Exodus 37:1-29 CEB

[1] Bezalel made the chest of acacia wood. It was forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. [2] He covered the chest with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding all around it. [3] He cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other. [4] He made acacia-wood poles and covered them with gold. [5] He put the poles into the rings on the chest’s sides to use to carry the chest. [6] He made a cover for the chest out of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide. [7] He made two winged heavenly creatures of hammered gold for the two ends of the cover, [8] one winged heavenly creature at one end and one winged heavenly creature at the other. He placed the winged heavenly creatures at the cover’s two ends. [9] The winged heavenly creatures spread out their wings above, shielding the cover with their wings. The winged heavenly creatures faced each other toward the cover’s center. [10] He also made the table of acacia wood, three feet long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. [11] He covered it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it. [12] He made a frame around it that was four inches wide and gold molding around the frame. [13] He made four gold rings for the table. He fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs. [14] The rings that housed the poles used for carrying the table were close to the frame. [15] He made the poles used to carry the table out of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold. [16] He made the containers of pure gold that were to be on the table: its plates, dishes, bowls, and jars for pouring drink offerings. [17] He also made the lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The lampstand’s base, branches, cups, flowers, and petals were all attached to it. [18] It had six branches growing out from its sides, three branches on one side of the lampstand and three branches on the other side of the lampstand. [19] One branch had three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a flower and petals, and the next branch also had three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a flower and petals. A total of six branches grew out of the lampstand. [20] In addition, on the lampstand itself there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its flower and petals. [21] There was a flower attached under the first pair of branches, a flower attached under the next pair of branches, and a flower attached under the last pair of branches. [22] Their flowers and their branches were attached to it. The whole lampstand was one piece of pure hammered gold. [23] He made its seven lamps and its tongs and its fire pans out of pure gold. [24] He made the lampstand and all its equipment from pure gold weighing one kikkar. [25] He made the incense altar out of acacia wood. The altar was square, eighteen inches long by eighteen inches wide. It was three feet high, and its horns were permanently attached. [26] He covered it with pure gold, including its top, all its sides, and its horns. He also made a gold molding all around it. [27] He made two gold rings, and he attached them under the molding on two opposite sides of the altar. They housed the poles used to carry it. [28] He made the poles of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold. [29] He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure sweet-smelling incense like a skilled perfume maker.