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1 They built the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, three cubits high; it was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.
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The altar of burned offerings he made of hard wood; a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high,
2 They made a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar were of one piece, and they overlaid the altar with bronze.
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And he put horns at its four angles made of the same, plating it all with brass;
3 They made all its utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans.
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And brass was used for all the vessels of the altar, the baskets and the spades, the basins and the meat-hooks and the fire-trays; all the vessels he made of brass
4 They made a grating for the altar, a bronze network, to be under its ledge, halfway up the altar.
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And he made a network of brass for the altar, under the frame round it, stretching half-way up;
5 They cast bronze rings to hold the poles for the four corners of the bronze grating.
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And four rings for the four angles of this network, to take the rods.
6 They made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
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The rods he made of hard wood plated with brass.
7 They inserted the poles into the rings so they would be on the sides of the altar for carrying it. They made it hollow, out of boards.
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He put the rods through the rings at the opposite sides of the altar for lifting it; he made the altar hollow, boarded in with wood.
8 They made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
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And he made the washing-vessel of brass on a brass base, using the polished brass looking-glasses given by the women who did work at the doors of the Tent of meeting.
9 Next they made the courtyard. The south side was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely twisted linen,
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To make the open space, he put hangings on the south side, of the best linen, a hundred cubits long:
10 with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
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Their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were brass; and the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
11 The north side was also a hundred cubits long and had twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
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And for the north side. hangings a hundred cubits long, on twenty brass pillars in brass bases, with silver hooks and bands.
12 The west end was fifty cubits wide and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
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And on the west side, hangings fifty cubits long, on ten pillars in ten bases, with silver bands.
13 The east end, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits wide.
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And on the east side, the open space was fifty cubits long.
14 Curtains fifteen cubits long were on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases,
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The hangings on one side of the doorway were fifteen cubits long, on three pillars with their three bases;
15 and curtains fifteen cubits long were on the other side of the entrance to the courtyard, with three posts and three bases.
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And the same on the other side of the doorway; on this side and on that the hangings were fifteen cubits long, on three pillars with their three bases.
16 All the curtains around the courtyard were of finely twisted linen.
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All the hangings were of the best linen.
17 The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks and bands on the posts were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver; so all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.
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And the bases of the pillars were of brass; their hooks and the bands round the tops of them were of silver; all the pillars were ringed with silver.
18 The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was made of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,
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And the curtain for the doorway of the open space was of the best linen, with designs of blue and purple and red in needlework; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, to go with the hangings round the sides.
19 with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks and bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver.
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There were four pillars with their bases, all of brass, the hooks being of silver, and their tops and their bands being covered with silver.
20 All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
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All the nails used for the House and the open space round it were of brass.
21 These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law, which were recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.
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This is the price of the making of the House, even the House of witness, as it was valued by the word of Moses, for the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
22 (Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything the LORD commanded Moses;
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Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
23 with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan—an engraver and designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen.)
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And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; a designer and a trained workman, expert in needlework of blue and purple and red and the best linen.
24 The total amount of the gold from the wave offering used for all the work on the sanctuary was 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
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The gold used for all the different work done for the holy place, the gold which was given, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.
25 The silver obtained from those of the community who were counted in the census was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—
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And the silver given by those who were numbered of the people was a hundred talents, and a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.
26 one beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more, a total of 603,550 men.
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A beka, that is, half a shekel by the holy scale, for everyone who was numbered; there were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men of twenty years old and over.
27 The 100 talents of silver were used to cast the bases for the sanctuary and for the curtain—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent for each base.
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Of this silver, a hundred talents was used for making the bases of the pillars of the holy place and of the veil; a talent for every base.
28 They used the 1,775 shekels to make the hooks for the posts, to overlay the tops of the posts, and to make their bands.
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And a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels of silver was used to make the hooks for the pillars, and for plating the tops of the pillars and for making their bands.
29 The bronze from the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.
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The brass which was given was seventy talents, two thousand four hundred shekels;
30 They used it to make the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all its utensils,
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From it he made the bases of the doorway of the Tent of meeting and the brass altar and the network for it and all the vessels for the altar,
31 the bases for the surrounding courtyard and those for its entrance and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and those for the surrounding courtyard.
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And the bases for the open space all round and for its doorway, and all the nails for the House and for the open space.
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