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Exodus Chapter Thirty-seven

 

Exodus 37 Outlines

Making the Ark of the Testimony (v.1~9)

Making the Table for the Showbread (v.10~16)

Making the Gold Lampstand (v.17~24)

Making the Altar of Incense (v.25~28)

Making the Anointing Oil and the Incense (v.29)

New King James Version (NKJV)

 

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 37

This chapter continues the account of the making of the tabernacle and the furniture of it particularly the ark mercy seat and cherubim Exodus 37:1 the shewbread table and what appertained to that Exodus 37:10 the candlestick and all the vessels of it Exodus 37:17 and the altar of incense together with the anointing oil and pure incense Exodus 37:25.

 

Exodus 37:1  Then Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits was its length a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its height.

   YLT  1And Bezaleel maketh the ark of shittim wood two cubits and a half its length and a cubit and a half its breadth and a cubit and a half its height;

Verses 1-29

And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood .... Jarchi says because he gave his mind to this work more than the rest of the wise men it is called by his name. It is a notion of some Jewish writers that the ark was made by Bezaleel without the help of others; but there is no sufficient reason to be given for it; for other things are equally ascribed to him in this and the following chapter as the mercy seat with the cherubim the shewbread table the candlestick of pure gold the two altars the laver of brass with other things which are only said to be made by him because they were made by his direction and he having the oversight of them while making; wherefore Aben Ezra observes that this is particularly said for the glory of the ark. Of the ark and all other things mentioned in this chapter; see Gill on Exodus 25:1 &c. to end of chapter; see Gill on Exodus 30:1 &c. to end of chapter.

 

Exodus 37:2  2 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside and made a molding of gold all around it.

   YLT  2and he overlayeth it with pure gold within and without and maketh for it a wreath of gold round about;

 

Exodus 37:3  3 And he cast for it four rings of gold to be set in its four corners: two rings on one side and two rings on the other side of it.

   YLT  3and he casteth for it four rings of gold on its four feet even two rings on its one side and two rings on its second side;

 

Exodus 37:4  4 He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

   YLT  4and he maketh staves of shittim wood and overlayeth them with gold

 

Exodus 37:5  5 And he put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark to bear the ark.

   YLT  5and he bringeth in the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark to bear the ark.

 

Exodus 37:6  6 He also made the mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits was its length and a cubit and a half its width.

   YLT  6And he maketh a mercy-seat of pure gold two cubits and a half its length and a cubit and a half its breadth;

 

Exodus 37:7  7 He made two cherubim of beaten gold; he made them of one piece at the two ends of the mercy seat:

   YLT  7and he maketh two cherubs of gold of beaten work he hath made them at the two ends of the mercy-seat;

 

Exodus 37:8  8 one cherub at one end on this side and the other cherub at the other end on that side. He made the cherubim at the two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.

   YLT  8one cherub at the end on this [side] and one cherub at the end on that out of the mercy-seat he hath made the cherubs at its two ends;

 

Exodus 37:9  9 The cherubim spread out their wings above and covered the mercy seat with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

   YLT  9and the cherubs are spreading out wings on high covering over the mercy-seat with their wings and their faces [are] one towards another; towards the mercy-seat have the faces of the cherubs been.

 

Exodus 37:10  10 He made the table of acacia wood; two cubits was its length a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its height.

   YLT  10And he maketh the table of shittim wood; two cubits its length and a cubit its breadth and a cubit and a half its height

 

Exodus 37:11  11 And he overlaid it with pure gold and made a molding of gold all around it.

   YLT  11and overlayeth it with pure gold and maketh for it a wreath of gold round about.

 

Exodus 37:12  12 Also he made a frame of a handbreadth all around it and made a molding of gold for the frame all around it.

   YLT  12And he maketh for it a border of a handbreadth round about and maketh a wreath of gold for its border round about;

 

Exodus 37:13  13 And he cast for it four rings of gold and put the rings on the four corners that were at its four legs.

   YLT  13and he casteth for it four rings of gold and putteth the rings on the four corners which [are] to its four feet;

 

Exodus 37:14  14 The rings were close to the frame as holders for the poles to bear the table.

   YLT  14over-against the border have the rings been places for staves to bear the table.

 

Exodus 37:15  15 And he made the poles of acacia wood to bear the table and overlaid them with gold.

   YLT  15And he maketh the staves of shittim wood and overlayeth them with gold to bear the table;

 

Exodus 37:16  16 He made of pure gold the utensils which were on the table: its dishes its cups its bowls and its pitchers for pouring.

   YLT  16and he maketh the vessels which [are] upon the table its dishes and its bowls and its cups and the cups by which they pour out of pure gold.

 

Exodus 37:17  17 He also made the lampstand of pure gold; of hammered work he made the lampstand. Its shaft its branches its bowls its ornamental knobs and its flowers were of the same piece.

   YLT  17And he maketh the candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work he hath made the candlestick its base and its branch its calyxes its knops and its flowers have been of the same;

 

Exodus 37:18  18 And six branches came out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side.

   YLT  18and six branches are coming out of its sides three branches of the candlestick out of its one side and three branches of the candlestick out of its second side;

 

Exodus 37:19  19 There were three bowls made like almond blossoms on one branch with an ornamental knob and a flower and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch with an ornamental knob and a flower—and so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.

   YLT  19three calyxes made like almonds in the one branch a knop and a flower; and three calyxes made like almonds in another branch a knop and a flower; so to the six branches which are coming out of the candlestick.

 

Exodus 37:20  20 And on the lampstand itself were four bowls made like almond blossoms each with its ornamental knob and flower.

   YLT  20And in the candlestick [are] four calyxes made like almonds its knops and its flowers

 

Exodus 37:21  21 There was a knob under the first two branches of the same a knob under the second two branches of the same and a knob under the third two branches of the same according to the six branches extending from it.

  YLT  21and a knop under the two branches of the same and a knop under the two branches of the same and a knop under the two branches of the same [are] to the six branches which are coming out of it;

 

Exodus 37:22  22 Their knobs and their branches were of one piece; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold.

   YLT  22their knops and their branches have been of the same; all of it one beaten work of pure gold.

 

Exodus 37:23  23 And he made its seven lamps its wick-trimmers and its trays of pure gold.

   YLT  23And he maketh its seven lamps and its snuffers and its snuff-dishes of pure gold;

 

Exodus 37:24  24 Of a talent of pure gold he made it with all its utensils.

   YLT  24of a talent of pure gold he hath made it and all its vessels.

 

Exodus 37:25  25 He made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit and its width a cubit—it was square—and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it.

   YLT  25And he maketh the perfume-altar of shittim wood; a cubit its length and a cubit its breadth (square) and two cubits its height; its horns have been of the same;

 

Exodus 37:26  26 And he overlaid it with pure gold: its top its sides all around and its horns. He also made for it a molding of gold all around it.

   YLT  26and he overlayeth it with pure gold its top and its sides round about and its horns; and he maketh for it a wreath of gold round about;

 

Exodus 37:27  27 He made two rings of gold for it under its molding by its two corners on both sides as holders for the poles with which to bear it.

   YLT  27and two rings of gold he hath made for it under its wreath at its two corners at its two sides for places for staves to bear it with them.

 

Exodus 37:28  28 And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

   YLT  28And he maketh the staves of shittim wood and overlayeth them with gold;

 

Exodus 37:29  29 He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices according to the work of the perfumer.

   YLT  29and he maketh the holy anointing oil and the pure spice-perfume -- work of a compounder.

 

──John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible