10 "1They shall construct an ark of acaciawood two and a halfcubitslong, and one and a halfcubitswide, and one and a halfcubitshigh.
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"You shall 2overlay it with puregold, inside* and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a goldmoldingaround it.
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"You shall castfourgoldrings for it and fasten them on its fourfeet, and tworings shall be on oneside of it and tworings on the otherside of it.
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"You shall makepoles of acaciawood and overlay them with gold.
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"You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them.
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"The 3poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it.
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"You shall 4put into the ark the testimonywhich I shall give you.
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"You shall 5make a mercyseat of puregold, two and a halfcubitslong and one and a halfcubitswide.
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"You shall maketwocherubim of gold, make them of hammeredwork at the twoends of the mercyseat.
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"Makeonecherub at oneend and onecherub at the otherend; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercyseat at its twoends.
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"6The cherubim shall have their wingsspreadupward, covering the mercyseat with their wings and facing*oneanother; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercyseat.
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"7You shall put the mercyseat on top of the ark, and 8in the ark you shall put the testimonywhich I will give to you.
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"9There I will meet with you; and from above the mercyseat, from 10between the twocherubimwhich are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel.
The Table of Showbread
23 "11You shall make a table of acaciawood, twocubitslong and one cubitwide and one and a halfcubitshigh.
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"You shall overlay it with puregold and make a gold12borderaround it.
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"You shall make for it a rim of a handbreadtharound it; and you shall make a goldborder for the rimaround it.
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"You shall makefourgoldrings for it and putrings on the fourcornerswhich are on its fourfeet.
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"The rings shall be close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table.
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"You shall make the poles of acaciawood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried.
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"You shall make its 13dishes and its pans and its jars and its bowls with which to pourdrinkofferings; you shall make them of puregold.
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"You shall set14the bread of the Presence on the tablebefore Me at alltimes.
The Golden Lampstand
31 "15Then you shall make a lampstand of puregold. The lampstand and its base and its shaft are to be made of hammeredwork; its cups, its bulbs and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
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"16Sixbranches shall go out from its sides; threebranches of the lampstand from its oneside and threebranches of the lampstand from its otherside.
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"17Threecups shall be shapedlikealmond blossoms in the onebranch, a bulb and a flower, and threecupsshapedlikealmond blossoms in the otherbranch, a bulb and a flower-so for sixbranchesgoing out from the lampstand;
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and 18in the lampstandfourcupsshapedlikealmond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers.
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"19A bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulbunder the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulbunder the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the sixbranchescoming out of the lampstand.
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"20Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammeredwork of puregold.
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"Then you shall make its lampsseven in number; and 21they shall mount its lamps so as to shedlight on the space in front of it.
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"Its snuffers and their trays shall be of puregold.
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"It shall be made from a talent of puregold, with alltheseutensils.
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"22See that you make them 23after the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.