Bezalel made the table [for the bread] of acacia wood; it was two cubits long, a cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high. He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a border of gold for it all around [its top]. He made a rim for it [just under the top] a hand width wide all around, and a border of gold around its rim. He cast four rings of gold for it and fastened the rings to the four corners that were at its four legs. Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles [to pass through] to carry the table. Bezalel made the carrying poles of acacia wood to carry the table and overlaid them with gold. He made the utensils which were to be on the table, its dishes and its pans [for bread], its bowls and its jars for pouring drink offerings, of pure gold.
Then he made the lampstand (menorah) of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its [center] shaft; its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were all of one piece with it. There were six branches coming out of the sides of the lampstand, three branches from one side of the center shaft and three branches from the other side of it; three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a calyx and a flower in one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a calyx and a flower in the opposite branch—so for the six branches coming out of the center shaft of the lampstand. On the center shaft of the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, with calyxes and flowers [one at the top]; and a calyx was under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a calyx under the second pair of branches, coming out of it, and a calyx under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it; all of it was a single hammered work of pure gold. He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays of pure gold. He made the lampstand and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold. [John 1:4, 5, 9; 2 Cor 4:6]
Then Bezalel made the incense altar of acacia wood; its top was a cubit square and it was two cubits high; the horns were of one piece with it. He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides all around and its horns; he also made a rim of gold around it. He made two rings of gold for it under its rim, on its two opposite sides, as holders for the poles [to pass through] to carry it. He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.
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