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1 He made the altar for entirely burned offerings out of acacia wood. The altar was square, seven and a half feet long and seven and a half feet wide. It was four and a half feet high.
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He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits was its height.
2 He made horns for it, one horn on each of its four corners. Its horns were attached to the altar, and he covered it with copper.
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He made horns for it on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.
3 He made all the altar's equipment: the pails, the shovels, the bowls, the meat forks, and the trays. He made all its equipment out of copper.
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And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its utensils of bronze.
4 He made a grate for the altar of copper mesh underneath its bottom edge and extending halfway up to the middle of the altar.
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And he made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its ledge, extending halfway down.
5 He made four rings for each of the four corners of the copper grate to house the poles.
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He cast four rings on the four corners of the bronze grating as holders for the poles.
6 He made the poles out of acacia wood, and he covered them with copper.
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He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
7 He put the poles through the rings so that the poles were on the two sides of the altar when it was carried. He made the altar with planks but hollow inside.
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And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow, with boards.
8 He made the copper washbasin with its copper stand from the copper mirrors among the ranks of women assigned to the meeting tent's entrance.
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He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.
9 He also set up the courtyard. The courtyard's south side had drapes of fine twisted linen stretching one hundred fifty feet
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And he made the court. For the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;
10 with twenty posts, twenty copper bases, and silver hooks and bands for the posts.
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their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
11 Likewise the north side stretched one hundred fifty feet, with twenty posts, twenty copper bases, and silver hooks and bands for the posts.
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And for the north side there were hangings of a hundred cubits, their twenty pillars, their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
12 On the west side the drapes stretched seventy-five feet, with their ten posts, their ten bases, and silver hooks and bands for the posts.
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And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their ten pillars, and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
13 The front side facing east was seventy-five feet.
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And for the front to the east, fifty cubits.
14 There were twenty-two and a half feet of drapes on one side with three posts and three bases for them.
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The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.
15 Likewise, there were twenty-two and a half feet of drapes on the other side of the plaza's gate with three posts and three bases for them.
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And so for the other side. On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases.
16 All the drapes around the courtyard were made of fine twisted linen.
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All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen.
17 The bases for the posts were made of copper, but the hooks for the posts and their bands were made of silver. The tops of the posts were covered with silver, and all the posts surrounding the courtyard had silver bands.
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And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. The overlaying of their capitals was also of silver, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
18 The screen for the gate into the courtyard was made with blue, purple, and deep red yarns and fine twisted linen, decorated with needlework. It was thirty feet long and, along the width of it, seven and a half feet high, corresponding to the courtyard's drapes.
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And the screen for the gate of the court was embroidered with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It was twenty cubits long and five cubits high in its breadth, corresponding to the hangings of the court.
19 It had four posts, their four copper bases, their silver hooks, and their tops and bands covered with silver.
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And their pillars were four in number. Their four bases were of bronze, their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver.
20 All the tent pegs for the dwelling and for the courtyard all around were made of copper.
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And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were of bronze.
21 These are the accounts of the dwelling, the covenant dwelling, that were recorded at Moses' instructions. They are the work of the Levites, under the direction of Ithamar, Aaron the priest's son.
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These are the records of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were recorded at the commandment of Moses, the responsibility of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
22 Bezalel, Uri's son and Hur's grandson from the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses to make.
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Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses;
23 Working with Bezalel was Oholiab, Ahisamach's son from the tribe of Dan, who was a gem cutter, a designer, and a needleworker in blue, purple, and deep red yarns and in fine linen.
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and with him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer and embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.
24 The total amount of the gold that was used for construction of the whole sanctuary, gold from the uplifted offerings, was twenty-nine kikkars and seven hundred thirty shekels in weight, measured by the sanctuary shekel.
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All the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.
25 The silver from the community census totaled one hundred kikkars and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels in weight, measured by the sanctuary shekel.
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The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary:
26 They gave a beqa per person (that is, half a shekel, measured by the sanctuary shekel) for everyone who was counted in the census, 20 years old and above, 603,550 men.
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a beka a head (that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone who was listed in the records, from twenty years old and upward, for ,550 men.
27 One hundred kikkars of silver were used to cast the bases for the sanctuary and the bases for the veil, one hundred bases from one hundred kikkars of silver, one kikkar for every base.
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The hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent a base.
28 He used one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels of silver to make the hooks for the posts, cover their tops, and make bands for them.
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And of the 1,775 shekels he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their capitals and made fillets for them.
29 The amount of copper from the uplifted offering was seventy kikkars and two thousand four hundred shekels in weight.
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The bronze that was offered was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels;
30 He used it to make the bases for the meeting tent's entrance, the copper altar, its copper grate, and all the altar's equipment,
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with it he made the bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar and the bronze grating for it and all the utensils of the altar,
31 the bases all around the courtyard, and the bases for the courtyard's gate, all the dwelling's tent pegs, and all the tent pegs used around the courtyard.
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the bases around the court, and the bases of the gate of the court, all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs around the court.
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