15 Sep 2025 – jeffersonvann

Exodus 37

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

Exodus 37:2 And he plated it with pure gold inside and out and made a border of gold around it.

Exodus 37:3 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.

Exodus 37:4 And he made poles of acacia wood and plated them with gold

Exodus 37:5 and put the poles into the rings on the ark’s sides for carrying the ark.

Exodus 37:6 And he made an atonement cover of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

Exodus 37:7 And he made two cherubs of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the atonement cover,

Exodus 37:8 one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. He made the cherubs as a unit with the atonement cover on its two ends.

Exodus 37:9 The cherubs spread out their wings above, overshadowing the atonement cover with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the atonement cover were the faces of the cherubs.

Exodus 37:10 And he made the table of acacia wood. Its length Two was cubits, its breadth was one cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.

Exodus 37:11 And he plated it with pure gold and made a border of gold around it.

Exodus 37:12 And he made a rim around it a handbreadth wide and made a border of gold around the rim.

Exodus 37:13 He cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

Exodus 37:14 The rings were close to the frame and served as houses for the poles that carried the table.

Exodus 37:15 He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table and plated them with gold.

Exodus 37:16 And he made the articles of pure gold that were to be on the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and jars with which to pour drink offerings.

Exodus 37:17 And he made the lampstand out of pure gold. He made the lampstand by shaping it with a hammer. Its base, its stem, its cups, its bowls, and its flowers were fashioned from one piece.

Exodus 37:18 And six branches were going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;

Exodus 37:19 three cups made like almond blossoms, each with bowl and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with bowl and flower, on the other branch- so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

Exodus 37:20 And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their bowls and flowers,

Exodus 37:21 and a bowl from the same piece as it under each pair of the six branches going out of it.

Exodus 37:22 Their bowls and their branches were from the same piece as it. The whole of it was a single piece of pure gold, shaped with a hammer.

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

Exodus 37:24 He made it and all its utensils out of a talent of pure gold.

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

Exodus 37:26 He plated it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he made a border of gold around it,

Exodus 37:27 and made two rings of gold on it under its border, on two opposite sides of it, as houses for the poles with which to carry it.

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

Exodus 37:29 He made the sacred anointing oil also, and the pure aromatic incense, blended like the perfumer would.

Exodus 37 quotes:

“The height of the table is the same as that of the ark of the testimony in verse 1. This indicates that the Lord comes up to the standard of the testimony of God so that He could be life to us. If He were short of the testimony of God, He would not be able to be life to us.”

Lee, Witness. Spiritual Applications of the Tabernacle. Living Stream Ministry, 1987. p. 68.

“Exodus 37-38 is then a narrative focusing on the craftsmen, particularly the leading one, an Israelite named Bezalel. The account is given in third-person singular (a plural action is implied, and most English Bibles translate with the plural).”

Hays, J. Daniel. The Temple and the Tabernacle : A Study of God’s Dwelling Places from Genesis to Revelation. Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2016. p. 71.

“By corresponding Exodus 25:24-25 with Exodus 37:11-12, we see that the Table had a double crown around the border with a handbreadth between these crowns. The hand-breadth was as a border between the crowns for the various vessels. It also acted as a guard to protect anything from falling off the Table. We notice that it is the hand of Christ that is able to keep us from falling. The hands of Jesus are nailpierced hands (Zechariah 13:6; John 10:28 and Jude 24).”

Conner, Kevin J. The Tabernacle of Moses. Bible Temple Pub., 1975. p. 34.