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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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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 with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold 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 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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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 He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,
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He made acacia-wood poles and covered them with gold.
5 and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
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He put the poles into the rings on the chest's sides to use to carry the chest.
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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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 of hammered gold; at the two ends of the mercy seat he made them,
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He made two winged heavenly creatures of hammered 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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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 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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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 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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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 made a molding of gold around it.
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He covered it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it.
12 He made around it a rim a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim.
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He made a frame around it that was four inches wide and gold molding around the frame.
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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He made four gold rings for the table. He fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
14 The rings that held the poles used for carrying the table were close to the rim.
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The rings that housed the poles used for carrying the table were close to the frame.
15 He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, 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 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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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 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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He also made the lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The lampstand's base, branches, cups, flowers, and petals were all attached to it.
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 growing out from its sides, three branches on one side of the lampstand and three branches on the other side of the lampstand.
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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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 On the lampstand itself there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyxes 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 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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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 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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Their flowers and their branches were attached to it. The whole lampstand was one piece of pure hammered gold.
23 He made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.
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He made its seven lamps and its tongs and its fire pans out of pure gold.
24 He made it and all its utensils of a talent of pure gold.
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He made the lampstand and all its equipment from pure gold weighing one kikkar.
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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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 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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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 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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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 And 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 He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.
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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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