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1 He made the altar of burnt offering also of acacia wood; it was five cubits long, and five cubits wide; it was square, and three cubits high.
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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 He made horns for it on its four corners; its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.
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And he put horns at its four angles made of the same, plating it all with brass;
3 He made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the firepans: all its utensils he made of bronze.
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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 He made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its ledge, extending halfway down.
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And he made a network of brass for the altar, under the frame round it, stretching half-way up;
5 He cast four rings on the four corners of the bronze grating to hold the poles;
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And four rings for the four angles of this network, to take the rods.
6 he 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 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.
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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 He made the basin of bronze with its stand of bronze, 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 He made the court; for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, one hundred cubits long;
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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 its twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
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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 For the north side there were hangings one hundred cubits long; its twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
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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 For the west side there were hangings fifty cubits long, with ten pillars and ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
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And on the west side, hangings fifty cubits long, on ten pillars in ten bases, with silver bands.
13 And for the front to the east, fifty cubits.
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And on the east side, the open space was fifty cubits long.
14 The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with three pillars 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 so for the other side; on each side of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with three pillars 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 hangings around the court were of fine twisted linen.
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All the hangings were of the best linen.
17 The bases for the pillars were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver; the overlaying of their capitals was also of silver, and all the pillars of the court were banded with silver.
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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 screen for the entrance to the court was embroidered with needlework in blue, purple, and crimson yarns and fine twisted linen. It was twenty cubits long and, along the width of it, five cubits high, corresponding to the hangings of the court.
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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 There were four pillars; their four bases were of bronze, their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their bands of 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 pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were of 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 records of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant, which were drawn up at the commandment of Moses, the work of the Levites being under the direction of Ithamar son of the priest Aaron.
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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 son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that 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 and with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and in 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 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 seven hundred thirty shekels, measured by 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 from those of the congregation who were counted was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, measured by 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 a beka a head (that is, half a shekel, measured by the sanctuary shekel), for everyone who was counted in the census, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand, five hundred fifty 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 hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the sanctuary, and the bases of the curtain; one hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent for a 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 Of the thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals and made bands for them.
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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 that was contributed was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels;
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The brass which was given was seventy talents, two thousand four hundred shekels;
30 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,
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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 all 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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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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