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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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