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1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
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Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
2 And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it.
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He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.
3 And 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 fastened them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
4 And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold
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Then he made poles of acacia 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 inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
6 And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
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He made the atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
7 And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy seat,
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Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
8 one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends.
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He made one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; at the two ends he made them of one piece with the cover.
9 The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.
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The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.
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