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Exodus 25:10-29-30 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

10. Tell the people to build a chest of acacia wood one hundred and ten centimetres long, sixty-six centimetres wide, and sixty-six centimetres high.

11. Cover it inside and out with pure gold and put a gold edging around the lid.

12. Make four gold rings and fasten one of them to each of the four legs of the chest.

13. Make two poles of acacia wood. Cover them with gold

14. and put them through the rings, so the chest can be carried by the poles.

15. Don't ever remove the poles from the rings.

16. When I give you the Ten Commandments written on two flat stones, put them inside the chest.

17. Cover the lid of the chest with pure gold.

18-19. Then hammer out two winged creatures of pure gold and fasten them to the lid at the ends of the chest.

20. The creatures must face each other with their wings spread over the chest.

21. Inside it place the two flat stones with the Ten Commandments and put the gold lid on top of the chest.

22. I will meet you there between the two creatures and tell you what my people must do and what they must not do.

23. Make a table of acacia wood eighty-eight centimetres long, forty-four centimetres wide, and sixty-six centimetres high.

24-25. Cover it with pure gold and put a gold edging around it with a border seventy-five millimetres wide.

26. Make four gold rings and attach one to each of the legs

27-28. near the edging. The poles for carrying the table are to be placed through these rings and are to be made of acacia wood covered with gold.

29-30. The table is to be kept in the holy place, and the sacred loaves of bread must always be put on it. All bowls, plates, jars, and cups for wine offerings are to be made of pure gold and set on this table.

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