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Now 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;
Now 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;
He overlaid it inside and outside with pure gold, and he ran a molding of gold all around it.
and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around.
He cast four gold rings and attached them to its four feet, two rings on each side.
He 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.
Then he made poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
He inserted the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.
He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry it.
He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
He made two cherubim from hammered gold and placed them on the two ends of the atonement cover.
He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat;
He molded the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold.
one 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.
The cherubim faced each other and looked down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they protected it.
The 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.
Then he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long and a cubit wide and one and a half cubits high.
He overlaid it with pure gold and ran a gold molding around the edge.
He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around.
He made a rim for it of a handbreadth all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around.
Then he cast four gold rings for the table and attached them at the four corners next to the four legs.
He cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four feet.
The rings were attached near the border to hold the poles that were used to carry the table.
Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table.
He made these poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
Then he made special containers of pure gold for the table — bowls, ladles, jars, and pitchers — to be used in pouring out liquid offerings.
He 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.
Building the Lampstand
Then Bezalel made the lampstand of pure, hammered gold. He made the entire lampstand and its decorations of one piece — the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and petals.
Then 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.
The lampstand had six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side.
There 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;
Each of the six branches had three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
three 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.
The center stem of the lampstand was crafted with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
In the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers;
There was an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extended from the center stem, all made of one piece.
and 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.
The almond buds and branches were all of one piece with the center stem, and they were hammered from pure gold.
Their bulbs and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was a single hammered work of pure gold.
He also made seven lamps for the lampstand, lamp snuffers, and trays, all of pure gold.
He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.
He made it and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold.
Then 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.
He overlaid the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and he ran a gold molding around the entire altar.
He 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.
He made two gold rings and attached them on opposite sides of the altar below the gold molding to hold the carrying poles.
He 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.
He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.