand he made four cups shaped like almond flowers, complete with buds and petals.

21 with, an apple, under the two branches of the same, and, an apple, under the next two branches of the same, and, an apple, under the next two branches of the same, for the six branches coming out of the same:

On the six branches that came out of it, he placed a bud under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

22 their apples and their brunches were of the same, all of it one beaten work, of pure gold.

The buds and branches are to be made with the lampstand as one piece, hammered out of pure gold.

23 And he made the lamps thereof seven, —with its snuffers and its snuff-trays, of pure gold.

He made seven lamps, as well as wick tongs and their trays of pure gold.

24 Of a talent of pure gold, made he it, —and all the utensils thereof.

The lampstand and all these utensils required a talent of pure gold.

25 And he made the incense altar, of acacia wood, —a cubit, the length thereof, and, a cubit, the breadth thereof, foursquare, and two cubits the height thereof, of the same, were the horns thereof.

He made the altar for burning incense from acacia wood. It was square, measuring a cubit by a cubit, by two cubits high, with horns on its corners that were all one piece with the altar.

26 And he overlaid it with pure gold—the top thereof and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof, -and he made thereto a rim of gold, round about.

He covered its top, its side, and its horns with pure gold, and made a gold trim to go all around it.

27 And two rings of gold, made he thereto—beneath the rim thereof, upon the two corners thereof, upon the two sides thereof, —as receptacles for the staves, to lift it therewith.

He made two gold rings for the altar and attached them below the trim, two on both sides, to hold the poles to carry it.

28 And he made the staves of acacia wood, —and overlaid them with gold.

He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.

29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure fragrant incense, —the work of a perfumer.

He made the holy anointing oil and the pure, aromatic incense like the product of an expert perfumer.