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37:1  B’tzal’el made the ark of acacia-wood three-and-three-quarters feet long, two-and-a-quarter feet wide and two-and-a-quarter feet high.
37:2  He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside and put a molding of gold for it around the top.
37:3  He cast four gold rings for it at its four feet, two rings on each side.
37:4  He made poles of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
37:5  He put the carrying-poles for the ark in the rings on the sides of the ark.
37:6  He made a cover for the ark of pure gold, three-and-three-quarters feet long and two-and-a-quarter feet wide.
37:7  He made two k’ruvim of gold; he made them of hammered work for the two ends of the ark-cover —
37:8  one keruv for one end and one keruv for the other end; he made the k’ruvim of one piece with the ark-cover at its two ends.
37:9  The k’ruvim had their wings spread out above, so that their wings covered the ark; their faces were toward each other and toward the ark-cover.
37:10  He made the table of acacia-wood, three feet long, eighteen inches wide and eighteen inches high.
37:11  He overlaid it with pure gold and put a molding of gold around the top of it.
37:12  He made around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a molding of gold around the rim.
37:13  He cast for it four gold rings and attached the rings to the four corners, near its four legs.
37:14  The rings to hold the carrying-poles for the table were placed close to the rim.
37:15  He made the carrying-poles for the table of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
37:16  He made the utensils to be put on the table — its dishes, pans, bowls and pitchers — of pure gold.
37:17  (RY: iii, LY: vi) He made the menorah of pure gold. He made it of hammered work; its base, shaft, cups, rings of outer leaves and flowers were a single unit.
37:18  There were six branches extending from its sides, three branches of the menorah on one side of it and three on the other.
37:19  On one branch were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ring of outer leaves and petals; likewise on the opposite branch three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ring of outer leaves and petals; and similarly for all six branches extending from the menorah.
37:20  On the central shaft of the menorah were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its ring of outer leaves and petals.
37:21  Where each pair of branches joined the central shaft was a ring of outer leaves of one piece with the pair of branches — thus for all six branches.
37:22  Their rings of outer leaves and their branches were of one piece with the shaft. Thus the whole menorah was one piece of hammered work made of pure gold.
37:23  He made its seven lamps, its tongs and its trays of pure gold.
37:24  The menorah and its utensils were made of sixty-six pounds of pure gold.
37:25  He made the altar on which to burn incense of acacia-wood, eighteen inches square and three feet high; its horns were a single unit.
37:26  He overlaid it with pure gold — its top, all around its sides and its horns; and he put around it a molding of gold.
37:27  He made two gold rings for it under its molding at the two corners on both sides, to hold the carrying-poles.
37:28  He made the poles of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
37:29  He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of aromatic plant substances as would an expert perfume-maker.