Exodus 37:1

The Ark

1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.^[a]

Exodus 37:1 in Other Translations

1 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:

1 Bezalel 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.

1 Next Bezalel made the Ark of acacia wood—a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

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.

1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 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 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 He cast four gold rings for it and fastened them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other.

4 Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

5 And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 31:2
• 2. Exodus 30:6; Exodus 39:35; Deuteronomy 10:3

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, about 3 3/4 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide and high or about 1.1 meters long and 68 centimeters wide and high; similarly in verse 6