| New International Version | NET Bible |
| 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. | 1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was three feet nine inches, its width two feet three inches, and its height two feet three inches. |
| 2He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it. | 2He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it. |
| 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 gold rings for it that he put on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side. |
| 4Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. | 4He made poles of acacia wood, overlaid them with gold, |
| 5And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it. | 5and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark. |
| 6He made the atonement cover of pure gold--two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. | 6He made an atonement lid of pure gold; its length was three feet nine inches, and its width was two feet three inches. |
| 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 metal on the two ends of the atonement lid, |
| 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 on one end and one cherub on the other end. He made the cherubim from the atonement lid on its 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 were spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the atonement lid. |
| 10They made the table of acacia wood--two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high. | 10He made the table of acacia wood; its length was three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches. |
| 11Then they overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it. | 11He overlaid it with pure gold, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it. |
| 12They also made around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim. | 12He made a surrounding frame for it about three inches wide, and he made a surrounding border of gold for its frame. |
| 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 attached the rings at the four corners where its four legs were. |
| 14The rings were put close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table. | 14The rings were close to the frame to provide places 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 vessels which were on the table out of pure gold, its plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings. |
| 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. | 17He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were from the same piece. |
| 18Six branches extended from the sides of the lampstand--three on one side and three on the other. | 18Six branches were extending from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from 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 flowers with buds and blossoms were on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the next branch, and the same for the six branches that were extending from the lampstand. |
| 20And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. | 20On the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms, |
| 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. | 21with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it; according to the six branches that extended from it. |
| 22The buds and the branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold. | 22Their buds and their branches were of one piece; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold. |
| 23They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold. | 23He made its seven lamps, its trimmers, and its trays of pure gold. |
| 24They made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent of pure gold. | 24He made the lampstand and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds 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. | 25He made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was a foot and a half and its width a foot and a half--a square--and its height was three feet. 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, its four walls, and its horns--and he made a surrounding border of gold for it. |
| 27They made two gold rings below the molding--two on each of the opposite sides--to hold the poles used to carry it. | 27He also made two gold rings for it under its border, on its two sides, on opposite sides, as places for poles to carry it with. |
| 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. | 29He made the sacred anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer. |
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