2.Mose 37 | La Bible du Semeur

Le coffre de l’alliance et le propitiatoire

1 Betsaléel fabriqua le coffre en bois d’acacia; il avait cent vingt-cinq centimètres de long, soixante-quinze centimètres de large et soixante-quinze centimètres de haut.* 2 Il le plaqua d’or pur à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur et le garnit d’une bordure d’or tout autour. 3 Il coula pour lui quatre anneaux d’or qu’il fixa à ses quatre coins, deux de chaque côté. 4 Il fit des barres en bois d’acacia qu’il plaqua d’or. 5 Il les engagea dans les anneaux le long des côtés du coffre pour qu’on puisse le porter. 6 Il fit le propitiatoire en or pur. Il avait cent vingt-cinq centimètres de long et soixante-quinze centimètres de large. 7 Il façonna au marteau deux chérubins en or massif qu’il fixa aux deux extrémités du propitiatoire 8 de manière à ce qu’ils fassent corps avec lui. 9 Les chérubins déployaient leurs ailes vers le haut pour couvrir le propitiatoire et se faisaient face, le regard dirigé vers le propitiatoire.

La table et ses accessoires

10 Betsaléel fabriqua la table en bois d’acacia, d’un mètre de long, de cinquante centimètres de large et de soixante-quinze centimètres de haut.* 11 Il la plaqua d’or pur et garnit son pourtour d’une bordure d’or. 12 Il lui fit un cadre de huit centimètres qu’il garnit d’une bordure d’or. 13 Il coula quatre anneaux d’or qu’il fixa aux quatre coins près des quatre pieds de la table. 14 Il plaça ces anneaux tout près du cadre pour recevoir les barres destinées à porter la table. 15 Il fit les barres en bois d’acacia et les plaqua d’or. Elles servaient à transporter la table. 16 Il fit d’or pur les accessoires qu’on devait mettre sur la table, les plats, les coupes, les bols et les carafes qui servaient aux libations.

Le chandelier et ses lampes

17 Il fabriqua le chandelier en or pur; le chandelier, son pied et sa tige furent travaillés au marteau; des coupelles, calices et corolles en étaient issus.* 18 Six branches en partaient latéralement, trois de chaque côté. 19 Chaque branche portait trois coupelles en forme de fleur d’amandier avec un calice et une corolle. Il en était ainsi des six branches du chandelier. 20 Le pied portait quatre coupelles en forme de fleur d’amandier avec un calice et une corolle: 21 il y avait un calice sous chacune des trois paires de branches du chandelier, correspondant aux six branches sortant du chandelier. 22 Ces calices et ces branches faisaient corps avec lui: le tout était fait d’une seule masse d’or pur martelé. 23 Il fabriqua aussi les sept lampes avec les pincettes et les mouchettes en or pur. 24 On employa trente kilogrammes d’or pur pour le chandelier et tous ses accessoires.

L’autel des parfums et le parfum

25 Betsaléel fabriqua l’autel des parfums en bois d’acacia, il était carré, de cinquante centimètres de côté, et était relevé aux angles de quatre cornes en saillie. Il avait un mètre de hauteur. 26 Il en plaqua d’or pur le plateau, les parois tout autour et les cornes et le garnit d’une bordure d’or qui en faisait le tour. 27 Il lui fit deux anneaux d’or qu’il fixa sous la bordure de part et d’autre, sur les deux parois, pour recevoir les barres servant à transporter l’autel. 28 Il fit ces barres en bois d’acacia plaqué d’or*. 29 Il fit faire l’huile d’onction sainte et le parfum aromatique pur par un parfumeur*.

English Standard Version

Making the Ark

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. 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold for its four feet, 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. 6 And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. 7 And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy seat, 8 one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends. 9 The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.

Making the Table

10 He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it. 12 And he made a rim around it a handbreadth* wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim. 13 He cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs. 14 Close to the frame were the rings, as holders for the poles to carry the table. 15 He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold. 16 And he made the vessels of pure gold that were to be on the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and flagons with which to pour drink offerings.

Making the Lampstand

17 He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were of one piece with it. 18 And there were six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it; 19 three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. 20 And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers, 21 and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out of it. 22 Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole of it was a single piece of hammered work of pure gold. 23 And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its trays of pure gold. 24 He made it and all its utensils out of a talent* of pure gold.

Making the Altar of Incense

25 He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it. 26 He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he made a molding of gold around it, 27 and made two rings of gold on it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, as holders for the poles with which to carry it. 28 And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 29 He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.

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