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Text -- Exodus 37:1-26 (NET)
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The Making of the Ark
37:1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood ; its length was three feet nine inches , its width two feet three inches , and its height two feet three inches .
37:2 He overlaid it with pure gold , inside and out , and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.
37:3 He cast four gold rings for it that he put on its four feet , with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side .
37:4 He made poles of acacia wood , overlaid them with gold ,
37:5 and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark .
37:6 He made an atonement lid of pure gold ; its length was three feet nine inches , and its width was two feet three inches .
37:7 He made two cherubim of gold ; he made them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid ,
37:8 one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end . He made the cherubim from the atonement lid on its two ends .
37:9 The cherubim were spreading their wings upward , overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings . The cherubim faced each other , looking toward the atonement lid .
The Making of the Table
37:10 He made the table of acacia wood ; its length was three feet , its width one foot six inches , and its height two feet three inches .
37:11 He overlaid it with pure gold , and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.
37:12 He made a surrounding frame for it about three inches wide , and he made a surrounding border of gold for its frame .
37:13 He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings at the four corners where its four legs were.
37:14 The rings were close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table .
37:15 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold , to carry the table .
37:16 He made the vessels which were on the table out of pure gold , its plates , its ladles , its pitchers , and its bowls , to be used in pouring out offerings.
The Making of the Lampstand
37:17 He made the lampstand of pure gold . He made the lampstand of hammered metal ; its base and its shaft , its cups , its buds , and its blossoms were from the same piece.
37:18 Six branches were extending from its sides , three branches of the lampstand from one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it.
37:19 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the first branch , and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the next branch , and the same for the six branches that were extending from the lampstand .
37:20 On the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms ,
37:21 with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it; according to the six branches that extended from it.
37:22 Their buds and their branches were of one piece; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold .
37:23 He made its seven lamps , its trimmers , and its trays of pure gold .
37:24 He made the lampstand and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds of pure gold .
The Making of the Altar of Incense
37:25 He made the incense altar of acacia wood . Its length was a foot and a half and its width a foot and a half – a square – and its height was three feet . Its horns were of one piece with it.
37:26 He overlaid it with pure gold – its top , its four walls , and its horns – and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Tabernacle |
Israel |
Gold |
CANDLESTICK |
Ark |
Holy place |
CANDLESTICK, THE GOLDEN |
Lampstand |
SHEWBREAD, THE |
Consecrated Bread |
Lamp |
Altar |
Mercy Seat |
Bowl |
CROWN |
FIREPAN |
Metal Work of Gold |
CHERUBIM (1) |
Cherubim |
HANDBREADTH |
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NET Notes: Exo 37:3 This is taken as a circumstantial clause; the clause begins with the conjunction vav.
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NET Notes: Exo 37:16 The suffixes on these could also indicate the indirect object (see Exod 25:29).
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NET Notes: Exo 37:17 Heb “from it”; the referent (“the same piece” of wrought metal) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Exo 37:21 As in Exod 26:35, the translation of “first” and “next” and “third” is interpretive, because the text simply says ...
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NET Notes: Exo 37:24 Heb “it”; the referent (the lampstand) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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