Exodus 38
38
The Altar for Burnt Offerings
1The workers built the altar for burnt offerings out of acacia wood. It was four feet six inches high and seven feet six inches square. 2They made a horn stick out from each of its four upper corners. They covered the altar with bronze. 3They made all its tools out of bronze. They made its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and pans for carrying ashes. 4They made a bronze grate for the altar. They put the grate halfway up the altar on the inside. 5They made a bronze ring for each of the four corners of the grate. 6They made poles out of acacia wood. They covered them with bronze. 7They put the poles through the rings. The poles were on two sides of the altar for carrying it. The workers made the altar out of boards. They left it hollow.
The Large Bowl for Washing
8The workers made the large bronze bowl and its bronze stand. They made them out of bronze mirrors. The mirrors belonged to the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
The Courtyard
9Next, the workers made the courtyard. The south side was 150 feet long. It had curtains made out of finely twisted linen. 10The curtains had 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The posts had silver hooks and bands on them. 11The north side was also 150 feet long. Its curtains had 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The posts had silver hooks and bands on them.
12The west end was 75 feet wide. It had curtains with ten posts and ten bases. The posts had silver hooks and bands on them. 13The east end, toward the sunrise, was also 75 feet wide. 14Curtains 22 feet six inches long were on one side of the entrance to the courtyard. They were hung on three posts. Each post had a base. 15Curtains 22 feet six inches long were also on the other side of the entrance. They were hung on three posts. Each post had a base. 16All the curtains around the courtyard were made out of finely twisted linen. 17The bases for the posts were made out of bronze. The hooks and bands on the posts were made out of silver. Their tops were covered with silver. So all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.
18The curtain for the courtyard entrance was made out of blue, purple and bright red yarn and finely twisted linen. A person who sewed skillfully made it. It was 30 feet long. Like the curtains of the courtyard, it was seven feet six inches high. 19It had four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks and bands were made out of silver. Their tops were covered with silver. 20All the tent stakes of the holy tent were made out of bronze. So were all the stakes of the courtyard around it.
The Amounts of the Metals Used
21Here are the amounts of the metals used for the holy tent, where the tablets of the covenant law were kept. Moses commanded the Levites to record the amounts. The Levites did the work under the direction of Ithamar. Ithamar was the son of Aaron the priest. 22Bezalel, the son of Uri, made everything the Lord had commanded Moses. Uri was the son of Hur. Bezalel was from the tribe of Judah. 23Oholiab, the son of Ahisamak, helped Bezalel. Oholiab was from the tribe of Dan. He could carve things and make patterns. And he could sew skillfully with blue, purple and bright red yarn and on fine linen. 24The total weight of the gold from the wave offering was more than a ton. It was weighed out in keeping with the standard weights used in the sacred tent. The gold was used for all the work done in connection with the sacred tent.
25The silver received from the men in the community who were listed and counted weighed almost four tons. It was weighed out in keeping with the weights used in the sacred tent. 26It amounted to a fifth of an ounce for each person. It was weighed out in keeping with the weights used in the sacred tent. The silver was received from the men who had been listed and counted. All of them were 20 years old or more. Their total number was 603,550. 27The four tons of silver were used to make the bases for the holy tent and for the curtain. The 100 bases were made from the four tons. Each base used more than 75 pounds of silver. 28The workers used 45 pounds to make the hooks for the posts, to cover the tops of the posts, and to make their bands.
29The bronze from the wave offering weighed two and a half tons. 30The workers used some of it to make the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting. They used some for the bronze altar for burnt offerings and its bronze grate and all its tools. 31They used some for the bases for the courtyard around the holy tent. They used some for the bases for the courtyard entrance. And they used the rest to make all the tent stakes for the holy tent and the courtyard around it.
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Exodus 38
38
Making the Altar of Burnt Offering
Ex 27:1–8
1#Ex 27:1–8He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was five cubits#About 71/2 feet, or 2.3 meters long and wide. long and five cubits wide. It was square, and it was three cubits high.#About 41/2 feet, or 1.4 meters. 2He made its horns on its four corners. The horns were part of the same piece, and he overlaid it with bronze. 3He made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh hooks, and the fire pans. He made all its utensils of bronze. 4He made for the altar a bronze grating, a network beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway up. 5He cast four rings for the four ends of the bronze grating to provide places for the poles. 6He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. 7He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar with which to carry it. He made the altar hollow, out of boards.
Making the Bronze Basin
8#Ex 40:7He made the basin of bronze with its base of bronze from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
Making the Court of the Tabernacle
Ex 27:9–19
9#Ex 27:9–19He made the courtyard: On the south side southward the hangings of the courtyard were of fine twisted linen, one hundred cubits;#About 9 inches, or 23 centimeters. 10their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver. 11For the north side the hangings were one hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty sockets were of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
12For the west side the hangings were fifty cubits#About 75 feet, or 23 meters. with their ten pillars and their ten sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver. 13For the east side eastward, fifty cubits. 14The hangings of one side of the gate were fifteen cubits#About 22 feet, or 6.8 meters. with their three pillars and their three sockets, 15and also for the other side of the court gate. On both sides of the gate of the courtyard the hangings were fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets. 16All the hangings of the courtyard all around were of fine twisted linen. 17The sockets for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops of silver, and all the pillars of the courtyard were furnished with silver bands.
18The screen for the gate of the courtyard was embroidered of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen. Its length was twenty cubits,#About 30 feet, or 9 meters. and its height was five cubits,#About 71/2 feet, or 2.3 meters. corresponding to the hangings of the courtyard. 19Their four pillars and their four sockets were of bronze. Their hooks and their bands were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their bands were of silver. 20All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the courtyard all around were bronze.
The Inventory of the Tabernacle
21#Nu 1:50; 1:53This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted according to the commandment of Moses for the service of the Levites by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. 22Bezalel, the son of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses. 23#Ex 35:34With him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer, an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine linen. 24#Lev 27:25; Nu 3:47All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the wave offering, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels,#A little over a ton, or 1 metric ton. according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
25The silver of those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents,#About 33/4 tons, or 3.4 metric tons; and in v. 27. and a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels,#About 44 pounds, or 20 kilograms; and in v. 28. according to the shekel of the sanctuary; 26#Nu 1:46; Ex 12:37; 30:13a bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel,#About 1/5 ounce, or 5.7 grams. according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who was numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men. 27#Ex 26:19; 26:21The hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil—a hundred sockets ofthe hundred talents, a talent for a socket. 28Of theone thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their tops and made bands for them.
29The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.#About 21/2 tons, or 2.4 metric tons. 30#Ex 26:37With it he made the sockets for the door of the tent of meeting, and the bronze altar and its bronze grating, and all theutensils of the altar, 31and the sockets of the courtyard all around, and the sockets of the courtyard gate, and all the tent pegs of the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs of the courtyard all around.
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