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1 And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its height.
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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 inside and outside, and he made for it a gold molding all around.
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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 gold rings on its four feet; and two rings were on its one side, and two rings were on its second 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 And he made poles of acacia wood, and he 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 poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry 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 an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width.
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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; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the atonement cover.
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Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
8 One cherub [was] {at one end}, and one cherub [was] {at the other end} of the atonement cover; he made the cherubim 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 And the cherubim were [with] outspread wings above, covering with their wings over the atonement cover {and facing each other}; the faces of the cherubim were toward the atonement 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 acacia wood, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its height.
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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 he made for it a gold molding all around.
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Then they overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.
12 And he made for it a handbreadth rim all around, and he made a gold molding for its rim all around.
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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 gold rings, and he put the rings on the four corners where its four {legs} [were].
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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 near the rim as {holders} for the poles to carry 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 poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them [with] gold to carry 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 that [were] on the table--its plates and its ladles, and its bowls and its pitchers with which [libations] were poured--[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 lampstand of pure gold; he made the lampstand of hammered work--its base and its branch, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were {all part of 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 six branches [were] going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side.
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Six branches extended from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.
19 Three almond-flower cups [were] on the one branch [with] a bud and a blossom, and three almond-flower cups [were] on the one branch [with] a bud and a blossom--likewise for the six branches going out from the lampstand.
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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 the lampstand [were] four almond-flower cups, [with] its buds and its blossoms.
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And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
21 And a bud [was] under the two branches [that came] from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, [likewise] for the six branches coming out from the lampstand.
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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 buds and their branches were from it, all of it one [piece] of pure gold, hammered work.
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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 its seven lamps and its snuffers and its fire pans of pure gold.
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They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold.
24 He made it [from] a talent of pure gold and all its [pieces of] equipment.
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They made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent of pure gold.
25 And he made the incense altar of acacia wood, a cubit its length and a cubit its width--a square--and two cubits its height; its horns 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--its top and its sides all around and its horns--and he made for it a gold molding all around.
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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 gold rings under its molding {on two opposite sides} as {holders} for poles to carry it with them.
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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 poles of acacia wood, and he 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 fragrant incense--work of a 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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