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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 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 with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold 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 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 and attached them to 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 poles from acacia wood, covered them with a veneer of gold,
5 and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
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and inserted the poles for carrying the Chest into the rings on the sides.
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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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 of hammered gold; at the two ends of the mercy seat he made them,
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He sculpted two winged angel-cherubim out of hammered gold for the ends of the Atonement-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 angel at one end, one angel at the other. He made them of one piece with the Atonement-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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The angels had outstretched wings and appeared to hover over the Atonement-Cover, facing one another but looking down on the Atonement-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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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 made a molding of gold around it.
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He covered it with a veneer of pure gold and made a molding of gold 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 border a handbreadth wide all around it and a rim of gold for the border.
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 cast four rings of gold for it and attached the rings to the four legs
14 The rings that held the poles used for carrying the table were close to the rim.
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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 the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, 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 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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Out of pure gold he made the utensils for the Table: its plates, bowls, jars, and jugs used for pouring.
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 made a Lampstand of pure hammered gold, making its stem and branches, cups, calyxes, and petals all of one piece.
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, 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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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 On the lampstand itself there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyxes 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 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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a calyx extending from under each pair of the six 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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The entire Lampstand with its calyxes and stems was fashioned from one piece of hammered pure gold.
23 He made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.
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He made seven of these lamps with their candle snuffers, all out of pure gold.
24 He made it and all its utensils of a talent 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 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 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 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 a veneer of pure gold, its top, sides, and horns, and made a gold molding 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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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 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 covered them with a veneer of 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 prepared with the art of a perfumer the holy anointing oil and the pure aromatic incense.
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