The Bronze Altar (Exodus 27:1–8)
1 AKJV And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. BSB BSB: Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
2 AKJV And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. BSB BSB: He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.
3 AKJV And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, and the meat hooks, and the fire pans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. BSB BSB: He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
4 AKJV And he made for the altar a brazen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath to the middle of it. BSB BSB: He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.
5 AKJV And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. BSB BSB: At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles.
6 AKJV And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass. BSB BSB: And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
7 AKJV And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it with; he made the altar hollow with boards. BSB BSB: Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow.
The Bronze Basin (Exodus 30:17–21)
8 AKJV And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the mirrors of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. BSB BSB: Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
The Courtyard (Exodus 27:9–19)
9 AKJV And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: BSB BSB: Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,
10 AKJV Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. BSB BSB: with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
11 AKJV And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. BSB BSB: The north side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.
12 AKJV And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. BSB BSB: The west side was fifty cubits long and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.
13 AKJV And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. BSB BSB: And the east side, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits long.
14 AKJV The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. BSB BSB: The curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.
15 AKJV And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. BSB BSB: And the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well.
16 AKJV All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. BSB BSB: All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen.
17 AKJV And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. BSB BSB: The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.
18 AKJV And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. BSB BSB: The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,
19 AKJV And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver. BSB BSB: with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.
20 AKJV And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. BSB BSB: All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
An Inventory of Materials (Ezra 2:68–70; Nehemiah 7:70–73)
21 AKJV This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of 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 to Aaron the priest. BSB BSB: This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
22 AKJV And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. BSB BSB: Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.
23 AKJV And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. BSB BSB: With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen.
24 AKJV All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. BSB BSB: All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
25 AKJV And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and three score and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: BSB BSB: The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—
26 AKJV A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. BSB BSB: a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
27 AKJV And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. BSB BSB: The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base.
28 AKJV And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and filleted them. BSB BSB: With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.
29 AKJV And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. BSB BSB: The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.
30 AKJV And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, BSB BSB: He used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grating, all the utensils for the altar,
31 AKJV And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. BSB BSB: the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard.