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Making the Ark |
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| 37:1 | Betzalel made the ark of acacia wood, 2 and a half cubits long, 1 and a half cubits wide, and 1 and a half cubits high. |
| 37:2 | He covered it with a layer of pure gold on the inside, and made a gold rim for it all around. |
| 37:3 | He cast four gold rings for its four corners, two rings for one side, and two for the other. |
| 37:4 | He made carrying poles of acacia wood and covered them with a layer of gold. |
| 37:5 | He then placed the carrying poles in the rings on the ark's sides, so that the ark could be carried with them. |
| 37:6 | He made a pure gold cover, 2 and a half cubits long and 1 and a half cubits wide. |
| 37:7 | He made two golden cherubs, hammering them out from the two ends of the cover. |
| 37:8 | The cherubs were made on both ends from the same piece of metal as the cover itself, one cherub on one end, and one on the other. |
| 37:9 | The cherubs had their wings outstretched upward so as to shield the ark-cover with their wings. They faced one another, with their faces [somewhat inclined downward] toward the cover. |
Making the Table |
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| 37:10 | He made the table out of acacia wood, 2 cubits long, one cubit wide, and 1 and a half cubits high. |
| 37:11 | He covered it with a layer of pure gold, and made it a gold rim all around. |
| 37:12 | He made a frame for it, one handbreadth wide, and placed [the] gold rim on the frame. |
| 37:13 | He cast four gold rings for [the table], placing the rings on the corners of its four legs. |
| 37:14 | The rings were adjacent to the frame, and were meant to hold the poles used to carry the table. |
| 37:15 | He made acacia poles to carry the table, and covered them with a layer of gold. |
| 37:16 | He made the utensils to go on the table, bread forms and incense bowls, as well as half tubes and side frames to serve as dividers [for the bread], all out of pure gold. |
Making the Lamp |
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| 37:17 | He made the menorah out of pure gold, hammering the menorah along with its base, stem, and decorative cups, spheres and flowers, out of a single piece of metal. |
| 37:18 | Six branches extended from the menorah's sides, three on one and three on the other. |
| 37:19 | There were three embossed cups, a sphere, and a flower on each branch. This was true of all six branches extending from the menorah. |
| 37:20 | The menorah's [shaft] had four embossed cups, along with its own spheres and flowers. |
| 37:21 | There was a sphere at the base of each of the three pairs of branches extending from [the stem]. This was true of all six of [the menorah's] branches. |
| 37:22 | The spheres and branches were all made from the same [ingot] as the [menorah itself]. It was all hammered from a single piece of pure gold. |
| 37:23 | He thus made the menorah with seven lamps. [He also made] its wick tongs and ash scoops out of pure gold. |
| 37:24 | The [menorah] and all its parts were made from a talent of gold. |
Making the Incense Altar |
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| 37:25 | He made the incense altar of acacia wood, one cubit square, and, including its horns, two cubits high. |
| 37:26 | He covered its top, its walls all around, and its horns, with a layer of pure gold, and made it a gold rim all around. |
| 37:27 | He made two rings [for the altar] below its rim on its two opposite sides, so as to hold the poles with which [the altar] was carried. |
| 37:28 | He made the carrying poles out of acacia wood, and covered them with a layer of gold. |
| 37:29 | Using the techniques of a perfumer, he made the sacred anointing oil and the pure perfume incense. |
Commentary:
| Betzalel made This, and the next two sections parallel Exodus 25:10-40. |
| cast A detail not mentioned in Exodus 25:26. |
| to go on the table A detail not mentioned in Exodus 25:29. |
| half tubes Note that the order in Exodus 25:19 is transposed. |
| He made... Paralleling Exodus 30:1-6. |
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