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 1 of gold for it. 37:3 He cast four gold rings for it that he put 2 on its four feet, with 3 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.
1 tn Or “molding.”
2 tn “that he put” has been supplied.
3 tn This is taken as a circumstantial clause; the clause begins with the conjunction vav.