51 lines
3.4 KiB
Markdown
51 lines
3.4 KiB
Markdown
Making the Ark
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# Chapter 37
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1. Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.
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2. He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding all around it.
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3. He cast four gold rings for it, for its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.
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4. He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
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5. He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark for carrying the ark.
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6. He made a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.
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7. He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat,
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8. one 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.
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9. They 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.
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Making the Table
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10. He constructed the table of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.
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11. He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it.
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12. He made a three-inch frame all around it and made a gold molding all around its frame.
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13. He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
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14. The rings were next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.
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15. He made the poles for carrying the table from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
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16. He 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.
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Making the Lampstand
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17. Then 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.
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18. Six branches extended from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.
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19. There 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.
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20. There were four cups shaped like almond blossoms on the lampstand shaft along with its buds and petals.
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21. For 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.
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22. Their buds and branches were of one piece with it. All of it was a single hammered piece of pure gold.
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23. He also made its seven lamps, snuffers, and firepans of pure gold.
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24. He made it and all its utensils of seventy-five pounds of pure gold.
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Making the Altar of Incense
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25. He 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.
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26. He overlaid it, its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold. Then he made a gold molding all around it.
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27. He 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.
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28. He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
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29. He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant, and expertly blended incense.
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