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1 B'tzal'el made the ark of acacia-wood three-and-three-quarters feet long, two-and-a-quarter feet wide and two-and-a-quarter feet 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 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside and put a molding of gold for it around the top.
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He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.
3 He cast four gold rings for it at its four feet, two rings on each side.
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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 He made poles 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 He put the carrying-poles for the ark in the rings on the sides of the ark.
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And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
6 He made a cover for the ark of pure gold, three-and-three-quarters feet long and two-and-a-quarter feet 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 He made two k'ruvim of gold; he made them of hammered work for the two ends of the ark-cover -
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Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
8 one keruv for one end and one keruv for the other end; he made the k'ruvim of one piece with the ark-cover at its two ends.
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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 The k'ruvim had their wings spread out above, so that their wings covered the ark; their faces were toward each other and toward the ark-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 He made the table of acacia-wood, three feet long, eighteen inches wide and eighteen inches 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 He overlaid it with pure gold and put a molding of gold around the top of it.
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Then they overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.
12 He made around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a molding of gold around the rim.
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They also made around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
13 He cast for it four gold rings and attached the rings to the four corners, near its four legs.
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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 to hold the carrying-poles for the table were placed close to the rim.
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The rings were put close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.
15 He made the carrying-poles for the table of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
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The poles for carrying the table were made of acacia wood and were overlaid with gold.
16 He made the utensils to be put on the table -its dishes, pans, bowls and pitchers - 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 He made the menorah of pure gold. He made it of hammered work; its base, shaft, cups, rings of outer leaves and flowers were a single unit.
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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 There were six branches extending from its sides, three branches of the menorah on one side of it and three on 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 On one branch were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ring of outer leaves and petals; likewise on the opposite branch three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ring of outer leaves and petals; and similarly for all six branches extending from the menorah.
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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 On the central shaft of the menorah were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its ring of outer leaves and petals.
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And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
21 Where each pair of branches joined the central shaft was a ring of outer leaves of one piece with the pair of branches -thus for all six branches.
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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 rings of outer leaves and their branches were of one piece with the shaft. Thus the whole menorah was one piece of hammered work made 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 He made its seven lamps, its tongs and its trays of pure gold.
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They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold.
24 The menorah and its utensils were made of sixty-six pounds of pure gold.
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They made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent of pure gold.
25 He made the altar on which to burn incense of acacia-wood, eighteen inches square and three feet high; its horns were a single unit.
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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 He overlaid it with pure gold -its top, all around its sides and its horns; and he put around it a molding of gold.
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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 He made two gold rings for it under its molding at the two corners on both sides, to hold the carrying-poles.
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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 He made the poles 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 He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of aromatic plant substances as would an expert 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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