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Exodus 38
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1And Beseleel made the ark ,
1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.
2and overlaid it with pure gold within and without;
2He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold for it around it.
3and he cast for it four golden rings, two on the one side, and two on the other,
3He cast four rings of gold for it in its four feet—two rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side.
4wide [enough] for the staves, so that men should bear the ark with them .
4He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
5And he made the propitiatory over the ark of pure gold,
5He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
6and the two cherubs of gold;
6He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its width.
20He cast the silver capitals of the tabernacle, and the brazen capitals of the door of the tabernacle, and the gate of the court; and he made silver hooks for the posts, he overlaid them with silver on the posts.
20Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of bronze; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver.
21He made the pins of the tabernacleand the pins of the courtof brass.
21All the pins of the tabernacle, and around the court, were of bronze.