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The Making of the Table

10 Bezalel[a] made the table of acacia wood; its length was 36 inches, its width 18 inches, and its height 27 inches. 11 He overlaid it with pure gold, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it. 12 He made a surrounding frame for it about three inches wide, and he made a surrounding border of gold for its frame. 13 He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings at the four corners where its four legs were. 14 The rings were close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table. 15 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. 16 He made the vessels which were on the table out of pure gold, its[b] plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings.

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  1. Exodus 37:10 tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Exodus 37:16 tn The suffixes on these could also indicate the indirect object (see Exod 25:29).

10 (A)Then he made the table of acacia wood, [a]two cubits [b]long, a cubit [c]wide, and one and a half cubits [d]high. 11 He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around. 12 And he made a rim for it of a [e]hand width all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around. 13 He also cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four legs. 14 Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table. 15 And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. 16 He also made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes, its pans, its libation bowls, and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold.

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  1. Exodus 37:10 About 3 ft. long, 1.5 ft. wide, and 2.2 ft. high or about 90 cm, 45 cm, and 68 cm
  2. Exodus 37:10 Lit its length
  3. Exodus 37:10 Lit its width
  4. Exodus 37:10 Lit its height
  5. Exodus 37:12 About 3 in. or 7.5 cm