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Exodus 37:11-28 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

11. He covered it with pure gold and put a gold border round it.

12. He made a rim 75 millimetres wide round it and put a gold border round the rim.

13. He made four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs were.

14. The rings to hold the poles for carrying the table were placed near the rim.

15. He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.

16. He made the dishes of pure gold for the table: the plates, the cups, the jars, and the bowls to be used for the wine offering.

17. He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, formed one piece with it.

18. Six branches extended from its sides, three from each side.

19. Each of the six branches had three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

20. The shaft of the lampstand had four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

21. There was one bud below each of the three pairs of branches.

22. The buds, the branches, and the lampstand were a single piece of pure hammered gold.

23. He made seven lamps for the lampstand, and he made its tongs and trays of pure gold.

24. He used 35 kilogrammes of pure gold to make the lampstand and all its equipment.

25. He made an altar out of acacia wood, for burning incense. It was square, 45 centimetres long and 45 centimetres wide, and it was ninety centimetres high. Its projections at the four corners formed one piece with it.

26. He covered its top, all four sides, and its projections with pure gold and put a gold border round it.

27. He made two gold carrying rings for it and attached them below the border on the two sides, to hold the poles with which it was to be carried.

28. He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.

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