Exodus 38Exodus38

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1. The Bronze Altar

   (Exodus 27:1–8)

2. 1BSBBezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.KJVKJV: 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.
3. 2BSBHe 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.KJVKJV: 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.
4. 3BSBHe made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.KJVKJV: And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
5. 4BSBHe made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.KJVKJV: And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
6. 5BSBAt the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles.KJVKJV: And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
7. 6BSBAnd he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.KJVKJV: And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
8. 7BSBThen 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.KJVKJV: And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

9. The Bronze Basin

   (Exodus 30:17–21)

10. 8BSBNext he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.KJVKJV: And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

11. The Courtyard

    (Exodus 27:9–19)

12. 9BSBThen he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,KJVKJV: And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
13. 10BSBwith twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.KJVKJV: Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
14. 11BSBThe north side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.KJVKJV: 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.
15. 12BSBThe west side was fifty cubits long and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.KJVKJV: 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.
16. 13BSBAnd the east side, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits long.KJVKJV: And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
17. 14BSBThe curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.KJVKJV: The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
18. 15BSBAnd the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well.KJVKJV: 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.
19. 16BSBAll the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen.KJVKJV: All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
20. 17BSBThe 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.KJVKJV: And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
21. 18BSBThe 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,KJVKJV: 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.
22. 19BSBwith four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.KJVKJV: And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.
23. 20BSBAll the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.KJVKJV: And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

24. An Inventory of Materials

    (Ezra 2:68–70; Nehemiah 7:70–73)

25. 21BSBThis 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.KJVKJV: 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.
26. 22BSBBezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.KJVKJV: And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
27. 23BSBWith 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.KJVKJV: 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.
28. 24BSBAll the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.KJVKJV: 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.
29. 25BSBThe silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—KJVKJV: And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
30. 26BSBa 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.KJVKJV: 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.
31. 27BSBThe 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.KJVKJV: And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
32. 28BSBWith the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.KJVKJV: And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
33. 29BSBThe bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.KJVKJV: And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
34. 30BSBHe 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,KJVKJV: And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
35. 31BSBthe bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard.KJVKJV: 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.