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- And Besaleel made the arke of Sittim wood: two cubites & a halfe long, & a cubite and a halfe brode, and a cubite and a halfe hygh.
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- And ouerlaide it with fine golde within & without, and made a crowne of golde to it rounde about.
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- And cast for it foure rynges of golde for the foure corners of it: two rynges for the one syde, and two for the other.
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- And made barres of Sittim wood, and couered them with golde.
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- And put the barres in the rynges, along by the side of the arke, to beare the arke withall.
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- And he made the mercy seate of pure golde: two cubites and a halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and a halfe the breadth.
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- And he made two Cherubims of thicke gold, vpo the two endes of ye mercy seat.
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- One Cherub on the one end, and another Cherub on the other ende: euen of the mercy seate made he the Cherubims, namely in the endes therof.
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- And the Cherubims spread out theyr wynges aboue on hye, & couered ye mercy seate therwith: And their faces were one to another, euen to the mercy seate warde were the faces of ye Cherubims.
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- And he made the table of Sittim wood: two cubites [was] the length therof, and a cubite the breadth, and a cubite and a halfe the height of it.
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- And he ouerlayde it with fine golde, and made thervnto a crowne of golde rounde about.
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- And made therevnto an hoope of an hande brode rounde about: and made vpon the hoope a crowne of golde rounde about.
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- And he caste for it foure rynges of golde, and put the rynges in the foure corners that were in the foure feete thereof.
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- Euen harde by the hoope were the ringes into the whiche the barres were put, to beare the table withall.
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- And he made the barres of Sittim wood, and couered them with golde, to beare the table withall.
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- And made the vessels for the table of pure gold, his dishes, his [incense] cuppes, his couerynges, & his bowles to powre out with all.
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- And he made the candelsticke of pure golde, euen of a whole worke made he the candelsticke, his staffe, his braunches, his bolles, his knoppes, and his flowres were of one peece.
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- Sixe braunches proceeding out of the sides therof: three braunches of the candelsticke out of the one side thereof, and three braunches of the candelsticke out of the other side thereof.
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- And in one braunch three bolles made like vnto almondes, with a knop and a flowre: and in another braunche three bolles made like almondes, with a knop and a flowre: and so throughout the sixe braunches that proceede out of the candelsticke.
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- And vpon the candelsticke selfe, were foure bolles after the fashion of almondes, with knoppes and floures.
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- Under euery two braunches a knop of the same, and a knop vnder two braunches of the same, and a knop vnder two brauches of the same according to the sixe brauches yt proceede out of it.
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- And the knoppes and the braunches proceeded out of it: and it was all one peece of pure thicke golde.
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- And he made his seuen lampes, with the snuffers, and vessels for the snuffe, of pure golde.
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- Euen of a talent of pure golde made he it, with all the vessels therof.
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- And he made the incense aulter of Sittim wood: the length of it was a cubite, and the breadth a cubite, for it was foure square: and two cubites hye, with hornes proceedyng out of it.
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- And he couered it with pure golde, both the top and the sides therof round about, and the hornes of it: and made vnto it a crowne of golde round about.
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- And he made two rynges of golde for it [euen] vnder the crowne therof in the two corners of it, & in the two sides therof, to put barres in, for to beare it withal.
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- And he made the barres of Sittim wood, & ouerlayde them with golde.
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- And he made the holy anoynting oyle, and the sweete pure incense, after the apoticaries craft.
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