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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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Footnotes

  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).

Making the Table

10 He(A) constructed the table of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.[a] 11 He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it. 12 He made a three-inch[b] frame all around it and made a gold molding all around its frame. 13 He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings to the four corners at its four legs. 14 The rings were next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table. 15 He made the poles for carrying the table from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 37:10 Lit two cubits its length, one cubit its width, and one and a half cubits its height
  2. 37:12 Lit a handbreadth