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Making the Altar of Incense

25 (A)Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit [a]long and a cubit [b]wide, square, and two cubits [c]high; its horns were of one piece with it. 26 He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its [d]sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around. 27 He made two golden rings for it under its molding, on its two sides—on opposite sides—as holders for poles with which to carry it. 28 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 29 (B)And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 37:25 Lit its length
  2. Exodus 37:25 Lit its width
  3. Exodus 37:25 Lit its height
  4. Exodus 37:26 Lit walls

Making the incense altar, incense, and oil

25 He made the incense altar out of acacia wood. The altar was square, eighteen inches long by eighteen inches wide. It was three feet high, and its horns were permanently attached. 26 He covered it with pure gold, including its top, all its sides, and its horns. He also made a gold molding all around it. 27 He made two gold rings, and he attached them under the molding on two opposite sides of the altar. They housed the poles used to carry it. 28 He made the poles of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold.

29 He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure sweet-smelling incense like a skilled perfume maker.

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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[a]—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. 27 They made two gold rings(D) below the molding—two on each of the opposite sides—to hold the poles used to carry it. 28 They made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.(E)

29 They also made the sacred anointing oil(F) and the pure, fragrant incense(G)—the work of a perfumer.

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Footnotes

  1. 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