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Exodus 37:14-29 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

14. near the edging. The poles for carrying the table were placed through these rings

15. and were made of acacia wood covered with gold.

16. Everything that was to be set on the table was made of pure gold—the bowls, plates, jars, and cups for wine offerings.

17. Bezalel made a lampstand of pure gold. The whole lampstand, including its decorative flowers, was made from a single piece of hammered gold,

18. with three branches on each of its two sides.

19. There were three decorative almond blossoms on each branch

20. and four on the stem.

21. There was also a blossom where each pair of branches came out from the stem.

22. The lampstand, including its branches and decorative flowers, was made from a single piece of hammered pure gold.

23-24. The lamp and its equipment, including the tongs and trays, were made of about thirty-five kilogrammes of pure gold.

25. For burning incense, Bezalel made an altar of acacia wood. It was forty-five centimetres square and ninety centimetres high with each of its four corners sticking up like the horn of a bull.

26. He covered it with pure gold and put a gold edging around it.

27. Then below the edging on opposite sides he attached two gold rings through which he put the poles for carrying the altar.

28. These poles were also made of acacia wood and covered with gold.

29. Bezalel mixed the oil for dedication and the sweet-smelling spices for the incense.

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