Exodus 37 Parallel Bible Translations

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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. Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
2 He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it. And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it. He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.
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. And he cast for it four rings of gold for its four feet, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side. He cast four gold rings for it and fastened them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
4 He made poles of acacia wood, overlaid them with gold, And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
5 and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark. and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark. And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
6 He made an atonement lid of pure gold; its length was three feet nine inches, and its width was two feet three inches. And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. He made the atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
7 He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid, And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy seat, Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
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. one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends. He made one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; at the two ends he made them of one piece with the cover.
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 cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim. The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.
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. He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. They made the table of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.
11 He overlaid it with pure gold, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it. And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it. Then they overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.
12 He made a surrounding frame for it about three inches wide, and he made a surrounding border of gold for its frame. And he made a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim. They also made around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
13 He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings at the four corners where its four legs were. He cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs. They cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners, where the four legs were.
14 The rings were close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table. Close to the frame were the rings, as holders for the poles to carry the table. The rings were put close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.
15 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold. The poles for carrying the table were made of acacia wood and were overlaid with gold.
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. And he made the vessels of pure gold that were to be on the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and flagons with which to pour drink offerings. And they made from pure gold the articles for the table—its plates and dishes and bowls and its pitchers for the pouring out of drink offerings.
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. He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were of one piece with it. They made the lampstand of pure gold. They hammered out its base and shaft, and made its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them.
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. And there were six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it; Six branches extended from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.
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. three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on one branch, three on the next branch and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand.
20 On the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms, And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers, And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
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. and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out of it. One bud was under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair—six branches in all.
22 Their buds and their branches were of one piece; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold. Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole of it was a single piece of hammered work of pure gold. The buds and the branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
23 He made its seven lamps, its trimmers, and its trays of pure gold. And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its trays of pure gold. They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold.
24 He made the lampstand and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds of pure gold. He made it and all its utensils out of a talent of pure gold. They made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent of pure gold.
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. He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it. They made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high —its horns of one piece with it.
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. He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he made a molding of gold around it, They overlaid the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.
27 He also made two gold rings for it under its border, on its two sides, on opposite sides, as places for poles to carry it with. and made two rings of gold on it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, as holders for the poles with which to carry it. They made two gold rings below the molding—two on each of the opposite sides—to hold the poles used to carry it.
28 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. They made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
29 He made the sacred anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer. He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer. They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense—the work of a perfumer.
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