A reading from the Book of Exodus. Bezalel made the arc 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, and he overlaid it with pure gold

inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it, and he cast forward four rings of gold for its four feet,

two rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side. And he made poles of acacia wood

and overlaid them with gold, and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the

ark, and he made a mercy seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breath,

and he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy

seat, 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. 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.

He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breath,

and a cubit in a half its height, and he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold

around it, and he made a rim around it a hand- with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it,

and he made a rim around it a hand-breath wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim. He cast

forward four rings of gold, and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs,

close to the frame were the rings, as holders for the poles to carry the table. He made the

poles of acacia wood to carry the table,

and overlaid them with gold, 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.

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.

And there were six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lamp stand out of one side of it, and three branches of the lamp stand out of the other side of it.

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