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- BEZALEL MADE the ark of acacia wood--two cubits and a half was the length of it, a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.
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- He overlaid it with pure gold within and without and made a molding or crown of gold to go around the top of it.
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- He cast four rings of gold for its four corners, two rings on either side.
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- He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
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- He put the poles through the rings at the sides of the ark to carry it.
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- [Bezalel] made the mercy seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length and one cubit and a half its breadth.
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- And he made two cherubim of beaten gold; on the two ends of the mercy seat he made them,
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- One cherub at one end and one at the other end; of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim at its two ends.
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- And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces to each other, looking down to the mercy seat. [Heb. 9:23-26.]
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- Bezalel made the [showbread] table of acacia wood; it was two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
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- He overlaid it with pure gold and made a molding of gold around its top.
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- And he made a border around it [just under the top] a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the border.
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- And he cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings on the four corners that were at its four legs.
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- Close to the border were the rings, the places for the poles to pass through to carry the [showbread] table.
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- [Bezalel] made the poles of acacia wood to carry the [showbread] table and overlaid them with gold.
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- He made of pure gold the vessels which were to be on the table, its plates and dishes [for bread], its bowls and flagons for pouring [liquid sacrifices].
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- And he made the lampstand of pure gold; its base and shaft were made of hammered work; its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were of one piece with it.
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- There were six branches going out of the sides of the lampstand, three branches out of one side of it and three branches out of the other side of it;
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- Three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, each with a [calyx] knob and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the [opposite] branch, each with a [calyx] knob and a flower; and so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
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- On [the shaft of] the lampstand were four cups made like almond blossoms, with knobs and flowers [one at the top].
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- And a knob under each pair of branches, of one piece with the lampstand, for the six branches going out of it.
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- Their knobs and their branches were of one piece with it, all of it hammered work of pure gold.
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- And he made of pure gold its seven lamps, its snuffers, and its ashtrays.
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- Of a talent of pure gold he made the lampstand and all its utensils. [John 1:4, 5, 9; II Cor. 4:6.]
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- And [Bezalel] made the incense altar of acacia wood; its top was a cubit square and it was two cubits high; the horns were one piece with it.
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- He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides round about, and its horns; also he made a rim around it of gold.
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- And he made two rings of gold for it under its rim, on its two opposite sides, as places for the poles [to pass through] to carry it.
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- And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
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- He also made the holy anointing oil [symbol of the Holy Spirit] and the pure, fragrant incense, after the perfumer's art.
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