Exodus 37
1Forsothe Beseleel made also an arke of the trees of Sechym, hauynge twey cubitis and an half in lengthe, and a cubit and an half in breede; forsothe the hiynesse was of o cubit and an half; and he clothide the arke with purest gold, with ynne and without forth. 2And he made to it a goldun coroun `bi cumpas, 3and yetide foure goldun ryngis, bi foure corneris therof, twey ryngis in o side, and twei ryngis in the tother side. 4And he made barris of the trees of Sechym, whiche barris he clothide with gold, 5and whiche barris he putte into the ryngis that weren in the sidis of the arke, to bere it. 6He made also a propiciatorie, that is, Goddis answeryng place, of pureste gold, of twei cubitis and an half in lengthe, and of o cubit and an half in breede. 7Also he made twei cherubyns of gold, betun out with hamer, whiche he settide on euer eithir side of the propiciatorie, 8o cherub in the hiynesse of o part, and the tother cherub in the hiynesse of the tothir part; twei cherubyns, oon in ech hiynesse of the propiciatorie, stretchynge out the wengis, 9and hilynge the propiciatorie, and biholdynge hem silf togidere and that. 10He made also a boord of `the trees of Sechym, in the lengthe of twey cubitis, and in the breede of o cubit, whiche boord hadde `a cubit and an half in heiythe. 11And he cumpaside the boord with clenneste gold, and made to it a goldun brynke bi cumpas; 12and he made to that brynke a goldun coroun, rasid bitwixe of foure fyngris; and on the same coroun he made anothir goldun coroun. 13Also he yetide foure goldun serclis whiche he settide in foure corneris, 14bi alle the feet of the boord ayens the coroun, and he puttide barris in to the serclis, that the `boord may be borun. 15And he made tho barris of the trees of Sechym, and cumpasside tho with gold. 16And he made vesselis to dyuerse vsis of the boord, vessels of vynegre, violis, and litle cuppis, and censeris of pure gold, in whiche the fletynge sacrifices schulen be offrid. 17And he made a candilstike, betun out with hamer, of clenneste gold, of whos barre yerdis, cuppis, and litle rundelis and lilies camen forth; 18sixe in euer eithir side, thre yerdis on o side, and thre on the tother side; thre cuppis in the maner of a note bi ech yerde, and litle rundels to gidere, and lilies; 19and thre cuppis at the licnesse of a note in the tother yerde, and litle rundels to gidere, and lilies; forsothe the werk of sixe schaftis, that camen forth of the `stok of the candilstike, was euene. 20Sotheli in that barre weren foure cuppis, in the maner of a note, and litle rundels and lilies weren bi alle cuppis; 21and litle rundels vndur twei schaftis, bi thre placis, whiche to gidre be maad sixe schaftis comynge forth of o barre; 22therfor and the litle rundels, and schaftis therof, weren alle betun out with hamer, of pureste gold. 23He made also seuene lanternes, with her `snytyng tongis, and the vessels where `tho thingis, that ben snytid out, ben quenchid, of clennest gold. 24The candilstike with alle his vessels weiyede a talent of gold. 25He made also the auter of encense, of trees of Sechym, hauynge a cubit bi square, and twei cubitis in heiythe, of whos corneris camen forth hornes. 26And he clothide it with clenneste gold, and the gridele, and wallis, and hornes; 27and he made to it a litil goldun coroun bi cumpas, and twei goldun ryngis vndur the coroun, bi ech syde, that barris be put in to tho, and the auter mow be borun. 28Forsothe he made tho barris of the trees of Sechym, and hilide with goldun platis. 29He made also oile to the oynement of halewyng, and encense of swete smellynge spiceries, moost clene, bi the werk of `a makere of oynement.
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