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1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; it was two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
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And Bezalel made the ark of hard wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high;
2 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it.
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Plating it inside and out with the best gold, and putting an edge of gold all round it.
3 He cast for it four rings of gold for its four feet, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side.
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And he made four gold rings for its four angles, two on one side and two on the other,
4 He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,
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And rods of the same wood plated with gold.
5 and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
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These rods he put in the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.
6 He made a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its width.
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And he made the cover all of gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
7 He made two cherubim of hammered gold; at the two ends of the mercy seat he made them,
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And he made two winged ones, hammered out of one bit of gold, for the two ends of the cover;
8 one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim at its two ends.
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Placing one at one end and one at the other; the winged ones were part of the cover.
9 The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were turned toward the mercy seat.
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And their wings were stretched out over the cover; the faces of the winged ones were opposite one another and facing the cover.
10 He also made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
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And he made the table of hard wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high;
11 He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it.
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Plating it with the best gold and putting a gold edge all round it.
12 He made around it a rim a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim.
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And he made a frame all round it about as wide as a man's hand, edged with gold all round.
13 He cast for it four rings of gold, and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
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And he made four gold rings, and put the rings at the angles of its four feet.
14 The rings that held the poles used for carrying the table were close to the rim.
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The rings were fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table was to be lifted.
15 He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold.
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The rods for lifting the table he made of hard wood plated with gold.
16 And he made the vessels of pure gold that were to be on the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and flagons with which to pour drink offerings.
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And all the table-vessels, the plates and spoons and basins and the cups for liquids, he made of the best gold.
17 He also made the lampstand of pure gold. The base and the shaft of the lampstand were made of hammered work; its cups, its calyxes, and its petals were of one piece with it.
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Then he made the support for the lights, all of the best gold; its base and its pillar were of hammered gold; its cups and buds and flowers were all made out of the same metal:
18 There were six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;
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It had six branches coming out from its sides, three from one side and three from the other;
19 three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with calyx and petals, on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with calyx and petals, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
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Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower on all the branches;
20 On the lampstand itself there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyxes and petals.
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And on its pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower;
21 There was a calyx of one piece with it under the first pair of branches, a calyx of one piece with it under the next pair of branches, and a calyx of one piece with it under the last pair of branches.
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And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all six branches of it.
22 Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it, the whole of it one hammered piece of pure gold.
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The buds and the branches were made of the same metal, all together one complete work of the best hammered gold.
23 He made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.
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And he made the seven vessels for the lights, and all the necessary instruments for it, of gold.
24 He made it and all its utensils of a talent of pure gold.
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A talent of the best gold was used for the making of it and its vessels.
25 He made the altar of incense of acacia wood, one cubit long, and one cubit wide; it was square, and was two cubits high; its horns were of one piece with it.
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And he made the altar for the burning of spices, using the same hard wood; it was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high; the horns made of the same.
26 He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made for it a molding of gold all around,
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The top and the sides and the horns were all plated with the best gold; and he put an edge of gold all round it.
27 and made two golden rings for it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, to hold the poles with which to carry it.
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And he made two gold rings, placing them on the two opposite sides under the edge, to take the rods for lifting it.
28 And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
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The rods he made of the same hard wood, plating them with gold.
29 He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.
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And he made the holy oil and the perfume of sweet spices for burning, after the art of the perfume-maker.
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