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1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
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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.
2 He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.
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He covered it inside and outside with pure gold. He put a strip of gold around it.
3 He cast four gold rings for it and fastened them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
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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.
4 Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
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Then he made poles out of acacia wood. He covered them with gold.
5 And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
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He put the poles through the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
6 He made the atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
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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.
7 Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
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He made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
8 He made one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; at the two ends he made them of one piece with the cover.
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He put one cherub on each end of it.
9 The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.
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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.
10 They made the table of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.
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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.
11 Then they overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.
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They covered it with pure gold. They put a strip of gold around it.
12 They also made around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
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They also made a rim three inches wide around it. They put a strip of gold around the rim.
13 They cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners, where the four legs were.
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They made four gold rings for the table. They joined them to the four corners, where the four legs were.
14 The rings were put close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.
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The rings were close to the rim. They held the poles that were used to carry the table.
15 The poles for carrying the table were made of acacia wood and were overlaid with gold.
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The workers made the poles out of acacia wood. They covered them with gold.
16 And they made from pure gold the articles for the table—its plates and dishes and bowls and its pitchers for the pouring out of drink offerings.
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They made plates, dishes and bowls out of pure gold for the table. They also made pure gold pitchers to pour out drink offerings.
17 They made the lampstand of pure gold. They hammered out its base and shaft, and made its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them.
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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.
18 Six branches extended from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.
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Six branches came out from the sides of the lampstand. There were three on one side and three on the other.
19 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on one branch, three on the next branch and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand.
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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.
20 And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
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On the lampstand there were four cups that were shaped like almond flowers with buds and blooms.
21 One bud was under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair—six branches in all.
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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.
22 The buds and the branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
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The buds and branches came out from the lampstand. The whole lampstand was one piece that was hammered out of pure gold.
23 They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold.
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The workers made its seven lamps out of pure gold. They also made its trays and wick cutters out of pure gold.
24 They made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent of pure gold.
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They used 75 pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and everything that was used with it.
25 They made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high —its horns of one piece with it.
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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.
26 They overlaid the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.
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The workers covered the top, sides and horns with pure gold. They put a strip of gold around it.
27 They made two gold rings below the molding—two on each of the opposite sides—to hold the poles used to carry it.
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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.
28 They made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
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The workers made the poles out of acacia wood. They covered them with gold.
29 They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense—the work of a perfumer.
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They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, sweet-smelling incense. A person who makes perfume made them.
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