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"Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms on the one branch, a bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the other branch, a bulb and a flower—the same for six branches going out from the lampstand;

"A bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.

"See that you make them by the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.

"And you shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering of fine leather above.

"Then you shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.

"There shall be two tenons for each board, fitted to one another; that is what you shall do for all the boards of the tabernacle.

"You shall make the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side.

"You shall make forty bases of silver under the twenty boards, two bases under one board for its two tenons and two bases under another board for its two tenons;

and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards,

"For the back of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six boards.

"You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the back.

"Then you shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle,

and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle for the back side to the west.

"And you shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold as holders for the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold.

"You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and bring in the ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall serve as a partition for you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place.

"You shall also make a curtain for the doorway of the tent of violet, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver.

"And you shall make five pillars of acacia for the curtain and overlay them with gold, their hooks also of gold; and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them.

"And you shall make its pails for removing its ashes, and its shovels, its basins, its forks, and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.

"You shall also make for it a grating, a netting of bronze, and on the netting you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

"You shall also make carrying poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood and overlay them with bronze.