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Exodus chapter 25

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The LORD said to Moses,
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"Tell the Israelites to make an offering to me. Receive whatever offerings anyone wishes to give.
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These offerings are to be: gold, silver, and bronze;
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fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; cloth made of goats' hair;
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rams' skin dyed red; fine leather; acacia wood;
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oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense;
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carnelians and other jewels to be set in the ephod of the High Priest and in his breastpiece.
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The people must make a sacred Tent for me, so that I may live among them.
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Make it and all its furnishings according to the plan that I will show you.
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"Make a Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
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Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it.
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Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side.
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Make carrying poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold
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and put them through the rings on each side of the Box.
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The poles are to be left in the rings and must not be taken out.
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Then put in the Box the two stone tablets that I will give you, on which the commandments are written.
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"Make a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
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Make two winged creatures of hammered gold,
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one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid.
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The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, and their outspread wings are to cover it.
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Put the two stone tablets inside the Box and put the lid on top of it.
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I will meet you there, and from above the lid between the two winged creatures I will give you all my laws for the people of Israel.
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"Make a table out of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
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Cover it with pure gold and put a gold border around it.
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Make a rim 3 inches wide around it and a gold border around the rim.
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Make four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs are.
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The rings to hold the poles for carrying the table are to be placed near the rim.
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Make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.
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Make plates, cups, jars, and bowls to be used for the wine offerings. All of these are to be made of pure gold.
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The table is to be placed in front of the Covenant Box, and on the table there is always to be the sacred bread offered to me.
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"Make a lampstand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it.
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Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side.
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Each of the six branches is to have three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
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The shaft of the lampstand is to have four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
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There is to be one bud below each of the three pairs of branches.
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The buds, the branches, and the lampstand are to be a single piece of pure hammered gold.
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Make seven lamps for the lampstand and set them up so that they shine toward the front.
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Make its tongs and trays of pure gold.
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Use seventy-five pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and all this equipment.
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Take care to make them according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.

Exodus chapter 26

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"Make the interior of the sacred Tent, the Tent of my presence, out of ten pieces of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool. Embroider them with figures of winged creatures.
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Make each piece the same size, 14 yards long and 2 yards wide.
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Sew five of them together in one set, and do the same with the other five.
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Make loops of blue cloth on the edge of the outside piece in each set.
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Put fifty loops on the first piece of the first set and fifty loops matching them on the last piece of the second set.
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Make fifty gold hooks with which to join the two sets into one piece.
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"Make a cover for the Tent out of eleven pieces of cloth made of goats' hair.
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Make them all the same size, 15 yards long and 2 yards wide.
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Sew five of them together in one set, and the other six in another set. Fold the sixth piece double over the front of the Tent.
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Put fifty loops on the edge of the last piece of one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other set.
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Make fifty bronze hooks and put them in the loops to join the two sets so as to form one cover.
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Hang the extra half piece over the back of the Tent.
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The extra half yard on each side of the length is to hang over the sides of the Tent to cover it.
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"Make two more coverings, one of rams' skin dyed red and the other of fine leather, to serve as the outer cover.
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"Make upright frames for the Tent out of acacia wood.
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Each frame is to be 15 feet long and 27 inches wide,
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with two matching projections, so that the frames can be joined together. All the frames are to have these projections.
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Make twenty frames for the south side
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and forty silver bases to go under them, two bases under each frame to hold its two projections.
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Make twenty frames for the north side of the Tent
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and forty silver bases, two under each frame.
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For the back of the Tent on the west, make six frames,
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and two frames for the corners.
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These corner frames are to be joined at the bottom and connected all the way to the top. The two frames that form the two corners are to be made in this way.
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So there will be eight frames with their sixteen silver bases, two under each frame.
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"Make fifteen crossbars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the Tent,
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five for the frames on the other side, and five for the frames on the west end, at the back.
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The middle crossbar, set halfway up the frames, is to extend from one end of the Tent to the other.
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Cover the frames with gold and fit them with gold rings to hold the crossbars, which are also to be covered with gold.
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Set up the Tent according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.
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"Make a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool. Embroider it with figures of winged creatures.
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Hang it on four posts of acacia wood covered with gold, fitted with hooks, and set in four silver bases.
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Place the curtain under the row of hooks in the roof of the Tent, and put behind the curtain the Covenant Box containing the two stone tablets. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
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Put the lid on the Covenant Box.
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Outside the Most Holy Place put the table against the north side of the Tent and the lampstand against the south side.
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"For the entrance of the Tent make a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and decorated with embroidery.
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For this curtain make five posts of acacia wood covered with gold and fitted with gold hooks; make five bronze bases for these posts.

Exodus chapter 27

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"Make an altar out of acacia wood. It is to be square, 7 1/2 feet long and 7 1/2 feet wide, and it is to be 4 1/2 feet high.
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Make projections at the top of the four corners. They are to form one piece with the altar, and the whole is to be covered with bronze.
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Make pans for the greasy ashes, and make shovels, bowls, hooks, and fire pans. All this equipment is to be made of bronze.
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Make a bronze grating and put four bronze carrying rings on its corners.
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Put the grating under the rim of the altar, so that it reaches halfway up the altar.
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Make carrying poles of acacia wood, cover them with bronze,
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and put them in the rings on each side of the altar when it is carried.
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Make the altar out of boards and leave it hollow, according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.
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"For the Tent of my presence make an enclosure out of fine linen curtains. On the south side the curtains are to be 50 yards long,
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supported by twenty bronze posts in twenty bronze bases, with hooks and rods made of silver.
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Do the same on the north side of the enclosure.
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On the west side there are to be curtains 25 yards long, with ten posts and ten bases.
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On the east side, where the entrance is, the enclosure is also to be 25 yards wide.
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On each side of the entrance there are to be 7 1/2 yards of curtains, with three posts and three bases.
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(SEE 27:14)
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For the entrance itself there is to be a curtain 10 yards long made of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool, and decorated with embroidery. It is to be supported by four posts in four bases.
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All the posts around the enclosure are to be connected with silver rods, and their hooks are to be made of silver and their bases of bronze.
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The enclosure is to be 50 yards long, 25 yards wide, and 2 1/2 yards high. The curtains are to be made of fine linen and the bases of bronze.
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All the equipment that is used in the Tent and all the pegs for the Tent and for the enclosure are to be made of bronze.
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"Command the people of Israel to bring you the best olive oil for the lamp, so that it can be lit each evening.
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Aaron and his sons are to set up the lamp in the Tent of my presence outside the curtain which is in front of the Covenant Box. There in my presence it is to burn from evening until morning. This command is to be kept forever by the Israelites and their descendants.

Acts chapter 6

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Some time later, as the number of disciples kept growing, there was a quarrel between the Greek-speaking Jews and the native Jews. The Greek-speaking Jews claimed that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of funds.
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So the twelve apostles called the whole group of believers together and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the preaching of God's word in order to handle finances.
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So then, friends, choose seven men among you who are known to be full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, and we will put them in charge of this matter.
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We ourselves, then, will give our full time to prayer and the work of preaching."
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The whole group was pleased with the apostles' proposal, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a Gentile from Antioch who had earlier been converted to Judaism.
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The group presented them to the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.
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And so the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew larger and larger, and a great number of priests accepted the faith.
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Stephen, a man richly blessed by God and full of power, performed great miracles and wonders among the people.
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But he was opposed by some men who were members of the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), which had Jews from Cyrene and Alexandria. They and other Jews from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia started arguing with Stephen.
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But the Spirit gave Stephen such wisdom that when he spoke, they could not refute him.
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So they bribed some men to say, "We heard him speaking against Moses and against God!"
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In this way they stirred up the people, the elders, and the teachers of the Law. They seized Stephen and took him before the Council.
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Then they brought in some men to tell lies about him. "This man," they said, "is always talking against our sacred Temple and the Law of Moses.
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We heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will tear down the Temple and change all the customs which have come down to us from Moses!"
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All those sitting in the Council fixed their eyes on Stephen and saw that his face looked like the face of an angel.

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