A reading from the Book of Exodus.

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.

And he overlaid it with pure gold, inside and outside,

and made a molding of gold around it.

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.

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 breadth. And he made two cherub them 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 breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding

of gold around it. And he made aid it with pure gold and made a molding of gold around it.

And he made a rim around it, a hand-breadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim.

He cast for it 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,

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