Exodus 38
38
Making the Altar of Burnt Offering
1Bezalel # 38:1–7 Ex 27:1–8 constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, 7 1/2 feet long and 7 1/2 feet wide, # 38:1 Lit five cubits its length and five cubits its width and was 4 1/2 feet # 38:1 Lit three cubits high. 2He made horns for it on its four corners; the horns were of one piece with it. Then he overlaid it with bronze.
3He made all the altar’s utensils: the pots, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze. 4He constructed for the altar a grate of bronze mesh under its ledge, # 38:4 Or rim halfway up from the bottom. 5He cast four rings at the four corners of the bronze grate as holders for the poles. 6He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. 7Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar in order to carry it with them. He constructed the altar with boards so that it was hollow.
Making the Bronze Basin
8He made the bronze basin and its stand from the bronze mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting. # 38:8 Ex 30:18; 1Sm 2:22
Making the Courtyard
9Then # 38:9–20 Ex 27:9–19 he made the courtyard. The hangings on the south side of the courtyard were of finely spun linen, 150 feet # 38:9 Lit 100 cubits, also in v. 11 long, 10including their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands # 38:10 Or connecting rods, also in vv. 11,17,19,28 for the posts. 11The hangings on the north side were also 150 feet long, including their twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver. 12The hangings on the west side were 75 feet # 38:12 Lit 50 cubits, also in v. 13 long, including their ten posts and their ten bases, with silver hooks and silver bands for the posts. 13And for the east side toward the sunrise, 75 feet long, 14the hangings on one side of the gate were 22 1/2 feet, # 38:14 Lit 15 cubits, also in v. 15 including their three posts and their three bases. 15It was the same for the other side of the courtyard gate. The hangings were 22 1/2 feet, including their three posts and their three bases. 16All the hangings around the courtyard were of finely spun linen. 17The bases for the posts were bronze; the hooks and bands of the posts were silver; and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. All the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.
18The screen for the gate of the courtyard was made of finely spun linen, expertly embroidered # 38:18 Or woven with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. It was 30 feet # 38:18 Lit 20 cubits long, and like the hangings of the courtyard, 7 1/2 feet # 38:18 Lit five cubits high. # 38:18 Lit high in width 19It had four posts with their four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, and their top plating and their bands were silver. 20All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
Inventory of Materials
21This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, # 38:21 Nm 1:50,53; 9:15; 10:11; 17:7–8; 2Ch 24:6; Ac 7:44 that was recorded at Moses’s command. It was the work of the Levites under the direction of # 38:21 Lit Levites by the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. # 38:21 Nm 4:28,33 22Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord commanded Moses. 23With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a gem cutter, a designer, and an embroiderer with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.
24All the gold of the presentation offering that was used for the project in all the work on the sanctuary, was 2,193 pounds, # 38:24 Lit 29 talents and 730 shekels according to the sanctuary shekel. # 38:24 Ex 30:13; Lv 27:25; Nm 3:47; 18:16 25The silver from those of the community who were registered was 7,544 pounds, # 38:25 Lit 100 talents and 1,775 shekels according to the sanctuary shekel — 26one-fifth of an ounce # 38:26 Lit a beka per man, that is, half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years old or more who had crossed over to the registered group, 603,550 men. 27There were 7,500 pounds # 38:27 Lit 100 talents of silver used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the curtain — one hundred bases from 7,500 pounds, 75 pounds # 38:27 Lit one talent for each base. # 38:26–27 Ex 26:19,21,25,32; 30:13; Nm 1:46 28With the remaining 44 pounds # 38:28 Lit 1,775 (shekels) he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.
29The bronze of the presentation offering totaled 5,310 pounds. # 38:29 Lit 70 talents and 2,400 shekels 30He made with it the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grate, all the utensils for the altar, 31the bases for the surrounding courtyard, the bases for the gate of the courtyard, all the tent pegs for the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs for the surrounding courtyard.
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Exodus 38
38
The altar for offering sacrifices
(Exodus 27.1-8)
1Bezalel built an altar of acacia wood for offering sacrifices. It was two and a quarter metres square and one and a third metres high 2with each of its four corners sticking up like the horn of a bull, and it was completely covered with bronze. 3The equipment for the altar was also made of bronze—the pans for the hot ashes, the shovels, the meat forks, and the fire pans. 4Half-way up the altar he built a ledge around it and covered the bottom half of the altar with a decorative bronze grating. 5Then he attached a bronze ring beneath the ledge at the four corners to put the poles through. 6He covered two acacia wood poles with bronze and 7put them through the rings for carrying the altar, which was shaped like an open box.
The large bronze bowl
(Exodus 30.18-21)
8Bezalel made a large bowl and a stand out of bronze from the mirrors of the women who helped at the entrance to the sacred tent.#Ex 30.18.
The courtyard around the sacred tent
(Exodus 27.9-19)
9-17Around the sacred tent Bezalel built a courtyard forty-four metres long on the south and north and twenty-two metres wide on the east and west. He used twenty bronze posts on bronze stands for the south and north and ten for the west. Then he hung a curtain of fine linen on the posts along each of these three sides by using silver hooks and rods. He placed three bronze posts on each side of the entrance at the east and hung a curtain six and two thirds metres wide on each set of posts.
18-19For the entrance to the courtyard, Bezalel made a curtain nine metres long, which he hung on four bronze posts that were set on bronze stands. This curtain was the same height as the one for the rest of the courtyard and was made of fine linen embroidered and woven with blue, purple, and red wool. He hung the curtain on the four posts, using silver hooks and rods. 20The pegs for the tent and for the curtain around the tent were made of bronze.
The sacred tent
21-23Bezalel had worked closely with Oholiab,#38.21-23 Bezalel…Oholiab: Hebrew “Bezalel son of Uri and grandson of Hur of the Judah tribe had worked closely with Oholiab son of Ahisamach from the tribe of Dan.” who was an expert at designing and engraving, and at embroidering blue, purple, and red wool. The two of them completed the work that the LORD had commanded.
Moses made Aaron's son Ithamar responsible for keeping record of the metals used for the sacred tent. 24According to the official weights, the amount of gold given was a thousand kilogrammes, 25and the silver that was collected when the people were counted#38.25 counted: See 30.11-16; Numbers 1. came to three thousand four hundred and thirty kilogrammes.#Ex 30.11-16. 26Everyone who was counted paid the required amount, and there was a total of 603,550 men who were twenty years old or older.#Mt 17.24.
27Thirty-four kilogrammes of the silver were used to make each of the one hundred stands for the sacred tent and the curtain. 28The remaining thirty kilogrammes of silver were used for the hooks and rods and for covering the tops of the posts.
29Two thousand four hundred and twenty-five kilogrammes of bronze were given. 30And it was used to make the stands for the entrance to the tent, the altar and its grating, the equipment for the altar, 31the stands for the posts that surrounded the courtyard, including those at the entrance to the courtyard, and the pegs for the tent and the courtyard.
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