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1 Bezalel made the chest of acacia wood. It was forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.
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Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
2 He covered the chest with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding all around it.
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And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it.
3 He cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
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And he cast for it four rings of gold for its four feet, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side.
4 He made acacia-wood poles and covered them with gold.
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And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold
5 He put the poles into the rings on the chest's sides to use to carry the chest.
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and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.
6 He made a cover for the chest out of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.
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And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
7 He made two winged heavenly creatures of hammered gold for the two ends of the cover,
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And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy seat,
8 one winged heavenly creature at one end and one winged heavenly creature at the other. He placed the winged heavenly creatures at the cover's two ends.
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one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends.
9 The winged heavenly creatures spread out their wings above, shielding the cover with their wings. The winged heavenly creatures faced each other toward the cover's center.
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The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.
10 He also made the table of acacia wood, three feet long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.
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He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
11 He covered it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it.
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And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it.
12 He made a frame around it that was four inches wide and gold molding around the frame.
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And he made a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim.
13 He made four gold rings for the table. He fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
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He cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
14 The rings that housed the poles used for carrying the table were close to the frame.
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Close to the frame were the rings, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
15 He made the poles used to carry the table out of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold.
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He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold.
16 He made the containers of pure gold that were to be on the table: its plates, dishes, bowls, and jars for pouring drink offerings.
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And he made the vessels of pure gold that were to be on the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and flagons with which to pour drink offerings.
17 He also made the lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The lampstand's base, branches, cups, flowers, and petals were all attached to it.
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He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were of one piece with it.
18 It had six branches growing out from its sides, three branches on one side of the lampstand and three branches on the other side of the lampstand.
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And there were six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;
19 One branch had three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a flower and petals, and the next branch also had three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a flower and petals. A total of six branches grew out of the lampstand.
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three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
20 In addition, on the lampstand itself there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its flower and petals.
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And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,
21 There was a flower attached under the first pair of branches, a flower attached under the next pair of branches, and a flower attached under the last pair of branches.
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and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out of it.
22 Their flowers and their branches were attached to it. The whole lampstand was one piece of pure hammered gold.
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Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole of it was a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.
23 He made its seven lamps and its tongs and its fire pans out of pure gold.
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And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its trays of pure gold.
24 He made the lampstand and all its equipment from pure gold weighing one kikkar.
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He made it and all its utensils out of a talent of pure gold.
25 He made the incense altar out of acacia wood. The altar was square, eighteen inches long by eighteen inches wide. It was three feet high, and its horns were permanently attached.
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He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it.
26 He covered it with pure gold, including its top, all its sides, and its horns. He also made a gold molding all around it.
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He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he made a molding of gold around it,
27 He made two gold rings, and he attached them under the molding on two opposite sides of the altar. They housed the poles used to carry it.
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and made two rings of gold on it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, as holders for the poles with which to carry it.
28 He made the poles of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold.
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And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
29 He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure sweet-smelling incense like a skilled perfume maker.
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He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.
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