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1 Bezalel made the Covenant Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 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 it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border 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 made four carrying rings of gold for it and attached them to its four feet, with two rings on each side.
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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 carrying poles of acacia wood, covered them with gold,
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And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold
5 and put them through the rings on each side of the Box.
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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 lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 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 creatures of hammered gold,
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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 for each end of the lid. He made them so that they formed one piece with the lid.
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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 creatures faced each other across the lid, and their outspread wings covered it.
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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 made the table out of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 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 put a gold border 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 rim 3 inches wide around it and put a gold border around the rim.
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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 carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs were.
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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 to hold the poles for carrying the table were placed near the rim.
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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 of acacia wood and 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 dishes of pure gold for the table: the plates, the cups, the jars, and the bowls to be used for the wine offering.
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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 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.
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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 Six branches extended from its sides, three from each side.
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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 Each of the six branches had three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
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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 The shaft of the lampstand had four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds 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 one bud below each of the three pairs 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 The buds, the branches, and the lampstand were a single 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 seven lamps for the lampstand, and he made its tongs and trays of pure gold.
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And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its trays of pure gold.
24 He used seventy-five pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and all its equipment.
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He made it and all its utensils out of a talent of pure gold.
25 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.
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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 its top, all four sides, and its projections with pure gold and put a gold border 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 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.
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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 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 sacred anointing oil and the pure sweet-smelling incense, mixed like perfume.
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He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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