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Exodus 37:1

Exodus 37:1 is verse 1 of Exodus chapter 37, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

The ark was approximately 3.75 feet long, 2.25 feet wide, and 2.25 feet high (114.3 centimeters long, 68.6 centimeters wide, and 68.6 centimeters high).

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King James Version

And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:

World English Bible

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.

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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Exodus 37:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

2 He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.

3 And he cast four gold rings for its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.

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Hebrew words

וַיַּ֧עַשׂand he made בְּצַלְאֵ֛לBezalel אֶת<obj.>הָאָרֹ֖ןthe ark עֲצֵ֣יwood<s> of שִׁטִּ֑יםacacia אַמָּתַ֨יִם[was] two cubits וָחֵ֜צִיand a half אָרְכּ֗וֹlength its וְאַמָּ֤הand [was] a cubit וָחֵ֙צִי֙and a half רָחְבּ֔וֹbreadth its וְאַמָּ֥הand [was] a cubit וָחֵ֖צִיand a half קֹמָתֽוֹheight its

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Exodus 25:10
And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

Exodus 25:11
Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.

Exodus 25:12
Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.

Exodus 25:13
And make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

Exodus 25:14
Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry it.

Exodus 25:15
The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed.

Exodus 25:16
And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.

Exodus 26:33
And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

Exodus 31:7
the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat upon it, and all the other furnishings of the tent—

Exodus 40:3
Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.

Exodus 40:20
Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.

Exodus 40:21
Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Numbers 10:33
So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

Numbers 10:34
And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

Numbers 10:35
Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”

Numbers 10:36
And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”

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