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1 And Bezalel made the ark of hard wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high;
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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 Plating it inside and out with the best gold, and putting an edge of gold all round it.
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He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.
3 And he made four gold rings for its four angles, two on one side and two on the other,
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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 rods of the same wood plated with gold.
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Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
5 These rods he put in the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.
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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 the cover all of gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
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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 winged ones, hammered out of one bit of gold, for the two ends of the cover;
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Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
8 Placing one at one end and one at the other; the winged ones were part of the cover.
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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 their wings were stretched out over the cover; the faces of the winged ones were opposite one another and facing the cover.
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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 hard wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high;
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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 Plating it with the best gold and putting a gold edge all round it.
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Then they overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.
12 And he made a frame all round it about as wide as a man's hand, edged with gold all round.
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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 made four gold rings, and put the rings at the angles of its four feet.
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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 The rings were fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table was to be lifted.
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The rings were put close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.
15 The rods for lifting the table he made of hard wood plated with gold.
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The poles for carrying the table were made of acacia wood and were overlaid with gold.
16 And all the table-vessels, the plates and spoons and basins and the cups for liquids, he made of the best 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 Then he made the support for the lights, all of the best gold; its base and its pillar were of hammered gold; its cups and buds and flowers were all made out of the same metal:
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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 It had six branches coming out from its sides, three from one side and three from the other;
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Six branches extended from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.
19 Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower on all the branches;
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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 on its pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower;
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And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
21 And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all six branches 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 The buds and the branches were made of the same metal, all together one complete work of the best hammered 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 seven vessels for the lights, and all the necessary instruments for it, of gold.
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They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold.
24 A talent of the best gold was used for the making of it and its vessels.
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They made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent of pure gold.
25 And he made the altar for the burning of spices, using the same hard wood; it was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high; the horns made of the same.
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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 The top and the sides and the horns were all plated with the best gold; and he put an edge of gold all round it.
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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 two gold rings, placing them on the two opposite sides under the edge, to take the rods for lifting 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 The rods he made of the same hard wood, plating 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 oil and the perfume of sweet spices for burning, after the art of the perfume-maker.
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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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