¹⁴ So make yourself an ark of cypress^[a] wood;^(A) make rooms in it and coat it with pitch^(B) inside and out. ¹⁵ This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.^{[b] 16} Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit^[c] high all around.^[d] Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.

² “See, I have chosen Bezalel^(A) son of Uri, the son of Hur,^(B) of the tribe of Judah, ³ and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge^(C) and with all kinds of skills^(D)— ⁴ to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, ⁵ to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts. ⁶ Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab^(E) son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan,^(F) to help him. Also I have given ability to all the skilled workers^(G) to make everything I have commanded you: ⁷ the tent of meeting,^(H) the ark of the covenant law^(I) with the atonement cover^(J) on it, and all the other furnishings of the tent— ⁸ the table^(K) and its articles, the pure gold lampstand^(L) and all its accessories, the altar of incense,^{(M) 9} the altar of burnt offering^(N) and all its utensils, the basin^(O) with its stand—