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1 And Beseleel made also, the ark of setim wood: it was two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth, and the height was of one cubit and a half: and he overlaid it with the purest gold within and without.
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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.
2 And he made to it a crown of gold round about,
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He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it.
3 Casting four rings of gold at the four corners thereof: two rings in one side, and two in the other.
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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.
4 And he made bars of setim wood, which he overlaid with gold,
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He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,
5 And he put them into the rings that were at the sides of the ark to carry it.
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and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
6 He made also the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, of the purest gold, two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth.
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He made a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its width.
7 Two cherubims also of beaten gold, which he set on the two sides of the propitiatory:
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He made two cherubim of hammered gold; at the two ends of the mercy seat he made them,
8 One cherub in the top of one side, and the other cherub in the top of the other side: two cherubims at the two ends of the propitiatory,
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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.
9 Spreading their wings, and covering the propitiatory, and looking one towards the other, and towards it.
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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.
10 He made also the table of setim wood, in length two cubits, and in breadth one cubit, and in height it was a cubit and a half.
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He also made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
11 And he overlaid it with the finest gold, and he made to it a golden ledge round about,
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He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it.
12 And to the ledge itself he made a polished crown of gold, of four fingers breadth, and upon the same another golden crown.
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He made around it a rim a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim.
13 And he cast four rings of gold, which he put in the four corners at each foot of the table,
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He cast for it four rings of gold, and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
14 Over against the crown: and he put the bars into them, that the table might be carried.
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The rings that held the poles used for carrying the table were close to the rim.
15 The bars also themselves he made of setim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
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He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold.
16 And the vessels for the divers uses of the table, dishes, bowls, and cups, and censers of pure gold, wherein the libations are to be offered.
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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.
17 He made also the candlestick of beaten work of the finest gold. from the shaft whereof its branches, its cups, and bowls, and lilies came out:
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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.
18 Six on the two sides: three branches on one side, and three on the other.
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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;
19 Three cups in manner of a nut on each branch, and bowls withal and lilies: and three cups of the fashion of a nut in another branch, and bowls withal and lilies. The work of the six branches, that went out from the shaft of the candlestick was equal.
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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.
20 And in the shaft itself were four cups after the manner of a nut, and bowls withal at every one, and lilies:
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On the lampstand itself there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyxes and petals.
21 And bowls under two branches in three places, which together made six branches going out from one shaft.
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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.
22 So both the bowls, and the branches were of the same, all beaten work of the purest gold.
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Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it, the whole of it one hammered piece of pure gold.
23 He made also the seven lamps with their snuffers, and the vessels where the snuffings were to be put out, of the purest gold.
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He made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.
24 The candlestick with all the vessels thereof weighed a talent of gold.
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He made it and all its utensils of a talent of pure gold.
25 He made also the alter of incense of setim wood, being a cubit on every side foursquare, and in height two cubits: from the corners of which went out horns.
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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.
26 And he overlaid it with the purest gold, with its grate, and the sides, and the horns.
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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,
27 And he made to it a crown of gold round about, and two golden rings under the crown at each side, that the bars might be put into them, and the altar be carried.
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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.
28 And the bars themselves he made also of setim wood, and overlaid them with plates of gold.
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And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
29 He compounded also the oil for the ointment of sanctification, and incense of the purest spices, according to the work of a perfumer.
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He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.
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