The Darby Translation DBY
New International Version NIV
1 And Bezaleel made the ark of acacia-wood; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
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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 made a border of gold upon 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, for its four corners: 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 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 a mercy-seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and one 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 did he make 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 end of one side, and one cherub at the end of the other side; out of the mercy-seat he made the two 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 over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat; and their faces were opposite to one another: the faces of the cherubim were [turned] toward the mercy-seat.
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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 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 upon it a border 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 for it a margin of a hand-breadth round about; and made a border of gold for the margin 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 on 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 to the margin were the rings, as receptacles of the staves 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 staves of acacia-wood, and 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 utensils that were on the table, the dishes thereof, and the cups thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the goblets with which 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 he made the candlestick: its base, and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were of itself.
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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 went 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 [there were] three cups shaped like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower; and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so in the six branches which went 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, shaped like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers;
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And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
21 and a knob under two branches thereof, and [again] a knob under two branches thereof, and [again] a knob under two branches thereof, for the six branches which went 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 knobs and their branches were of itself -- all of 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 seven lamps thereof, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays 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 he made it, and all its utensils.
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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 the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, square, and two cubits the height thereof: its horns were of itself.
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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 thereof; and made upon it a border 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 two rings of gold for it under its border, by its two corners, on the two sides thereof, as receptacles for the staves with which to carry 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 fragrant drugs, according to the work 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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