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24 He made the lampstand[a] and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds of pure gold.

The Making of the Altar of Incense

25 Bezalel[b] made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was 18 inches and its width 18 inches—a square—and its height was 36 inches. Its horns were of one piece with it.[c] 26 He overlaid it with pure gold—its top,[d] its four walls,[e] and its horns—and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 37:24 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the lampstand) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Exodus 37:25 tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Exodus 37:25 tn Heb “from it were its horns,” meaning that they were made from the same piece.
  4. Exodus 37:26 tn Heb “roof.”
  5. Exodus 37:26 tn Heb “its walls around.”
  6. Exodus 37:26 tn Heb “and he made for it border gold around.”

24 They made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent[a] of pure gold.

The Altar of Incense(A)

25 They made the altar of incense(B) out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high[b]—its horns(C) of one piece with it. 26 They overlaid the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 37:24 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms
  2. Exodus 37:25 That is, about 1 1/2 feet long and wide and 3 feet high or about 45 centimeters long and wide and 90 centimeters high