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^1 (C1)Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was ^(F1)two and a half cubits, its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits;² and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around.³ He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet; two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the ^(F1)other side of it.⁴ And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.⁵ He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry ^(F1)it.⁶ He also made ^(F1)an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits ^(F2)long and one and a half cubits ^(F3)wide.⁷ And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work ^(F1)at the two ends of the atoning cover:⁸ one cherub ^(F1)at the one end and one cherub ^(F1)at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the atoning cover ^(F1)at the two ends.⁹ And the cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the atoning cover.

^10 (C1)Then he made the table of acacia wood, ^(F1)two cubits ^(F2)long, a cubit ^(F3)wide, and one and a half cubits ^(F4)high.¹¹ He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around.¹² And he made a rim for it of a ^(F1)hand width all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around.¹³ He also cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four legs.¹⁴ Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table.¹⁵ And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.¹⁶ He also made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes, its pans, its libation bowls, and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold.

^17 (C1)Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its ^(F1)bulbs, and its flowers were of one piece with it.¹⁸ There 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 ^(F1)other side of it;¹⁹ three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ^(F1)bulb and a flower on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ^(F1)bulb and a flower on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.²⁰ And on the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its ^(F1)bulbs and its flowers;²¹ and a ^(F1)bulb was under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a ^(F1)bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a ^(F1)bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.²² Their ^(F1)bulbs and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was a single hammered work of pure gold.²³ And he made its seven lamps with its tongs and its trays of pure gold.²⁴ He made it and all its utensils from a ^(F1)talent of pure gold.

^25 (C1)Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit ^(F1)long and a cubit ^(F2)wide, square, and two cubits ^(F3)high; its horns were of one piece with it.²⁶ And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its ^(F1)sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around.²⁷ He also 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.²⁸ And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.^29 (C1)Then he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.