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They used oak trees from Bashan to make your oars.
They used pine wood from the coasts of Cyprus to make your deck.[a]
They made it beautiful with ivory.
They used good linen from Egypt to make your sail.
They made it pretty with many colours.
The sail was like a flag that everyone could see.
They made tents of cloth to cover your deck.
It was blue and purple cloth that came from Cyprus island.
Men from Sidon and Arvad used the oars to move the ship.
Your own clever men from Tyre were your sailors.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:6 The deck of a ship is the floor.