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Exodus 37:18-28 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

18. Six branches came out from the sides of the lampstand. There were three on one side and three on the other.

19. On one branch there were three cups that were shaped like almond flowers with buds and blooms. There were three on the next branch. There were three on all six branches that came out from the lampstand.

20. On the lampstand there were four cups that were shaped like almond flowers with buds and blooms.

21. One bud was under the first pair of branches that came out from the lampstand. A second bud was under the second pair. And a third bud was under the third pair. There was a total of six branches.

22. The buds and branches came out from the lampstand. The whole lampstand was one piece that was hammered out of pure gold.

23. The workers made its seven lamps out of pure gold. They also made its trays and wick cutters out of pure gold.

24. They used 75 pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and everything that was used with it.

25. The workers made an altar for burning incense. They made it out of acacia wood. It was one foot six inches square and three feet high. A horn stuck out from each of its upper four corners.

26. The workers covered the top, sides and horns with pure gold. They put a strip of gold around it.

27. They made two gold rings below the strip. They put the rings across from each other. The rings held the poles that were used to carry it.

28. The workers made the poles out of acacia wood. They covered them with gold.

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