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37:1  After this Bezalel built the covenant chest out of acacia wood. It was 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
37:2  He overlaid the entire thing, inside and out, with pure gold, and decorated it with gold trim all the way around it.
37:3  He cast four gold rings and attached them to its four corners—two rings on each side of the chest.
37:4  He made poles out of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
37:5  He slid the poles through the rings on the sides of the chest in order to carry it without touching it. The poles were never to be removed.
37:6  He built a cover for the chest out of pure gold. It is known as the seat of mercy—where sins are atoned—and it was 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
37:7  He also fashioned two winged guardians out of hammered gold and placed them at both ends of the seat of mercy.
37:8  He placed one winged creature at each end of the seat of mercy. He had it made so that the winged guardians appeared as one solid piece with the cover.
37:9  The guardians faced one another with bowed heads, their wings spread so that they were reaching up and covering the seat of mercy.
37:10  Bezalel then built the table out of acacia wood—36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
37:11  He overlaid it with pure gold, and decorated it with gold trim around the edge.
37:12  He put a three-inch-wide rim around it and placed gold trim around the rim.
37:13  Then he cast four gold rings and attached them to each of the table’s four corners at its four legs.
37:14  The rings were placed just beneath the rim so they could hold the poles in order to carry the table.
37:15  He made the poles out of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
37:16  He had his artisans make different kinds of vessels for use at the table—platters, pans, pitchers, and bowls—out of pure gold for use with the offerings of incense and drink.
37:17  Then Bezalel fashioned a lampstand out of pure, hammered gold. He made its base, trunk, branches, decorative buds and blossoms, and lamp cups out of one solid piece.
37:18  Six branches extended from the trunk’s sides—three on one side and three on the other.
37:19  Each of the six branches had three decorative cups shaped like almond blossoms whose buds have just flowered.
37:20  On the trunk of the lampstand, there were four cups, shaped like almond blossoms whose buds have just flowered.
37:21  A single almond bud sat beneath each pair of six branches extending out from the trunk of the lampstand.
37:22  All the buds and branches were crafted out of pure, hammered gold of one solid piece.
37:23  Bezalel had his artisans make seven lamps, trays, and tongs out of pure gold.
37:24  He made the lampstand and all its accessories out of 75 pounds of pure gold.
37:25  Bezalel then built the altar of incense out of more acacia wood. He made it in the shape of a square—18 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 36 inches high. He carved the horns and the top of the altar out of one piece of wood.
37:26  He overlaid the whole thing, the top, the sides, and the horns with pure gold and attached a gold trim around its edges.
37:27  He fashioned two gold rings and attached them beneath the trim on the two opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry the altar.
37:28  He made the poles out of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
37:29  With the skill of a master perfumer, he blended the ingredients to make the sacred anointing oil and fragrant incense.