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He made supports for the tabernacle as follows: twenty for the south side,

and he made forty silver bases to put under the twenty supports, two bases under the first support for its two tenons, and two bases under each of the following supports for their two tenons;

for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty supports,

and for the back of the tabernacle, on the west side, he made six supports.

He also made two additional supports for the two back corners of the tabernacle.

They were paired at the bottom and joined together at the top in a single ring. This is what he did with both of them for the two corners.

He made five crossbars of acacia wood for the supports on one side of the tabernacle,

five crossbars for the supports on the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for those at the back of the tabernacle on the west.

He overlaid them with gold and made their rings out of gold as holders for the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

He made four pillars of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold. And he cast four silver bases for the pillars.

He made a screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen for the entrance to the tent,

He cast four gold rings for it, for its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark for carrying the ark.

He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

The rings were next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.

He made the poles for carrying the table from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

He also made the utensils that would be on the table out of pure gold: its plates and cups, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.

There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on the next branch. It was this way for the six branches that extended from the lampstand.

For the six branches that extended from it, a bud was under the first pair of branches from it, a bud under the second pair of branches from it, and a bud under the third pair of branches from it.

He made two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; he put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with.