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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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7 And Bezalel made the Aron of acacia wood; two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the width of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it;
2 Plating it inside and out with the best gold, and putting an edge of gold all round it.
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And he overlaid it with zahav tahor within and without, and made a crown of zahav all around.
3 And he made four gold rings for its four angles, two on one side and two on the other,
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And he cast for it four rings of zahav, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.
4 And rods of the same wood plated with gold.
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And he made carrying poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with zahav.
5 These rods he put in the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.
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And he put the carrying poles into the rings on the sides of the Aron, to bear the Aron.
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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And he made the Kapporet of zahav tahor; two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the width thereof.
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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And he made two keruvim of zahav, hammered out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the Kapporet;
8 Placing one at one end and one at the other; the winged ones were part of the cover.
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One keruv on the end on this side, and another keruv on the other end on that side; from the Kapporet made he the keruvim on the two ends thereof.
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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And the keruvim spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the Kapporet, with their faces one to another; even toward the Kapporet were the faces of the keruvim.
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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And he made the Shulchan of acacia wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the width thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof;
11 Plating it with the best gold and putting a gold edge all round it.
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And he overlaid it with zahav tahor, and made thereunto a crown of zahav all around.
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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Also he made thereunto a misgeret (moulding, rim) of a handbreadth all around; and made a crown of zahav for the misgeret thereof all around.
13 And he made four gold rings, and put the rings at the angles of its four feet.
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And he cast for it four rings of zahav, and put the rings upon the four corners of its four legs thereof.
14 The rings were fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table was to be lifted.
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Over against the misgeret were the rings, the housing for the carrying poles to bear the Shulchan.
15 The rods for lifting the table he made of hard wood plated with gold.
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And he made the carrying poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with zahav, to bear the Shulchan.
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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And he made the utensils which were upon the Shulchan, its dishes, and its pans, and its bowls, and its pitchers for pouring nesekh, of zahav tahor.
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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And he made the Menorah of zahav tahor; of hammered-out work made he the Menorah; its base and its shaft, and its cups, its knobs, its flowers, were of the same;
18 It had six branches coming out from its sides, three from one side and three from the other;
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And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the Menorah out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the Menorah out of the other side thereof;
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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Shloshah cups made like almonds in one branch, a knob and a flower; and three cups made like almonds in another branch, a knob and a flower; so throughout the six branches going out of the Menorah.
20 And on its pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower;
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And in the Menorah were four cups made like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers;
21 And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all six branches of it.
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And a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.
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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Their knobs and their branches were of the same: all of it was one hammered-out work of zahav tahor.
23 And he made the seven vessels for the lights, and all the necessary instruments for it, of gold.
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And he made its seven nerot (lamps), and its tongs, and its spoons, of zahav tahor.
24 A talent of the best gold was used for the making of it and its vessels.
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Of a talent of zahav tahor made he it, and all the utensils thereof.
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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And he made the Mizbe’ach HaKetoret of acacia wood; the length of it was a cubit, and the width of it a cubit; it was ravu’a (square, foursquare); and two cubits was the height of it; from it were its karenot.
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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And he overlaid it with zahav tahor, both the top of it, and the sides thereof all around, and the karenot of it; also he made unto it a crown of zahav all around.
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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And he made two rings of zahav for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be housing for the carrying poles to bear it withal.
28 The rods he made of the same hard wood, plating them with gold.
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And he made the carrying poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with zahav.
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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And he made the Shemen HaMishchah Kodesh, and the ketoret spices, tahor, according to the artistic work of a perfumer.
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