Exodus 37:1

1 Bez'alel made the ark of acacia wood; two cubits and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

Exodus 37:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 1-29. And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood
Jarchi says,Exodus 37:2

(See Gill on Exodus 37:1).

Exodus 37:1 In-Context

1 Bez'alel made the ark of acacia wood; two cubits and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a molding of gold around it.
3 And he cast for it four rings of gold for its four corners, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side.
4 And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,
5 and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
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