Exodus 37 · Parashat Vayakhel

And Beżal᾽el made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height:

and he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a rim of gold to it round about.

And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by its four corners; even two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

And he made poles of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

And he put the poles into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

And he made the covering of pure gold: two cubits and a half was its length, and one cubit and a half its breadth.

And he made two keruvim of gold, beaten out of one piece he made them, on the two ends of the covering;

one keruv on the end on this side, and another keruv on the other end on that side: out of the covering made he the keruvim at the two ends of it.

And the keruvim spread out their wings on high, and spread with their wings over the covering, with their faces one to another; toward the covering were the faces of the keruvim.

And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height:

and he overlaid it with pure gold, and made for it a rim of gold round about.

Also he made for it a border of a handbreadth round about; and made a rim of gold for its border round about.

And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four legs.

Over against the border were the rings, the places for the poles to bear the table.

And he made the poles of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.

And he made the vessels which were upon the table, its dishes, and its spoons, and its bowls, and its jars for pouring out, of pure gold.

And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its bulbs, and its flowers, were of the same piece:

and six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side of it:

three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a bulb and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a bulb and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.

And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, its bulbs, and its flowers:

and a bulb under two branches of the same, and a bulb under two branches of the same, and a bulb under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.

Their bulbs and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.

And he made its seven lamps, and its tongs, and its ashpans of pure gold.

Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and all its vessels.

And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was its height; its horns were of the same.

And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides of it round about, and its horns: also he made for it a rim of gold round about.

And he made two rings of gold for it under its crown, by its two corners, upon its two sides, to be places for the poles with which to bear it.

And he made the poles of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the perfumer.