He made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side;
and he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
Then for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards,
For the rear of the tabernacle, to the west, he made six boards.
He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear.
They were double beneath, and together they were complete to its top to the first ring; thus he did with both of them for the two corners.
Then he made bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle,
and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the rear side to the west.
He made the middle bar to pass through in the center of the boards from end to end.
He overlaid the boards with gold and made their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
Moreover, he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
He made a screen for the doorway of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver;
Now 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;
He 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.
He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry it.
He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat;
one 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.
The 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.
Then he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long and a cubit wide and one and a half cubits high.
He cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four feet.
Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table.
He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
He 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.
Then 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.
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 other side of it;
three 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.
In the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers;
and 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.
Their bulbs and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was a single hammered work of pure gold.
Then 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.
He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.
Then he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide, square, and three cubits high.
He made all the utensils of the altar, the pails and the shovels and the basins, the flesh hooks and the firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze.
He made for the altar a grating of bronze network beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway up.
He cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze grating as holders for the poles.
He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.
Moreover, he made the laver of bronze with its base of bronze, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.
Then he made the court: for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, one hundred cubits;
their twenty pillars, and their twenty sockets, made of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
For the north side there were one hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty sockets were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
For the west side there were hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten sockets; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
For the east side fifty cubits.
The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets,
and so for the other side. On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.
All the hangings of the court all around were of fine twisted linen.
The sockets for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands, of silver; and the overlaying of their tops, of silver, and all the pillars of the court were furnished with silver bands.
The screen of the gate of the court was the work of the weaver, of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. And the length was twenty cubits and the height was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.
Their four pillars and their four sockets were of bronze; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their bands were of silver.
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