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Exodus 37:23 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold. "
Exodus 37:23
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21 and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it.
22 Their buds and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole thing was one beaten work of pure gold.
23 He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.
24 He made it of a talent of pure gold, with all its vessels.
25 He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
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Exodus 37:1
"Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height."
Exodus 37:2
"He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold for it around it."
Exodus 37:3
"He cast four rings of gold for it in its four feet—two rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side."
Exodus 37:4
"He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold."
Exodus 37:5
"He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark."
Exodus 37:6
"He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its width."
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