Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half was
its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half
its height. And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside,
and made a molding of gold around it. And he cast for it four rings
of gold for its four feet, two rings on its one side and two rings
on its other side. And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid
them with gold and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the
ark to carry the ark. And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two
cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its
breadth. And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered
work on the two ends of the mercy seat, one cherub on the one end,
and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat
he made the cherubim on its two ends. The cherubim spread out their
wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with
their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of
the cherubim.

  He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length,
a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. And he
overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it.
And he made a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and made a molding
of gold around the rim. He cast for it four rings of gold and
fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs. Close to
the frame were the rings, as holders for the poles to carry the
table. He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and
overlaid them with gold. And he made the vessels of pure gold that
were to be on the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its
bowls and flagons with which to pour drink offerings.

  He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of
hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its
flowers were of one piece with it. And there were six branches
going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one
side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other
side of it; three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx
and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond
blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch—so for
the six branches going out of the lampstand. And on the lampstand
itself were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes
and flowers, and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of
the six branches going out of it. Their calyxes and their branches
were of one piece with it. The whole of it was a single piece of
hammered work of pure gold. And he made its seven lamps and its
tongs and its trays of pure gold. He made it and all its utensils
out of a talent of pure gold.

  He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a
cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits
was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it. He overlaid it
with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he
made a molding of gold around it, and made two rings of gold on it
under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, as holders for the
poles with which to carry it. And he made the poles of acacia wood
and overlaid them with gold.

  He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant
incense, blended as by the perfumer.

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