The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
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 Covenant Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches 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 covered it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all 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 made four carrying rings of gold for it and attached them to its four feet, with two rings on each side.
4 And rods of the same wood plated with gold.
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He made carrying poles of acacia wood, covered 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 put them through the rings on each side of the Box.
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 a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches 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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He made two winged creatures of hammered gold,
8 Placing one at one end and one at the other; the winged ones were part of the cover.
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one for each end of the lid. He made them so that they formed one piece with the lid.
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 winged creatures faced each other across the lid, and their outspread wings covered it.
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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He made the table out of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
11 Plating it with the best gold and putting a gold edge all round it.
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He covered it with pure gold and put a gold border 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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He made a rim 3 inches wide around it and put a gold border around the rim.
13 And he made four gold rings, and put the rings at the angles of its four feet.
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He made four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the 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 to hold the poles for carrying the table were placed near the rim.
15 The rods for lifting the table he made of hard wood plated with gold.
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He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them 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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He made the dishes of pure gold for the table: the plates, the cups, the jars, and the bowls to be used for the wine offering.
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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He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, formed one piece with it.
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 its sides, three from each side.
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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Each of the six branches had three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
20 And on its pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower;
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The shaft of the lampstand had four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
21 And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all six branches of it.
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There was one bud below each of the three pairs of branches.
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, the branches, and the lampstand were a single piece of pure hammered gold.
23 And he made the seven vessels for the lights, and all the necessary instruments for it, of gold.
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He made seven lamps for the lampstand, and he made its tongs 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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He used seventy-five pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and all its equipment.
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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He made an altar out of acacia wood, for burning incense. It was square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide, and it was 36 inches high. Its projections at the four corners formed 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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He covered its top, all four sides, and its projections with pure gold and put a gold border 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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He made two gold carrying rings for it and attached them below the border on the two sides, to hold the poles with which it was to be carried.
28 The rods he made of the same hard wood, plating them with gold.
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He made the poles of acacia wood and covered 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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He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure sweet-smelling incense, mixed like perfume.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.