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1 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.
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And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:
2 He covered it inside and out with a veneer of pure gold and made a molding of gold all around it.
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And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
3 He cast four gold rings and attached them to 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, 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 He made poles from acacia wood, covered them with a veneer of gold,
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And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
5 and inserted the poles for carrying the Chest into the rings on the sides.
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And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
6 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.
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And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
7 He sculpted two winged angel-cherubim out of hammered gold for the ends of the Atonement-Cover,
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And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
8 one angel at one end, one angel at the other. He made them of one piece with the Atonement-Cover.
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One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
9 The angels had outstretched wings and appeared to hover over the Atonement-Cover, facing one another but looking down on the Atonement-Cover.
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And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
10 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.
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And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
11 He covered it with a veneer of pure gold and made a molding of gold all around it.
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And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.
12 He made a border a handbreadth wide all around it and a rim of gold for the border.
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Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
13 He cast four rings of gold for it and attached the rings to the four legs
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And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof.
14 parallel to the table top. They will serve as holders for the poles used to carry the Table.
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Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.
15 He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with a veneer of gold. They will be used to carry the Table.
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And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
16 Out of pure gold he made the utensils for the Table: its plates, bowls, jars, and jugs used for pouring.
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And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
17 He made a Lampstand of pure hammered gold, making its stem and branches, cups, calyxes, and petals all of one piece.
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And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:
18 It had six branches, 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 candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
19 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.
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Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
20 On the main stem of the Lampstand, there were four cups shaped like almonds, with calyxes and petals,
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And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
21 a calyx extending from under each pair of the six branches.
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And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.
22 The entire Lampstand with its calyxes and stems was fashioned from one piece of hammered pure gold.
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Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
23 He made seven of these lamps with their candle snuffers, all out of pure gold.
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And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
24 He used a seventy-five-pound brick of pure gold to make the Lampstand and its accessories.
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Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
25 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.
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And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
26 He covered it with a veneer of pure gold, its top, sides, and horns, and made a gold molding around it
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And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
27 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.
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And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.
28 He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with a veneer of gold.
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And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
29 He also prepared with the art of a perfumer the holy anointing oil and the pure aromatic incense.
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And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
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