King James Bible

New American Standard Bible 1995

1And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:

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;

2And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.

2and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around.

3And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.

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.

4And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

4He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

5And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

5He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry it.

6And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

6He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

7And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on 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 on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

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.

9And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.

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.

10And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:

10Then he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long and a cubit wide and one and a half cubits high.

11And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.

11He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around.

12Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.

12He made a rim for it of a handbreadth all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around.

13And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof.

13He cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four feet.

14Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.

14Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table.

15And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.

15He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

16And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, 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.

17And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:

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.

18And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

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 bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.

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.

20And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:

20In the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers;

21And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.

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 knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten 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.

23And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.

23He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.

24Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.

24He made it and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold.

25And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.

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.

26And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.

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.

27And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.

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.

28And he made the staves of shittim 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 incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

29And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.

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