| International Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high. | 1Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was two and a half cubits, and its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits; |
| 2He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and outside, and made a gold molding around it. | 2and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around. |
| 3He cast four rings for it on its four feet, two rings on one side of it and two rings on its other side. | 3He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet; even two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. |
| 4He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. | 4He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. |
| 5He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it. | 5He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry it. |
| 6He made a Mercy Seat of pure gold two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. | 6He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. |
| 7He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the Mercy Seat. | 7He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat; |
| 8One cherub was at one end and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim at the two ends of the Mercy Seat and of one piece with it. | 8one cherub at the one end and one cherub at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at the two ends. |
| 9The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the Mercy Seat with their wings and facing each other. The faces of the cherubim were turned toward the Mercy Seat. | 9The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat. |
| 10Then he made a table of acacia wood two cubits long, one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high. | 10Then he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long and a cubit wide and one and a half cubits high. |
| 11He overlaid it with pure gold and put a gold molding around it. | 11He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around. |
| 12He made a rim one handbreadth wide around it, and made a gold molding around the rim. | 12He made a rim for it of a handbreadth all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around. |
| 13He cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners where its four feet were. | 13He cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four feet. |
| 14The rings were close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table. | 14Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table. |
| 15He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold to carry the table. | 15He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. |
| 16He made the utensils which were on the table, its plates, dishes, bowls, and jars out of which libations are poured. He made them of pure gold. | 16He made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes and its pans and its bowls and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold. |
| 17He made the lamp stand of pure gold. He made the lamp stand, its base, and stem of hammered work and its cups, calyxes, and flowers were of one piece with it. | 17Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its bulbs and its flowers were of one piece with it. |
| 18Six branches extended from its sides, three branches of the lamp stand from one side of it, and three branches of the lamp stand from its other side. | 18There were six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand from the one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it; |
| 19Three cups shaped like almond blossoms with calyxes and flowers were on one branch and three cups shaped like almond blossoms with calyxes and flowers were on the other branch, and so on for the six branches extending from the lamp stand. | 19three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a bulb and a flower in one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a bulb and a flower in the other branch-- so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. |
| 20On the lamp stand itself there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms each with their calyxes and flowers. | 20In the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers; |
| 21A calyx was under the two branches that extended out of the stem; a calyx was under the next pair of branches that extended out of the stem; and a calyx was under the last pair of branches that extended out of the stem, and so on for the six branches extending from the lamp stand. | 21and a bulb was under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. |
| 22Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it, all of it was of one piece of hammered work of pure gold. | 22Their bulbs and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was a single hammered work of pure gold. |
| 23He made its seven lamps, its tongs, and its trays from pure gold. | 23He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays of pure gold. |
| 24He made it and all of its furnishings from a talent of pure gold. | 24He made it and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold. |
| 25He made the altar for burning incense of acacia wood, a square, one cubit long, one cubit wide, and two cubits high, with its horns of one piece with it. | 25Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit long and a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high; its horns were of one piece with it. |
| 26He overlaid it with pure gold—its top, its sides all around, and its horns—and he made a gold molding around it. | 26He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around. |
| 27He made two gold rings for it under its molding, on its two opposite sides, as holders for poles by which to carry it. | 27He made two golden rings for it under its molding, on its two sides-- on opposite sides-- as holders for poles with which to carry it. |
| 28He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. | 28He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. |
| 29And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure aromatic incense, the work of a perfumer. | 29And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer. |
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