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1 And Bezaleel made the ark of acacia-wood: two cubits and a half long, and a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
2 And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a crown of gold around it.
3 And he cast four rings of gold for it, for the corners of it, even two rings on the one side of it and two rings on the other side of it.
4 And he made staves of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, in order to bear the ark.
6 And he made the mercy-seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half long, and one cubit and a half wide.
7 And he made two cherubs of gold on the two ends of the mercy-seat. He made them of beaten work,
8 one cherub here at one end, and one cherub there at the other end. He made the cherubs out of the mercy-seat on the two ends of it.
9 And the cherubs were spreading out their wings above, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, their faces each toward the other. The faces of the cherubs were toward the mercy-seat.
10 And he made the table of acacia-wood. Two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made for it a crown of gold all around.
12 Also he made for it a border all around, of a hand's breadth. And he made a crown of gold for the border of it all around.
13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that were in the four feet of it.
14 The rings were near the border, the housings for the staves to carry the table.
15 And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
16 And he made the vessels which were on the table, its dishes and its spoons, and its bowls, and its pitchers by which a drink offering is made, of pure gold.
17 And he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of beaten work; its shaft and its branch, its cups, its knobs, and its blossoms, were of the same.
18 And six branches went out of the sides of it; three branches of the lampstand out of the one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it.
19 Three almond-like cups were on the one branch, a knob and a blossom; and three almond-like cups on the one branch, a knob and a blossom. So throughout the six branches going out of the lampstand.
20 And on the lampstand were four almond-like cups, its knobs and its blossoms.
21 And a knob was under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, to the six branches going out of it.
22 Their knobs and their branches were of the same; all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
23 And he made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, of pure gold.
24 He made it of a talent of pure gold, and all the vessels of it.
25 And he made the incense altar of acacia-wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth a cubit, square. And its height was two cubits. Its horns were of the same.
26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top of it and the sides of it all around, and the horns of it. Also he made for it a crown of gold all around.
27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown of it, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides of it, to be places for the staves to bear it with.
28 And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold.
29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, the work of the perfumer.
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