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Exodus 38:1-8 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

1. For burning offerings, he made an altar out of acacia wood. It was square, 2.2 metres long and 2.2 metres wide, and it was 1.3 metres high.

2. He made the projections at the top of the four corners, so that they formed one piece with the altar. He covered it all with bronze.

3. He also made all the equipment for the altar: the pans, the shovels, the bowls, the hooks, and the firepans. All this equipment was made of bronze.

4. He made a bronze grating and put it under the rim of the altar, so that it reached halfway up the altar.

5. He made four carrying rings and put them on the four corners.

6. He made carrying poles of acacia wood, covered them with bronze,

7. and put them in the rings on each side of the altar. The altar was made of boards and was hollow.

8. He made the bronze basin and its bronze base out of the mirrors belonging to the women who served at the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence.

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