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| 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. | 1Bezalel 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. |
| 2He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and outside, and made a gold molding around it. | 2He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it. |
| 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 gold rings for it and fastened them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other. |
| 4He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. | 4Then he 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. | 5And he inserted 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 the atonement cover of pure gold--two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. |
| 7He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the Mercy Seat. | 7Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. |
| 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. | 8He 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. |
| 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, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover. |
| 10Then he made a table of acacia wood two cubits long, one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high. | 10They made the table of acacia wood--two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high. |
| 11He overlaid it with pure gold and put a gold molding around it. | 11Then they overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it. |
| 12He made a rim one handbreadth wide around it, and made a gold molding around the rim. | 12They also made around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim. |
| 13He cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners where its four feet were. | 13They cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners, where the four legs were. |
| 14The rings were close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table. | 14The rings were put close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table. |
| 15He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold to carry the table. | 15The poles for carrying the table were made of acacia wood and were overlaid with gold. |
| 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. | 16And they made from pure gold the articles for the table--its plates and dishes and bowls and its pitchers for the pouring out of drink offerings. |
| 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. | 17They made the lampstand of pure gold. They hammered out its base and shaft, and made its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them. |
| 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. | 18Six branches extended from the sides of the lampstand--three on one side and three on the other. |
| 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 flowers with buds and blossoms were on one branch, three on the next branch and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand. |
| 20On the lamp stand itself there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms each with their calyxes and flowers. | 20And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. |
| 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. | 21One bud was under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair--six branches in all. |
| 22Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it, all of it was of one piece of hammered work of pure gold. | 22The buds and the branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold. |
| 23He made its seven lamps, its tongs, and its trays from pure gold. | 23They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold. |
| 24He made it and all of its furnishings from a talent of pure gold. | 24They made the lampstand and all its accessories from one 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. | 25They made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high --its horns 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. | 26They overlaid the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it. |
| 27He made two gold rings for it under its molding, on its two opposite sides, as holders for poles by which to carry it. | 27They made two gold rings below the molding--two on each of the opposite sides--to hold the poles used to carry it. |
| 28He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. | 28They 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. | 29They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense--the work of a perfumer. |
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