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1 Next Bezalel made the Ark of acacia wood—a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
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Bezalel made the chest of acacia wood. It was forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.
2 He overlaid it inside and outside with pure gold, and he ran a molding of gold all around it.
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He covered the chest with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding all around it.
3 He cast four gold rings and attached them to its four feet, two rings on each side.
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He cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
4 Then he made poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
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He made acacia-wood poles and covered them with gold.
5 He inserted the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.
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He put the poles into the rings on the chest's sides to use to carry the chest.
6 Then he made the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It was 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
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He made a cover for the chest out of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.
7 He made two cherubim from hammered gold and placed them on the two ends of the atonement cover.
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He made two winged heavenly creatures of hammered gold for the two ends of the cover,
8 He molded the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold.
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one winged heavenly creature at one end and one winged heavenly creature at the other. He placed the winged heavenly creatures at the cover's two ends.
9 The cherubim faced each other and looked down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they protected it.
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The winged heavenly creatures spread out their wings above, shielding the cover with their wings. The winged heavenly creatures faced each other toward the cover's center.
10 Then Bezalel made the table 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, three feet long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.
11 He overlaid it with pure gold and ran a gold molding around the edge.
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He covered it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it.
12 He decorated it with a 3-inch border all around, and he ran a gold molding along the border.
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He made a frame around it that was four inches wide and gold molding around the frame.
13 Then he cast four gold rings for the table and attached them at the four corners next to the four legs.
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He made four gold rings for the table. He fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
14 The rings were attached near the border to hold the poles that were used to carry the table.
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The rings that housed the poles used for carrying the table were close to the frame.
15 He made these poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
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He made the poles used to carry the table out of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold.
16 Then he made special containers of pure gold for the table—bowls, ladles, jars, and pitchers—to be used in pouring out liquid offerings.
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He made the containers of pure gold that were to be on the table: its plates, dishes, bowls, and jars for pouring drink offerings.
17 Then Bezalel made the lampstand of pure, hammered gold. He made the entire lampstand and its decorations of one piece—the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and petals.
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He also made the lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The lampstand's base, branches, cups, flowers, and petals were all attached to it.
18 The lampstand had six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side.
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It had six branches growing out from its sides, three branches on one side of the lampstand and three branches on the other side of the lampstand.
19 Each of the six branches had three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
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One branch had three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a flower and petals, and the next branch also had three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a flower and petals. A total of six branches grew out of the lampstand.
20 The center stem of the lampstand was crafted with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
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In addition, on the lampstand itself there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its flower and petals.
21 There was an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extended from the center stem, all made of one piece.
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There was a flower attached under the first pair of branches, a flower attached under the next pair of branches, and a flower attached under the last pair of branches.
22 The almond buds and branches were all of one piece with the center stem, and they were hammered from pure gold.
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Their flowers and their branches were attached to it. The whole lampstand was one piece of pure hammered gold.
23 He also made seven lamps for the lampstand, lamp snuffers, and trays, all of pure gold.
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He made its seven lamps and its tongs and its fire pans out of pure gold.
24 The entire lampstand, along with its accessories, was made from 75 pounds of pure gold.
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He made the lampstand and all its equipment from pure gold weighing one kikkar.
25 Then Bezalel made the incense altar of acacia wood. It was 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.
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He made the incense altar out of acacia wood. The altar was square, eighteen inches long by eighteen inches wide. It was three feet high, and its horns were permanently attached.
26 He overlaid the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and he ran a gold molding around the entire altar.
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He covered it with pure gold, including its top, all its sides, and its horns. He also made a gold molding all around it.
27 He made two gold rings and attached them on opposite sides of the altar below the gold molding to hold the carrying poles.
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He made two gold rings, and he attached them under the molding on two opposite sides of the altar. They housed the poles used to carry it.
28 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
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He made the poles of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold.
29 Then he made the sacred anointing oil and the fragrant incense, using the techniques of a skilled incense maker.
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He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure sweet-smelling incense like a skilled perfume maker.
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