约柜

37 比撒列用皂荚木造了一个柜,长一点一米,宽六十六厘米,高六十六厘米。 这柜子里外都包上纯金,还镶了一圈金边。 他造了四个金环,安在柜的四个脚上,每边两个环, 又用皂荚木造了两根横杠,外面包上金, 然后把横杠穿过柜旁的金环,便于抬柜。 他用纯金造施恩座,长一点一米,宽六十六厘米。 又在施恩座的两端用金子打造两个基路伯天使, 这两个基路伯天使跟施恩座连在一起, 在施恩座的两端,面对面朝向施恩座,向上展开翅膀遮盖施恩座。

桌子

10 他用皂荚木造了一张桌子,长八十八厘米,宽四十四厘米,高六十六厘米。 11 整张桌子都包上纯金,四周镶上金边。 12 在桌子四周造一个八厘米宽的外框,上面也镶上金边。 13 他又造四个金环,安在桌子四角的桌腿上, 14 金环靠近外框,以便穿横杠抬桌子。 15 他用皂荚木造两根横杠,外面包金,用来抬桌子。 16 又用纯金造桌子上的器具,就是盘、碟及献酒用的杯和瓶。

17 他用纯金造了一座灯台,灯台的灯座、灯柱、油杯、花瓣和花苞都是用一块纯金打成的。 18 灯台两边各伸出三个分枝,共有六个分枝。 19 每个分枝都伸出三个杏花形状、有花瓣和花苞的油杯,六个分枝都是这样。 20 灯台上有四个杏花形状、有花瓣和花苞的杯。 21 灯台上每一对分枝的相连处有花苞,三对分枝都是这样。 22 整座灯台,包括一切装饰,都是用一块纯金打成的。 23 他又用纯金为这座灯台造了七个灯盏,以及灯剪和灯花盘。 24 造整座灯台和灯台的器具共用了三十四公斤纯金。

造香坛

25 他又用皂荚木造了一座方形的香坛,长宽各四十五厘米,高九十厘米,坛的四角与坛连成一体, 26 坛顶、坛的四面和坛上的角状物包上纯金,四周镶上金边。 27 他造了两个金环,安在坛两侧的金边下面, 28 又用皂荚木造横杠,包上金,穿在两个环里,用来抬香坛。

29 他又用调制香料的方法制作圣膏油和纯净芬芳的香。

Building the Ark of the Covenant

37 Next Bezalel made the Ark of acacia wood—a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.[a] He overlaid it inside and outside with pure gold, and he ran a molding of gold all around it. He cast four gold rings and attached them to its four feet, two rings on each side. Then he made poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. He inserted the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.

Then he made the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It was 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.[b] He made two cherubim from hammered gold and placed them on the two ends of the atonement cover. He molded the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold. The cherubim faced each other and looked down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they protected it.

Building the Table

10 Then Bezalel[c] made the table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.[d] 11 He overlaid it with pure gold and ran a gold molding around the edge. 12 He decorated it with a 3-inch border[e] all around, and he ran a gold molding along the border. 13 Then he cast four gold rings for the table and attached them at the four corners next to the four legs. 14 The rings were attached near the border to hold the poles that were used to carry the table. 15 He made these poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 16 Then he made special containers of pure gold for the table—bowls, ladles, jars, and pitchers—to be used in pouring out liquid offerings.

Building the Lampstand

17 Then Bezalel made the lampstand of pure, hammered gold. He made the entire lampstand and its decorations of one piece—the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and petals. 18 The lampstand had six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side. 19 Each of the six branches had three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals. 20 The center stem of the lampstand was crafted with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals. 21 There was an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extended from the center stem, all made of one piece. 22 The almond buds and branches were all of one piece with the center stem, and they were hammered from pure gold.

23 He also made seven lamps for the lampstand, lamp snuffers, and trays, all of pure gold. 24 The entire lampstand, along with its accessories, was made from 75 pounds[f] of pure gold.

Building the Incense Altar

25 Then Bezalel made the incense altar of acacia wood. It was 18 inches square and 36 inches high,[g] with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself. 26 He overlaid the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and he ran a gold molding around the entire altar. 27 He made two gold rings and attached them on opposite sides of the altar below the gold molding to hold the carrying poles. 28 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

29 Then he made the sacred anointing oil and the fragrant incense, using the techniques of a skilled incense maker.

Footnotes

  1. 37:1 Hebrew 2.5 cubits [115 centimeters] long, 1.5 cubits [69 centimeters] wide, and 1.5 cubits high.
  2. 37:6 Hebrew 2.5 cubits [115 centimeters] long and 1.5 cubits [69 centimeters] wide.
  3. 37:10a Hebrew he; also in 37:17, 25.
  4. 37:10b Hebrew 2 cubits [92 centimeters] long, 1 cubit [46 centimeters] wide, and 1.5 cubits [69 centimeters] high.
  5. 37:12 Hebrew a border of a handbreadth [8 centimeters].
  6. 37:24 Hebrew 1 talent [34 kilograms].
  7. 37:25 Hebrew 1 cubit [46 centimeters] long and 1 cubit wide, a square, and 2 cubits [92 centimeters] high.

37 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood—two cubits and a half was the length of it, a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.

He overlaid it with pure gold within and without and made a molding or crown of gold to go around the top of it.

He cast four rings of gold for its four corners, two rings on either side.

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

He put the poles through the rings at the sides of the ark to carry it.

[Bezalel] made the mercy seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length and one cubit and a half its breadth.

And he made two cherubim of beaten gold; on the two ends of the mercy seat he made them,

One cherub at one end and one at the other end; of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim at its two ends.

And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces to each other, looking down to the mercy seat.(A)

10 Bezalel made the [showbread] table of acacia wood; it was two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

11 He overlaid it with pure gold and made a molding of gold around its top.

12 And he made a border around it [just under the top] a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the border.

13 And he cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings on the four corners that were at its four legs.

14 Close to the border were the rings, the places for the poles to pass through to carry the [showbread] table.

15 [Bezalel] made the poles of acacia wood to carry the [showbread] table and overlaid them with gold.

16 He made of pure gold the vessels which were to be on the table, its plates and dishes [for bread], its bowls and flagons for pouring [liquid sacrifices].

17 And he made the lampstand of pure gold; its base and shaft were made of hammered work; its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were of one piece with it.

18 There were six branches going out of the sides of the lampstand, three branches out of one side of it and three branches out of the other side of it;

19 Three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, each with a [calyx] knob and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the [opposite] branch, each with a [calyx] knob and a flower; and so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

20 On [the shaft of] the lampstand were four cups made like almond blossoms, with knobs and flowers [one at the top].

21 And a knob under each pair of branches, of one piece with the lampstand, for the six branches going out of it.

22 Their knobs and their branches were of one piece with it, all of it hammered work of pure gold.

23 And he made of pure gold its seven lamps, its snuffers, and its ashtrays.

24 Of a talent of pure gold he made the lampstand and all its utensils.(B)

25 And [Bezalel] made the incense altar of acacia wood; its top was a cubit square and it was two cubits high; the horns were one piece with it.

26 He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides round about, and its horns; also he made a rim around it of gold.

27 And he made two rings of gold for it under its rim, on its two opposite sides, as places for the poles [to pass through] to carry it.

28 And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

29 He also made the holy anointing oil [symbol of the Holy Spirit] and the pure, fragrant incense, after the perfumer’s art.