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1 Bezalel made the ark of the covenant out of acacia wood. It was three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide and high.
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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 outside with pure gold. He put a strip of gold around it.
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And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold for it round about.
3 He made four gold rings for it. He joined them to its four bottom corners. He put 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 in the four corners of it: even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.
4 Then he made poles out of acacia wood. He covered them with gold.
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And he made staves of shittim wood and overlaid them with gold.
5 He put the poles through the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
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And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
6 He made its cover out of pure gold. It was three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide. The cover is the place where sin is paid for.
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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 made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the 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 He put one cherub on each end of it.
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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 He made the cherubim as part of the cover itself. The cherubim's wings spread up over the cover. The cherubim faced each other and looked toward the cover.
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And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered over the mercy seat with their wings with their faces one toward another; even toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubims.
10 The workers made the table out of acacia wood. It was three feet long, one foot six inches wide and two feet three inches 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 They covered it with pure gold. They put a strip of gold around it.
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And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.
12 They also made a rim three inches wide around it. They put a strip of gold around the rim.
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Also he made thereunto a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
13 They made four gold rings for the table. They joined them to the four corners, where the four legs were.
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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 The rings were close to the rim. They held the poles that were 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 The workers made the poles out of acacia wood. They covered them with gold.
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And he made the staves of shittim wood to bear the table, and overlaid them with gold.
16 They made plates, dishes and bowls out of pure gold for the table. They also made pure gold pitchers to pour out drink offerings.
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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 for covering -- of pure gold.
17 The workers made the lampstand out of pure gold. They hammered out its base and stem. Its buds, blooms and cups branched out from it.
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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 buds and his flowers were of the same.
18 Six branches came out from the sides of the lampstand. There were three on one side and three on the other.
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And six branches came 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 On one branch there were three cups that were shaped like almond flowers with buds and blooms. There were three on the next branch. There were three on all six branches that came out from the lampstand.
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Three bowls were made after the fashion of almonds on one branch, with a bud and a flower, and three bowls were made like almonds on another branch, with a bud and a flower -- so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
20 On the lampstand there were four cups that were shaped like almond flowers with buds and blooms.
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And on the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, with his buds and his flowers,
21 One bud was under the first pair of branches that came out from the lampstand. A second bud was under the second pair. And a third bud was under the third pair. There was a total of six branches.
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and a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.
22 The buds and branches came out from the lampstand. The whole lampstand was one piece that was hammered out of pure gold.
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Their buds and their branches were of the same; all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
23 The workers made its seven lamps out of pure gold. They also made its trays and wick cutters out of pure gold.
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And he made his seven lamps and his snuffers and his snuff dishes of pure gold.
24 They used 75 pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and everything that was used with it.
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Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
25 The workers made an altar for burning incense. They made it out of acacia wood. It was one foot six inches square and three feet high. A horn stuck out from each of its upper four corners.
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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 The workers covered the top, sides and horns with pure gold. They put a strip of gold 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 for it a crown of gold round about.
27 They made two gold rings below the strip. They put the rings across from each other. The rings held the poles that were used to carry it.
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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.
28 The workers made the poles out of acacia wood. They covered them with gold.
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And he made the staves of shittim wood and overlaid them with gold.
29 They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, sweet-smelling incense. A person who makes perfume made them.
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And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the perfumer.
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