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1 B'tzal'el made the ark of acacia-wood three-and-three-quarters feet long, two-and-a-quarter feet wide and two-and-a-quarter feet high.
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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;
2 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside and put a molding of gold for it around the top.
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Plating it inside and out with the best gold, and putting an edge of gold all round it.
3 He cast four gold rings for it at its four feet, two rings on each side.
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And he made four gold rings for its four angles, two on one side and two on the other,
4 He made poles of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
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And rods of the same wood plated with gold.
5 He put the carrying-poles for the ark in the rings on the sides of the ark.
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These rods he put in the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.
6 He made a cover for the ark of pure gold, three-and-three-quarters feet long and two-and-a-quarter feet wide.
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And he made the cover all of gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
7 He made two k'ruvim of gold; he made them of hammered work for the two ends of the ark-cover -
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And he made two winged ones, hammered out of one bit of gold, for the two ends of the cover;
8 one keruv for one end and one keruv for the other end; he made the k'ruvim of one piece with the ark-cover at its two ends.
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Placing one at one end and one at the other; the winged ones were part of the cover.
9 The k'ruvim had their wings spread out above, so that their wings covered the ark; their faces were toward each other and toward the ark-cover.
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And their wings were stretched out over the cover; the faces of the winged ones were opposite one another and facing the cover.
10 He made the table of acacia-wood, three feet long, eighteen inches wide and eighteen inches high.
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And he made the table of hard wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high;
11 He overlaid it with pure gold and put a molding of gold around the top of it.
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Plating it with the best gold and putting a gold edge all round it.
12 He made around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a molding of gold around the rim.
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And he made a frame all round it about as wide as a man's hand, edged with gold all round.
13 He cast for it four gold rings and attached the rings to the four corners, near its four legs.
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And he made four gold rings, and put the rings at the angles of its four feet.
14 The rings to hold the carrying-poles for the table were placed close to the rim.
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The rings were fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table was to be lifted.
15 He made the carrying-poles for the table of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
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The rods for lifting the table he made of hard wood plated with gold.
16 He made the utensils to be put on the table -its dishes, pans, bowls and pitchers - of pure gold.
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And all the table-vessels, the plates and spoons and basins and the cups for liquids, he made of the best gold.
17 He made the menorah of pure gold. He made it of hammered work; its base, shaft, cups, rings of outer leaves and flowers were a single unit.
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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:
18 There were six branches extending from its sides, three branches of the menorah on one side of it and three on the other.
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It had six branches coming out from its sides, three from one side and three from the other;
19 On one branch were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ring of outer leaves and petals; likewise on the opposite branch three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ring of outer leaves and petals; and similarly for all six branches extending from the menorah.
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Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower on all the branches;
20 On the central shaft of the menorah were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its ring of outer leaves and petals.
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And on its pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower;
21 Where each pair of branches joined the central shaft was a ring of outer leaves of one piece with the pair of branches -thus for all six branches.
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And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all six branches of it.
22 Their rings of outer leaves and their branches were of one piece with the shaft. Thus the whole menorah was one piece of hammered work made of pure gold.
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The buds and the branches were made of the same metal, all together one complete work of the best hammered gold.
23 He made its seven lamps, its tongs and its trays of pure gold.
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And he made the seven vessels for the lights, and all the necessary instruments for it, of gold.
24 The menorah and its utensils were made of sixty-six pounds of pure gold.
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A talent of the best gold was used for the making of it and its vessels.
25 He made the altar on which to burn incense of acacia-wood, eighteen inches square and three feet high; its horns were a single unit.
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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.
26 He overlaid it with pure gold -its top, all around its sides and its horns; and he put around it a molding of gold.
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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.
27 He made two gold rings for it under its molding at the two corners on both sides, to hold the carrying-poles.
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And he made two gold rings, placing them on the two opposite sides under the edge, to take the rods for lifting it.
28 He made the poles of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
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The rods he made of the same hard wood, plating them with gold.
29 He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of aromatic plant substances as would an expert perfume-maker.
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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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