Exodus 38

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Making the Altar of Burnt Offering

38 ^(A)Then he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five ^[a]cubits ^[b]long, and five cubits ^[c]wide, square, and three cubits ^[d]high. ² He made its horns on its four corners, its horns ^[e]being of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with ^[f]bronze. ³ He made all the utensils of the altar, the pots and the shovels and the bowls, the flesh hooks and the firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze. ⁴ He made for the altar a grating of a network of bronze beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway down. ⁵ He cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze grating as holders for the poles. ⁶ He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. ⁷ He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.

Making the Laver of Bronze

^8 (B)Moreover, he made the laver of bronze with its base of bronze, ^[g]from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Making the Court

^9 (C)Then he made the court: ^[h]for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, ^[i]one hundred cubits; ¹⁰ their twenty pillars, and their twenty bases, made of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their ^[j]bands were of silver. ¹¹ For the north side there were one hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver. ¹² For the west side there were hangings of ^[k]fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver. ¹³ For the east side toward the sunrise fifty cubits. ¹⁴ The hangings for the one ^[l]side of the gate were ^[m]fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases, ¹⁵ and so for the ^[n]other ^[o]side. ^[p]On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases. ¹⁶ All the hangings of the court all around were of fine twisted linen. ¹⁷ The bases for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver; and the overlaying of their tops were of silver, and all the pillars of the court were furnished with silver bands. ¹⁸ The screen of the gate of the court was the work of the ^[q]weaver, of ^[r]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. And the length was ^[s]twenty cubits and the ^[t]height was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court. ¹⁹ Their four pillars and their four bases were of bronze; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their bands were of silver. ²⁰ All the pegs of the ^[u]tabernacle and of the court all around were of bronze.

The Things Numbered for the Tabernacle

²¹ These are the things numbered for the ^[v]tabernacle, the ^[w]tabernacle of the testimony, as they were ^[x]numbered according to the ^[y]command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ²² Now ^(D)Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh had commanded Moses. ²³ With him was ^(E)Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman and a skillful designer and a ^[z]weaver in ^[aa]blue and in purple and in scarlet material and fine linen.

²⁴ All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the wave offering, was ^[ab]29 talents and ^[ac]730 shekels, according to ^(F)the shekel of the sanctuary. ^25 (G)The silver of those of the congregation who were ^[ad]numbered was ^[ae]100 talents and ^[af]1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; ^26 (H)a beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for each one who passed over to those who were ^[ag]numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for ^(I)603,550 men. ²⁷ One hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; one hundred bases for one hundred talents, a talent for a base. ²⁸ Of the 1,775 shekels, he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their tops and made bands for them. ²⁹ The bronze of the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels. ³⁰ With it he made the bases to the doorway of the tent of meeting, and the bronze altar and its bronze grating, and all the utensils of the altar, ³¹ and the bases of the court all around and the bases of the gate of the court, and all the pegs of the ^[ah]tabernacle and all the pegs of the court all around.