Exodus 37:1

Building the chest containing the covenant document

1 Bezalel made the chest of acacia wood. It was forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.

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 Bezalel made the chest of acacia wood. It was forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.

2 He covered the chest with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding all around it.

3 He cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other.

4 He made acacia-wood poles and covered them with gold.

5 He put the poles into the rings on the chest's sides to use to carry the chest.