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Exodus 37:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold. "
Exodus 37:16
Verse in Context
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14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.
15 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
17 And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:
18 And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
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Exodus 37:1
"And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:"
Exodus 37:2
"And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about."
Exodus 37:3
"And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it."
Exodus 37:4
"And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold."
Exodus 37:5
"And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark."
Exodus 37:6
"And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof."
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