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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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  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 Altar of Incense(A)

25 (B)He made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit and its width a cubit—it was square—and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it. 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides all around, and its horns. He also made for it a molding of gold all around it. 27 He made two rings of gold for it under its molding, by its two corners on both sides, as holders for the poles with which to bear it. 28 And he (C)made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

Making the Anointing Oil and the Incense(D)

29 He also made (E)the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the perfumer.

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