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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Exodus 38
38
The altar of burnt offering
1They#38:1 Or He; also in verses 2-9 built the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, three cubits#38:1 That is, about 1.4 metres high; it was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.#38:1 That is, about 2.3 metres long and wide 2They made a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar were of one piece, and they overlaid the altar with bronze. 3They made all its utensils of bronze – its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans. 4They made a grating for the altar, a bronze network, to be under its ledge, halfway up the altar. 5They cast bronze rings to hold the poles for the four corners of the bronze grating. 6They made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. 7They inserted the poles into the rings so they would be on the sides of the altar for carrying it. They made it hollow, out of boards.
The basin for washing
8They made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
The courtyard
9Next they made the courtyard. The south side was a hundred cubits#38:9 That is, about 45 metres long and had curtains of finely twisted linen, 10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 11The north side was also a hundred cubits long and had twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
12The west end was fifty cubits#38:12 That is, about 23 metres wide and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 13The east end, towards the sunrise, was also fifty cubits wide. 14Curtains fifteen cubits#38:14 That is, about 6.8 metres long were on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases, 15and curtains fifteen cubits long were on the other side of the entrance to the courtyard, with three posts and three bases. 16All the curtains around the courtyard were of finely twisted linen. 17The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks and bands on the posts were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver; so all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.
18The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was made of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen – the work of an embroiderer. It was twenty cubits#38:18 That is, about 9 metres long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits#38:18 That is, about 2.3 metres high, 19with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks and bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver. 20All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
The materials used
21These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law, which were recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest. 22(Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything the Lord commanded Moses; 23with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan – an engraver and designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen.) 24The total amount of the gold from the wave offering used for all the work on the sanctuary was 29 talents and 730 shekels,#38:24 The weight of the gold was about 1 metric ton. according to the sanctuary shekel.
25The silver obtained from those of the community who were counted in the census was 100 talents#38:25 That is, about 3.4 metric tons; also in verse 27 and 1,775 shekels,#38:25 That is, about 20 kilograms; also in verse 28 according to the sanctuary shekel – 26one beka per person, that is, half a shekel,#38:26 That is, about 5.7 grams according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more, a total of 603,550 men. 27The 100 talents of silver were used to cast the bases for the sanctuary and for the curtain – 100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent for each base. 28They used the 1,775 shekels to make the hooks for the posts, to overlay the tops of the posts, and to make their bands.
29The bronze from the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.#38:29 The weight of the bronze was about 2.4 metric tons. 30They used it to make the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all its utensils, 31the bases for the surrounding courtyard and those for its entrance and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and those for the surrounding courtyard.
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