Exodus 37:1

1 Bezalel made the Chest using acacia wood: He made it three and three-quarters feet long and two and a quarter feet wide and deep.

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 using acacia wood: He made it three and three-quarters feet long and two and a quarter feet wide and deep.

2 He covered it inside and out with a veneer of pure gold and made a molding of gold all around it.

3 He cast four gold rings and attached them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other.

4 He made poles from acacia wood, covered them with a veneer of gold,

5 and inserted the poles for carrying the Chest into the rings on the sides.