| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high. | 1Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was two and a half cubits, and its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits; |
| 2He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding all around it. | 2and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around. |
| 3He cast four gold rings for it, for its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side. | 3He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet; even two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. |
| 4He made poles of 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 on the sides of the ark for carrying the ark. | 5He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry it. |
| 6He made a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. | 6He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. |
| 7He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat, | 7He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat; |
| 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. | 8one cherub at the one end and one cherub at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at the two ends. |
| 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. | 9The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat. |
| 10He constructed the table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high. | 10Then he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long and a cubit wide and one and a half cubits high. |
| 11He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it. | 11He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around. |
| 12He made a three-inch frame all around it and made a gold molding all around its frame. | 12He made a rim for it of a handbreadth all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around. |
| 13He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings to the four corners at its four legs. | 13He cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four feet. |
| 14The rings were next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table. | 14Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table. |
| 15He made the poles for carrying the table from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. | 15He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. |
| 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. | 16He made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes and its pans and its bowls and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold. |
| 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 calyxes and petals. | 17Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its bulbs and its flowers were of one piece with it. |
| 18Six branches extended from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side. | 18There 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 other side of it; |
| 19There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the next branch. It was this way for the six branches that extended from the lampstand. | 19three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a bulb and a flower in one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a bulb and a flower in the other branch-- so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. |
| 20On the lampstand shaft there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with its calyxes and petals. | 20In the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers; |
| 21For the six branches that extended from it, a calyx was under the first pair of branches from it, a calyx under the second pair of branches from it, and a calyx under the third pair of branches from it. | 21and a bulb was under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. |
| 22Their calyxes and branches were of one piece. All of it was a single hammered piece of pure gold. | 22Their bulbs and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was a single hammered work of pure gold. |
| 23He also made its seven lamps, snuffers, and firepans of pure gold. | 23He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays of pure gold. |
| 24He made it and all its utensils of 75 pounds of pure gold. | 24He made it and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold. |
| 25He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide; it was 36 inches high. Its horns were of one piece. | 25Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit long and a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high; its horns were of one piece with it. |
| 26He overlaid it, its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold. Then he made a gold molding all around it. | 26He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around. |
| 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. | 27He 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. |
| 28He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. | 28He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. |
| 29He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant, and expertly blended incense. | 29And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer. |
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