OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 1

Exodus 37:1

Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits,^† and its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.

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Exodus 37:1–4

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Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits,^† and its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.

He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold for it around it.

He cast four rings of gold for it in its four feet—two rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side.

He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

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A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.

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