The Ark of the Covenant Law
1Bezalel made the ark of the covenant law out of acacia wood. It was three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide and high. 2He covered it inside and outside with pure gold. He put a strip of gold around it. 3He made four gold rings for it. He joined them to its four bottom corners. He put two rings on one side and two rings on the other. 4Then he made poles out of acacia wood. He covered them with gold. 5He put the poles through the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
6He made its cover out of pure gold. It was three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide. The cover is the place where sin is paid for. 7Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. 8He put one of the cherubim on each end of it. 9He made them as part of the cover itself. Their wings spread up over the cover. The cherubim faced each other and looked toward the cover.
The Table for the Holy Bread
10The workers made the table out of acacia wood. It was three feet long, one foot six inches wide and two feet three inches high. 11Then they covered it with pure gold. They put a strip of gold around it. 12They also made a rim around it three inches wide. They put a strip of gold around the rim. 13They made four gold rings for the table. They joined them to the four corners, where the four legs were. 14The rings were close to the rim. The rings held the poles used to carry the table. 15The workers made the poles out of acacia wood. They covered them with gold. 16They made plates, dishes and bowls out of pure gold for the table. They also made pure gold pitchers to pour out drink offerings.
The Gold Lampstand
17The workers made the lampstand out of pure gold. They hammered out its base and stem. Its buds, blossoms and cups branched out from it. 18Six branches came out from the sides of the lampstand. There were three on one side and three on the other. 19On one branch there were three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. There were three on the next branch. In fact, there were three on each of the six branches that came out from the lampstand. 20On the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. 21One bud was under the first pair of branches that came out from the lampstand. A second bud was under the second pair. And a third bud was under the third pair. There was a total of six branches. 22The buds and branches came out from the lampstand. The whole lampstand was one piece hammered out of pure gold.
23The workers made its seven lamps out of pure gold. They also made its trays and wick cutters out of pure gold. 24They used 75 pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and everything used with it.
The Altar for Burning Incense
25The workers made the altar for burning incense. They made it out of acacia wood. It was about one foot six inches square and three feet high. A horn stuck out from each of its upper four corners. 26The workers covered the top, sides and horns with pure gold. They put a strip of gold around it. 27They made two gold rings below the strip. They put the rings on the sides across from each other. The rings held the poles used to carry it. 28The workers made the poles out of acacia wood. They covered them with gold.
29They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, sweet-smelling incense. A person who makes perfume made them.
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1次に、ベツァルエルは契約の箱を作りました。アカシヤ材で作り、長さ二キュビト半（一・一メートル）、幅一キュビト半、高さ一キュビト半に仕上げました。 2内側にも外側にも純金を張り、周囲に金の縁飾りを巡らせました。 3片側に二つずつ並ぶよう、四隅に金の環を四個つけました。 4アカシヤ材でかつぎ棒を作って金をかぶせ、 5箱の側面の環に通します。その棒をかついで箱を運ぶのです。
6それから、純金で箱のふたを作りました。これは「恵みの座」と呼ばれます。長さ二キュビト半、幅一キュビト半です。 7両端には、金をつちで打って作ったケルビムの像がついています。 8ケルビムはふたの一部分で、切り離すことはできません。 9ケルビムは互いに向かい合い、伸ばした翼が「恵みの座」に覆いかぶさって、それを見下ろす形になっていました。
10次はテーブルです。同じくアカシヤ材で、長さ二キュビト（八十八センチ）、幅一キュビト、高さ一キュビト半です。 11それに純金を張り、ぐるりと金の縁飾りをつけました。 12周囲に一手幅（約七・四センチ）のわくをつけ、それに沿って金の縁飾りをつけました。 13次に金の環を四つ作り、四本の足の、 14-15縁飾りに近いところにつけ、アカシヤ材に金をかぶせたかつぎ棒を通すようにしました。 16また、純金で鉢、水差し、皿、びんを作り、テーブルの上に置きました。
17純金を打ち出して燭台を作りました。それは、台座、支柱、ともしび皿、アーモンドの花飾りが一体となるようにしています。 18燭台の支柱には、両側から三本ずつ、計六本の枝が出るようにしました。 19それぞれの枝は三つの花で飾りました。 20-21支柱にも同じようにアーモンドの花飾りをつけました。三対の枝の間に二つ、下と上に二つ、合計四つです。 22飾りと枝はみな、一かたまりの純金を打ち出して作りました。 23-24枝の先に七つのともしび皿を作りつけ、芯切りばさみと灰皿とを純金で作りました。燭台全体は一タラント（三十四キログラム）の重さがあり、すべて純金です。
25香の祭壇はアカシヤ材で作りました。一キュビト（四十四センチ）四方の正方形で、高さは二キュビト。隅に、壇の一部として角を彫りつけました。 26全体に純金をかぶせ、へりには金の縁飾りをつけました。 27壇の両側面、縁飾りの少し下に金の環を二個つけ、かつぎ棒を通しました。 28かつぎ棒はアカシヤ材で、金をかぶせてあります。
29次に、香りのよい香料を使って、聖なる油を調合しました。祭司に注ぐ油や、純粋な香として用いる油です。調合には高度の技術が必要でした。
