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New International Version NIV
1 And Bezalel made the ark of acacia 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:
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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 and he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
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He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.
3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, in the four feet thereof; even two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
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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 And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
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Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
5 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
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And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
6 And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half [was] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
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He made the atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
7 And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;
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Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
8 one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat made he the cherubim at the two ends thereof.
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He made one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; at the two ends he made them of one piece with the cover.
9 And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.
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The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.
10 And he made the table of acacia wood: two cubits [was] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
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They made the table of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.
11 and he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about.
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Then they overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.
12 And he made unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
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They also made around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that were on the four feet thereof.
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They cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners, where the four legs were.
14 Close by the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.
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The rings were put close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.
15 And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
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The poles for carrying the table were made of acacia wood and were overlaid with gold.
16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the flagons thereof, wherewith to pour out, of pure gold.
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And they made from pure gold the articles for the table—its plates and dishes and bowls and its pitchers for the pouring out of drink offerings.
17 And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, it knops, and its flowers, were of one piece with it:
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They made the lampstand of pure gold. They hammered out its base and shaft, and made its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them.
18 and there were six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
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Six branches extended from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.
19 three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower, and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick.
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Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on one branch, three on the next branch and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand.
20 And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;
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And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
21 and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it.
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One bud was under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair—six branches in all.
22 Their knops and their branches were of one piece with it: the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
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The buds and the branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
23 And he made the lamps thereof, seven, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, of pure gold.
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They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold.
24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
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They made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent of pure gold.
25 And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, foursquare; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof were of one piece with it.
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They made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high —its horns of one piece with it.
26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: and he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
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They overlaid the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.
27 And he made for it two golden rings under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it, for places for staves wherewith to bear it.
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They made two gold rings below the molding—two on each of the opposite sides—to hold the poles used to carry it.
28 And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
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They made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.
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They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense—the work of a perfumer.
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