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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 using acacia wood: He made it three and three-quarters feet long and two and a quarter feet wide and deep.
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 it inside and out with a veneer of pure gold and made a molding of gold 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 and attached them to 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 poles from acacia wood, covered them with a veneer of gold,
5 He inserted the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.
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and inserted the poles for carrying the Chest into the rings on the sides.
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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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.
7 He made two cherubim from hammered gold and placed them on the two ends of the atonement cover.
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He sculpted two winged angel-cherubim out of hammered gold for the ends of the Atonement-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 angel at one end, one angel at the other. He made them of one piece with the Atonement-Cover.
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 angels had outstretched wings and appeared to hover over the Atonement-Cover, facing one another but looking down on the Atonement-Cover.
10 Then Bezalel made the table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
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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.
11 He overlaid it with pure gold and ran a gold molding around the edge.
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He covered it with a veneer of pure gold and made a molding of gold 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 border a handbreadth wide all around it and a rim of gold for the border.
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 cast four rings of gold for it and attached the rings to the 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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parallel to the table top. They will serve as holders for the poles used to carry the Table.
15 He made these poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
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He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with a veneer of gold. They will be used to carry the Table.
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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Out of pure gold he made the utensils for the Table: its plates, bowls, jars, and jugs used for pouring.
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 made a Lampstand of pure hammered gold, making its stem and branches, cups, calyxes, and petals all of one piece.
18 The lampstand had six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side.
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It had six branches, three from one side and three from the other;
19 Each of the six branches had three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
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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.
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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On the main stem of the Lampstand, there were four cups shaped like almonds, with calyxes 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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a calyx extending from under each pair of the six 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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The entire Lampstand with its calyxes and stems was fashioned from one piece of hammered pure gold.
23 He also made seven lamps for the lampstand, lamp snuffers, and trays, all of pure gold.
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He made seven of these lamps with their candle snuffers, all 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 used a seventy-five-pound brick of pure gold to make the Lampstand and its accessories.
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 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.
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 a veneer of pure gold, its top, sides, and horns, and made a gold molding 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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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.
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 covered them with a veneer of 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 prepared with the art of a perfumer the holy anointing oil and the pure aromatic incense.
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