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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 Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:
2 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it.
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And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
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 cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.
4 He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,
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And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid 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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And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
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 mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
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 cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
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 cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
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 the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
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 shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
11 He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it.
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And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.
12 He made around it a rim a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim.
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Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
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 cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof.
14 The rings that held the poles used for carrying the table were close to the rim.
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Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.
15 He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold.
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And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
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 he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure 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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And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:
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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And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
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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Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
20 On the lampstand itself there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyxes and petals.
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And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
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 a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out 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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Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
23 He made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.
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And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
24 He made it and all its utensils of a talent of pure gold.
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Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
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 incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were 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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And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
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 rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.
28 And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
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And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid 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 anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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