| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 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. | 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, both inside and out, 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 gold rings for it and fastened them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other. | 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. |
| 4Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. | 4He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. |
| 5And he inserted 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 the atonement cover of pure gold--two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. | 6He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. |
| 7Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. | 7He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat; |
| 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. | 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, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover. | 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. |
| 10They made the table of acacia wood--two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high. | 10Then he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long and a cubit wide and one and a half cubits high. |
| 11Then they overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it. | 11He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around. |
| 12They also made around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim. | 12He made a rim for it of a handbreadth all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around. |
| 13They cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners, where the four legs 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 put close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table. | 14Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table. |
| 15The poles for carrying the table were made of acacia wood and were overlaid with gold. | 15He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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 the sides of the lampstand--three on one side and three on the other. | 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 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. | 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 on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. | 20In the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers; |
| 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. | 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. |
| 22The buds and the branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out 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. |
| 23They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold. | 23He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays of pure gold. |
| 24They made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent of pure gold. | 24He made it and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 26They overlaid the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and 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. |
| 27They made two gold rings below the molding--two on each of the opposite sides--to hold the poles used 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. |
| 28They made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. | 28He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. |
| 29They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant 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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