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1Next Bezalel made the Ark of acacia wood—a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.

2He overlaid it inside and outside with pure gold, and he ran a molding of gold all around it.

2He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding all around it.

3He cast four gold rings and attached them to its four feet, two rings on each side.

3He cast four gold rings for it, for its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

4Then he made poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

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

5He inserted the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.

5He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark for carrying the ark.

6Then he made the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It was 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

6He made a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.

7He made two cherubim from hammered gold and placed them on the two ends of the atonement cover.

7He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat,

8He molded the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold.

8one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At each end, he made a cherub of one piece with the mercy seat.

9The cherubim faced each other and looked down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they protected it. Building the Table

9They had wings spread out. They faced each other and covered the mercy seat with their wings. The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.

10Then Bezalel made the table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

10He constructed the table of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.

11He overlaid it with pure gold and ran a gold molding around the edge.

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

12He decorated it with a 3-inch border all around, and he ran a gold molding along the border.

12He made a three-inch frame all around it and made a gold molding all around its frame.

13Then he cast four gold rings for the table and attached them at the four corners next to the four legs.

13He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

14The rings were attached near the border to hold the poles that were used to carry the table.

14The rings were next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.

15He made these poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

15He made the poles for carrying the table from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

16Then he made special containers of pure gold for the table—bowls, ladles, jars, and pitchers—to be used in pouring out liquid offerings. Building the Lampstand

16He also made the utensils that would be on the table out of pure gold: its plates and cups, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.

17Then 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.

17Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold. He made it all of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its buds and petals.

18The lampstand had six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side.

18Six branches extended from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.

19Each of the six branches had three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.

19There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on the next branch. It was this way for the six branches that extended from the lampstand.

20The center stem of the lampstand was crafted with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.

20There were four cups shaped like almond blossoms on the lampstand shaft along with its buds and petals.

21There was an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extended from the center stem, all made of one piece.

21For the six branches that extended from it, a bud was under the first pair of branches from it, a bud under the second pair of branches from it, and a bud under the third pair of branches from it.

22The almond buds and branches were all of one piece with the center stem, and they were hammered from pure gold.

22Their buds and branches were of one piece with it. All of it was a single hammered piece of pure gold.

23He also made seven lamps for the lampstand, lamp snuffers, and trays, all of pure gold.

23He also made its seven lamps, snuffers, and firepans of pure gold.

24The entire lampstand, along with its accessories, was made from 75 pounds of pure gold. Building the Incense Altar

24He made it and all its utensils of seventy-five pounds of pure gold.

25Then Bezalel made the incense altar of acacia wood. It was 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.

25He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, eighteen inches long and eighteen inches wide; it was thirty-six inches high. Its horns were of one piece with it.

26He overlaid the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and he ran a gold molding around the entire altar.

26He overlaid it, its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold. Then he made a gold molding all around it.

27He made two gold rings and attached them on opposite sides of the altar below the gold molding to hold the carrying poles.

27He made two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; he put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with.

28He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

29Then he made the sacred anointing oil and the fragrant incense, using the techniques of a skilled incense maker.

29He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant, and expertly blended incense.

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