- Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.[1]
- He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.
- He cast four gold rings for it and fastened them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
- Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
- And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
- He made the atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
- Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
- He made one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; at the two ends he made them of one piece with the cover.
- The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.
- They[2] made the table of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.[3]
- Then they overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.
- They also made around it a rim a handbreadth[4] wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
- They cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners, where the four legs were.
- The rings were put close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.
- The poles for carrying the table were made of acacia wood and were overlaid with gold.
- And they made from pure gold the articles for the table—its plates and dishes and bowls and its pitchers for the pouring out of drink offerings.
- They made the lampstand of pure gold. They hammered out its base and shaft, and made its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them.
- Six branches extended from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.
- Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on one branch, three on the next branch and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand.
- And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
- One bud was under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair—six branches in all.
- The buds and the branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
- They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold.
- They made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent[5] of pure gold.
- They made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high[6]—its horns of one piece with it.
- They overlaid the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.
- They made two gold rings below the molding—two on each of the opposite sides—to hold the poles used to carry it.
- They made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
- They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense—the work of a perfumer.
The Ark
The Table
The Lampstand
The Altar of Incense
- That is, about 3 1/4 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide and high or about 1.1 meters long and 68 centimeters wide and high; similarly in verse 6
- Or 'He'; also in verses 11-29
- That is, about 3 feet long, 1 1/2 feet wide and 2 1/4 feet high or about 90 centimeters long, 45 centimeters wide and 68 centimeters high
- That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
- That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms
- That is, about 1 1/2 feet long and wide and 3 feet high or about 45 centimeters long and wide and 90 centimeters high