Exodus 37:1
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Making the Ark
37 (A)Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits[a] and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
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- Exodus 37:1 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
Numbers 10:33-36
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33 So they set out from (A)the mount of the Lord three days' journey. And the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them three days' journey, to seek out (B)a resting place for them. 34 (C)And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, whenever they set out from the camp.
35 And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, (D)“Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you.” 36 And when it rested, he said, “Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.”
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Exodus 26:33
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33 And you shall hang (A)the veil from the clasps, and bring (B)the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy.
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Exodus 25:10-20
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The Ark of the Covenant
10 (A)“They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits[a] and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 11 You shall overlay it with (B)pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it. 12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its (C)four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. 13 You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 14 And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them. 15 The (D)poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it. 16 (E)And you shall put into the ark the (F)testimony that I shall give you.
17 (G)“You shall make a mercy seat[b] of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. 18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of (H)hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. (I)Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends. 20 (J)The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
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- Exodus 25:10 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
- Exodus 25:17 Or cover
Exodus 40:20-21
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20 He (A)took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark and set the mercy seat above on the ark. 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and (B)set up the veil of the screen, and screened (C)the ark of the testimony, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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Exodus 40:3
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3 And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall (A)screen the ark with the veil.
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Exodus 31:7
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7 (A)the tent of meeting, and (B)the ark of the testimony, and (C)the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent,
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