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Exodus 37 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Making the Ark
Exo 37:1

Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.[fn]

Exo 37:2

He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding all around it.

Exo 37:3

He cast four gold rings for it, for its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

Exo 37:4

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

Exo 37:5

He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark for carrying the ark.

Exo 37:6

He made a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.[fn]

Exo 37:7

He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat,

Exo 37:8

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.

Exo 37:9

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.

Making the Table
Exo 37:10

He constructed the table of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.[fn]

Exo 37:11

He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it.

Exo 37:12

He made a three-inch[fn] frame all around it and made a gold molding all around its frame.

Exo 37:13

He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

Exo 37:14

The rings were next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.

Exo 37:15

He made the poles for carrying the table from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

Exo 37:16

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.

Making the Lampstand
Exo 37:17

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 buds and petals.

Exo 37:18

Six branches extended from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.

Exo 37:19

There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on the next branch. It was this way for the six branches that extended from the lampstand.

Exo 37:20

There were four cups shaped like almond blossoms on the lampstand shaft along with its buds and petals.

Exo 37:21

For the six branches that extended from it, a bud was under the first pair of branches from it, a bud under the second pair of branches from it, and a bud under the third pair of branches from it.

Exo 37:22

Their buds and branches were of one piece with it. All of it was a single hammered piece of pure gold.

Exo 37:23

He also made its seven lamps, snuffers, and firepans of pure gold.

Exo 37:24

He made it and all its utensils of seventy-five pounds[fn] of pure gold.

Making the Altar of Incense
Exo 37:25

He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, eighteen inches long and eighteen inches wide; it was thirty-six inches high.[fn] Its horns were of one piece with it.

Exo 37:26

He overlaid it, its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold. Then he made a gold molding all around it.

Exo 37:27

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.

Exo 37:28

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

Exo 37:29

He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant, and expertly blended incense.

CSB Footnotes
Lit two and a half cubits its length, one and a half cubits its width, and one and a half cubits its height
Lit two and a half cubits its length and one and a half cubits its width
Lit two cubits its length, one cubit its width, and one and a half cubits its height
Lit a handbreadth
Lit a talent
Lit a cubit its length, a cubit its width, and two cubits its height
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