Exodus 37:1

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.²He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it. ³And he cast four gold rings for its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other. ⁴Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. ⁵He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry it. ⁶He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. ⁷He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat, ⁸one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold. ⁹And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced one another, looking toward the mercy seat.

Bible Verse Review
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Exodus 25:10-16, Exodus 26:33, Exodus 31:7, Exodus 40:3, Exodus 40:20, Exodus 40:21, Numbers 10:33-36

Reciprocal: Exodus 31:2 - Bezaleel Exodus 31:6 - that they Exodus 35:12 - ark Numbers 3:31 - the ark Numbers 4:5 - and cover Deuteronomy 10:3 - I made 1 Chronicles 2:20 - Bezaleel Hebrews 9:4 - the ark

Cross-References

Genesis 17:8
And to you and your descendants I will give the land of your sojourn-all the land of Canaan-as an eternal possession; and I will be their God."

Genesis 23:4
"I am a stranger and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead."

Genesis 28:4
And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham."

Genesis 36:7
For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.

Genesis 37:9
Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. "Look," he said, "I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

Genesis 37:16
"I am looking for my brothers," Joseph replied. "Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 1-29. And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood,.... Jarchi says, because he gave his mind to this work more than the rest of the wise men, it is called by his name. It is a notion of some Jewish writers that the ark was made by Bezaleel, without the help of others; but there is no sufficient reason to be given for it; for other things are equally ascribed to him in this and the following chapter, as the mercy seat with the cherubim, the shewbread table, the candlestick of pure gold, the two altars, the laver of brass, with other things, which are only said to be made by him, because they were made by his direction, and he having the oversight of them while making; wherefore Aben Ezra observes, that this is particularly said for the glory of the ark. Of the ark, and all other things mentioned in this chapter,

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes to Exodus 25:0.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXXVII

Bezaleel and Aholiab make the ark, 1-5.

The mercy-seat, 6.

The two cherubim, 7-9.

The table of the shew-bread, and its vessels, 10-16.

The candlestick, 17-24.

The golden altar of incense, 25-28.

The holy anointing oil and perfume, 29.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXVII

Verse Exodus 37:1. And Bezaleel made the ark, &c. — For a description of the ark, see Exodus 25:10, &c. Exodus 25:10; Exodus 25:10.