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| | |And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. | | |And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. |
| − | | | + | |And you shall overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out, and you shall also encircle the top with a crown of gold. |
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| | |And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. | | |And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. |
| − | | | + | |And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and locate them at the four corners of the ark; two rings on each side. |
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| | |And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. | | |And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. |
| − | | | + | |And you shall make staffs of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. |
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| | |And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. | | |And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. |
| − | | | + | |And you shall put the staffs into the rings by the sides of the ark, so that the ark may be carried with them. |
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| | |The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. | | |The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. |
| − | | | + | |The staffs shall be kept in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. |
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| | |And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. | | |And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. |
| − | | | + | |And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you. |
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| | |And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. | | |And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. |
| − | | | + | |And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold to cover the ark: two and a half cubits in length, and a cubit and a half wide. |
| − | | | + | |The term "mercy seat" has special significance, so this was elaborated on rather than replaced in the new version |
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| | |And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. | | |And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. |
| − | | | + | |And you shall make two cherubims laminated in gold, to be located at the two ends of the mercy seat. |
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| | |And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. | | |And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. |
| − | | | + | |And locate one cherub at one end of the mercy seat, and the other cherub at the other end: evenly spaced across its length. |
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| | |And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. | | |And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. |
| − | | | + | |And the cherubims shall be made with raised wings stretched toward each other, covering the mercy seat with the span of these wings, and they look at each other facing inward. |
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