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Book of Exodus, Chapter 37

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Chapter 37 of Exodus—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Bezʹal·el1 now made the Ark2 of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.3
  2. Then he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside and made a border of gold round about for it.4
  3. After that he cast four rings of gold for it, for above its four feet, with two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side.5
  4. He next made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.6
  5. Then he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the Ark for carrying the Ark.7
  6. ¶ And he went on to make the cover[a]8 of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its width.9
  7. He further made two cherubs of gold. Of hammered work he made them on both ends of the cover.10
  8. One cherub was on the end over there, and the other cherub on the end over here. He made the cherubs on the cover on both of its ends.11
  9. And they came to be cherubs spreading out two wings upward, screening over the cover with their wings,12 and their faces were one to the other. The faces of the cherubs proved to be toward the cover.13
  10. ¶ And he proceeded to make the table of acacia wood.14 Two cubits was its length, and a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.15
  11. Then he overlaid it with pure gold and made a border of gold round about for it.16
  12. Next he made for it a rim of a handbreadth round about and made a border of gold for its rim round about.17
  13. Further, he cast four rings of gold for it and put the rings upon the four corners that were for the four feet.18
  14. The rings proved to be near the rim, as supports for the poles for carrying the table.19
  15. Then he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold for carrying the table.20
  16. After that he made the utensils that are upon the table, its dishes and its cups and its bowls and its pitchers with which [libations] would be poured,[b] out of pure gold.21
  17. ¶ Then he made the lampstand22 of pure gold. Of hammered work he made the lampstand. Its sides and its branches, its cups, its knobs and its blossoms proceeded out of it.23
  18. And six branches were running out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand out from its one side and three branches of the lampstand out from its other side.24
  19. Three cups shaped like flowers of almond were on the one set of branches, with knobs and blossoms alternating; and three cups shaped like flowers of almond were on the other set of branches, with knobs and blossoms alternating. That is the way it was for the six branches running out from the lampstand.25
  20. And on the lampstand there were four cups shaped like flowers of almond, with its knobs and its blossoms alternating.26
  21. And the knob under two branches was out of it, and the knob under two other branches was out of it, and the knob under two more branches was out of it, for the six branches running out from the lampstand.27
  22. Their knobs and their branches proceeded out from it. All of it was one piece of hammered work, of pure gold.28
  23. Then he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its fire holders out of pure gold.29
  24. Of a talent of pure gold he made it and all its utensils.
  25. ¶ He now made the altar of incense30 out of acacia wood.31 A cubit[c] was its length and a cubit its width, it being foursquare, and two cubits was its height. Its horns proceeded out of it.32
  26. Then he overlaid it with pure gold, its top surface and its sides round about and its horns, and he made a border of gold round about for it.33
  27. And he made for it two rings of gold down below its border upon two of its sides, upon two opposite sides of it, as supports for the poles with which to carry it.34
  28. After that he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.35
  29. He made additionally the holy anointing oil36 and the pure, perfumed incense,37 the work of an ointment maker.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “mercy seat; propitiatory,” LXXVg(Lat., pro·pi·ti·a·toʹri·um); Heb., kap·poʹreth. See 25:17 ftn.
  2. ^ Lit., “with which it would be poured.”
  3. ^ About 44.5 cm (17.5 in.).

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ex 31:2; 38:22
  2. ^ Ex 40:3; Nu 10:33
  3. ^ Ex 25:10
  4. ^ Ex 25:11; Heb 9:4
  5. ^ Ex 25:12
  6. ^ Ex 25:13; 2Ch 5:9
  7. ^ Ex 25:14; Jos 3:8
  8. ^ Le 16:2, 14; 1Ch 28:11
  9. ^ Ex 25:17
  10. ^ Ex 25:18; 40:20
  11. ^ Ex 25:19
  12. ^ Ge 3:24; Ex 25:20; Heb 9:5
  13. ^ 1Sa 4:4; Ps 80:1
  14. ^ Ex 35:13; 40:4
  15. ^ Ex 25:23
  16. ^ Ex 25:24
  17. ^ Ex 25:25
  18. ^ Ex 25:26
  19. ^ Ex 25:27
  20. ^ Ex 25:28
  21. ^ Ex 25:29; Je 52:19
  22. ^ Ex 40:24; Le 24:4; 2Ch 13:11
  23. ^ Ex 25:31
  24. ^ Ex 25:32
  25. ^ Ex 25:33
  26. ^ Ex 25:34
  27. ^ Ex 25:35
  28. ^ Ex 25:36
  29. ^ Ex 25:37, 38; Nu 8:2
  30. ^ Ex 30:7; 39:38; Ps 141:2; Lu 1:10; Re 8:3
  31. ^ Ex 30:1; 40:5
  32. ^ Ex 30:2
  33. ^ Ex 30:3
  34. ^ Ex 30:4
  35. ^ Ex 30:5
  36. ^ Ex 30:25, 33; 40:9; 1Ch 9:30; Ps 45:7; Heb 1:9
  37. ^ Ex 30:35; Ps 141:2; Re 5:8

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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