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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Exodus 37 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/37.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/37-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > Exodus 37</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/36.htm" title="Exodus 36">◄</a> Exodus 37 <a href="../exodus/38.htm" title="Exodus 38">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/exodus/37-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Constructing the Ark<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/25.htm#10">Exodus 25:10–16</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now Bezalel also made the ark from setim wood, having two and one half cubits in length, and one and one half cubits in width, and the height was also one and one half cubits. And he clothed it with the purest gold, inside and out. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And for it he made a crown of gold all around, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>casting four gold rings at its four corners: two rings on one side, and two on the other. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Likewise, he made bars from setim wood, which he clothed with gold, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and he placed them into the rings, which were at the sides of the ark, to carry it. <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">The Mercy Seat<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/25.htm#17">Exodus 25:17–22</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He also made the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, from the finest gold, two and one half cubits in length, and one and one half cubits in width, <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and then two Cherubim of ductile gold, which he positioned at the two sides of the propitiatory: <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>one Cherub at the top of one side, and the other Cherub at the top of the other side. The two Cherubim were at each end of the propitiatory, <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>spreading their wings, and protecting the propitiatory, and gazing toward it and toward one another.<p> <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">The Table of Showbread<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/25.htm#23">Exodus 25:23–30</a>; <a href ="../leviticus/24.htm#5">Leviticus 24:5–9</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He also made the table from setim wood, with a length of two cubits, and a width of one cubit, which had a height of one and one half cubits. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And he surrounded it with the finest gold, and for it he made a ledge of gold all around, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and for the ledge itself he made a polished crown of gold, four fingers high, and upon the same, another crown of gold. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he cast four gold rings, which he set at the four corners at each foot of the table, <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>opposite the crown. And he placed the bars into them, so that the table could be carried. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Likewise, the bars themselves he made from setim wood, and he surrounded them with gold. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And he made vessels for the diverse uses of the table, as well as the little cups, and bowls, and measuring cups, and the censers, from pure gold, in which the libations would be offered.<p> <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">The Lampstand<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/25.htm#31">Exodus 25:31–40</a>; <a href ="../numbers/8.htm">Numbers 8:1–4</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He also made the lampstand, formed from the finest gold. The branches, bowls, and little spheres, as well as the lilies, proceeded from its bar: <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>six on the two sides, three branches on one side, and three on the other. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Three bowls, the size of a nut, were on each branch, with little spheres and lilies, and three bowls, in the likeness of a nut, were on the other branch, with the little spheres together with the lilies. The workmanship of the six branches, which proceeded from the shaft of the lampstand, was equal. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now on the shaft itself were four bowls, the size of a nut, and little spheres together with each one, and lilies, <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>and little spheres under two branches in three places, which together made six branches proceeding from one bar. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Thus, both the little spheres and the branches were from the same thing: all hand-worked from the purest gold. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He also made the seven lamps with their candle snuffers, and the vessels where the candles would be extinguished, from the finest gold. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The lampstand with all its vessels weighed a talent of gold.<p> <A name="26"></a><p class="hdg">The Altar of Incense<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/30.htm">Exodus 30:1–10</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He also made the altar of incense from setim wood, having one cubit on each of four sides, and in height, two. From its corners proceeded horns. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And he clothed it with the purest gold, with its grating, as well as the sides and the horns. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And for it he made a crown of gold all around, and two gold rings under the crown at each side, so that the bars might be put into them, and the altar could be carried. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Now the bars themselves he also made from setim wood, and he covered them with layers of gold. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/37-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He also composed the oil for the ointment of sanctification, and the incense, from the purest aromatics, with the skill of a perfumer.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../exodus/36.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Exodus 36"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Exodus 36" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/38.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 38"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 38" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>