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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 Chest using acacia wood: He made it three and three-quarters feet long and two and a quarter feet wide and deep.
2 He covered the chest with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding all around it.
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He covered it inside and out with a veneer of pure gold and made a molding of gold all 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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He cast four gold rings and attached them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
4 He made acacia-wood poles and covered them with gold.
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He made poles from acacia wood, covered them with a veneer of 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 inserted the poles for carrying the Chest into the rings on the sides.
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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Next he made a lid of pure gold for the Chest, an Atonement-Cover, three and three-quarters feet long and two and a quarter feet wide.
7 He made two winged heavenly creatures of hammered gold for the two ends of the cover,
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He sculpted two winged angel-cherubim out of hammered gold for the ends of the Atonement-Cover,
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 angel at one end, one angel at the other. He made them of one piece with the Atonement-Cover.
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 angels had outstretched wings and appeared to hover over the Atonement-Cover, facing one another but looking down on the Atonement-Cover.
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 made the Table from acacia wood. He made it three feet long, one and a half feet wide and two and a quarter feet high.
11 He covered it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it.
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He covered it with a veneer of pure gold and made a molding of gold all around it.
12 He made a frame around it that was four inches wide and gold molding around the frame.
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He made a border a handbreadth wide all around it and a rim of gold for the border.
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 four rings of gold for it and attached the rings to the four legs
14 The rings that housed the poles used for carrying the table were close to the frame.
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parallel to the table top. They will serve as holders for the poles used 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 and covered them with a veneer of gold. They will be used to carry the Table.
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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Out of pure gold he made the utensils for the Table: its plates, bowls, jars, and jugs used for pouring.
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 made a Lampstand of pure hammered gold, making its stem and branches, cups, calyxes, and petals all of one piece.
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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It had six branches, three from one side and three from the other;
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 shaped like almond blossoms with calyxes and petals on one branch, three on the next, and so on - the same for all six branches.
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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On the main stem of the Lampstand, there were four cups shaped like almonds, with calyxes and petals,
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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a calyx extending from under each pair of the six branches.
22 Their flowers and their branches were attached to it. The whole lampstand was one piece of pure hammered gold.
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The entire Lampstand with its calyxes and stems was fashioned from one piece of hammered pure gold.
23 He made its seven lamps and its tongs and its fire pans out of pure gold.
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He made seven of these lamps with their candle snuffers, all out of pure gold.
24 He made the lampstand and all its equipment from pure gold weighing one kikkar.
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He used a seventy-five-pound brick of pure gold to make the Lampstand and its accessories.
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 an Altar for burning incense from acacia wood. He made it a foot and a half square and three feet high, with its horns 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 covered it with a veneer of pure gold, its top, sides, and horns, and made a gold molding 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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with two rings of gold beneath the molding. He placed the rings on the two opposing sides to serve as holders for poles by which it will be carried.
28 He made the poles of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold.
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He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with a veneer of 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 also prepared with the art of a perfumer the holy anointing oil and the pure aromatic incense.
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