1 Bez'alel 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.2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a molding of gold around it.3 And he cast for it four rings of gold for its four corners, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side.4 And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,5 and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.6 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.7 And he made two cherubim of hammered gold; on the two ends of the mercy seat he made them,8 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.9 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.10 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;11 and he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it.12 And he made around it a frame a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the frame.13 He cast for it four rings of gold, and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs.14 Close to the frame were the rings, as holders for the poles to carry the table.15 He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold.16 And he made the vessels of pure gold which were to be upon the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and flagons with which to pour libations.17 He also made the lampstand of pure gold. The base and the shaft of the lampstand were made of hammered work; its cups, its capitals, and its flowers were of one piece with it.18 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;19 three cups made like almonds, each with capital and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almonds, each with capital and flower, on the other branch --so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.20 And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almonds, with their capitals and flowers,21 and a capital of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out of it.22 Their capitals and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was one piece of hammered work of pure gold.23 And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.24 He made it and all its utensils of a talent of pure gold.25 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.26 He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and he made a molding of gold round about it,27 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.28 And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.29 He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.

1 Bezalel fez a arca da aliança de madeira de acácia; a arca media um metro e dez de comprimento por sessenta e seis centímetros de largura e sessenta e seis de altura. 2 Ele a revestiu de ouro puro por dentro e por fora e pôs em toda a volta um remate de ouro. 3 Fez quatro argolas de ouro e as colocou nos quatro pés da arca, ficando duas argolas de cada lado. 4 Ele fez cabos de madeira de acácia e os revestiu de ouro. 5 Depois enfiou os cabos nas argolas nos dois lados da arca, para que pudesse ser carregada.

6 Bezalel fez uma tampa de ouro puro de um metro e dez de comprimento por sessenta e seis centímetros de largura. 7 Ele fez dois querubins de ouro batido, 8 um para cada ponta da tampa. Ele os fez de tal modo, que formavam uma só peça com a tampa. 9 Os querubins ficavam de frente um para o outro, olhando para a tampa, e as suas asas abertas cobriam a tampa.

10 Bezalel fez uma mesa de madeira de acácia, com as seguintes medidas: oitenta e oito centímetros de comprimento por quarenta e quatro de largura e sessenta e seis de altura. 11 Ele revestiu de ouro puro a mesa e colocou um remate de ouro em volta dela. 12 Também fez em volta da mesa um friso de quatro dedos de largura e pôs um remate de ouro em volta do friso. 13 Fez quatro argolas de ouro e as pôs nos quatro cantos, perto dos quatro pés. 14 Perto do friso estavam as argolas por onde passavam os cabos que eram usados para se carregar a mesa. 15 Ele fez os cabos de madeira de acácia e os revestiu de ouro. 16 Fez também de ouro puro as vasilhas para a mesa, isto é, os pratos, os copos, as taças e as jarras que eram usados para as ofertas de vinho.

17 Bezalel fez de ouro puro batido o candelabro, a sua base e a sua haste. As flores que enfeitavam o candelabro, com os seus botões e as suas pétalas, formavam uma só peça com ele. 18 Dos seus lados saíam seis braços, três de um lado e três do outro. 19 Cada um dos seis braços tinha três flores com o formato de flor de amendoeira, com os seus botões e as suas pétalas.

20 A haste do candelabro tinha quatro flores com o formato de flor de amendoeira, com os seus botões e as suas pétalas. 21 Havia um botão de amendoeira debaixo de cada um dos três pares de braços. 22 Os botões, os braços e o candelabro formavam uma só peça de ouro puro batido. 23 Bezalel também fez sete lamparinas para o candelabro; as tesouras de cortar os pavios das lamparinas e os cinzeiros eram de ouro puro. 24 Ele usou trinta e quatro quilos de ouro puro para fazer o candelabro e todas as peças que o acompanhavam.

25 Bezalel fez um altar de madeira de acácia para queimar incenso em cima dele. O altar era quadrado, medindo quarenta e cinco centímetros de comprimento por quarenta e cinco de largura; e tinha noventa centímetros de altura. As pontas, nos quatro cantos, formavam uma só peça com o altar. 26 Bezalel revestiu de ouro puro a tampa, os quatro lados e as pontas e colocou um remate de ouro em volta do altar. 27 Também fez duas argolas de ouro e as colocou debaixo do remate, uma de cada lado. Por dentro das argolas passavam os cabos que eram usados para carregar o altar. 28 Os cabos foram feitos de madeira de acácia e revestidos de ouro.

29 Bezalel preparou o azeite sagrado de ungir e o incenso puro de cheiro agradável, misturado como perfume.