1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, four feet long, two feet wide, and two feet high.
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2 He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and made a golden frame around it.
3 He cast four gold rings for her, fastening them to her four feet, with two rings on one side and two on the other.
4 Then he made rods of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
5 and he placed them on the side rings of the ark so that it could be carried.
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6 He made the lid of pure gold, one meter and ten centimeters long and seventy centimeters wide.
7 He also made two cherubim of beaten gold on the edges of the lid.
8 He also made one cherub at one end and the second at the other, forming a single piece with the lid.
9 The cherubim had their wings extended upwards, covering the lid with them. They were facing each other, with their faces turned towards the lid.
10 He made the table out of acacia wood, ninety centimeters long, forty-five centimeters wide and seventy centimeters high.
11 He overlaid it with pure gold and made a golden frame around it.
12 He also made a border four fingers wide around it and a gold frame for this border.
13 He cast four golden rings for the table and attached them to the four corners, where its four legs were.
14 The rings were attached close to the edge, so that they supported the poles used to carry the table.
15 He made the poles for carrying the table of acacia wood, overlaid with gold.
16 And he made the utensils for the table of pure gold: its plates and incense containers, bowls and the basins into which the drink offerings are poured.
17 He made the lampstand of pure beaten gold. The pedestal, the rod, the cups, the flowers and the buttons formed a single piece with it.
18 Six arms came out of the lampstand: three on one side and three on the other.
19 There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on one arm, each with a bud and flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the next arm, each with a bud and flower. So it will be with the six arms that come out of the lampstand.
20 On the shaft of the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a flower and bud.
21 There was a button under each pair of the six arms that came out of the candlestick.
22 The arms with their buttons formed a single piece with the chandelier, all made of pure, beaten gold.
23 He made his seven lamps, his wick cutters and his snuffers of pure gold.
24 With thirty-five kilos of pure gold he made the lampstand with its buttons and all these utensils.
25 He also made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, eighteen inches on each side and three feet high; its ends formed a single piece with it.
26 He overlaid the top, all sides, and ends with pure gold, and made a gold frame around it.
27 He also made two golden rings on each side of the altar, below the frame, to support the poles used to carry it,
28 and he used acacia wood to make the staves and overlaid them with gold.
29 He also made the sacred oil for anointings and pure and aromatic incense, the work of a perfumer.
