The Bronze Altar (Exodus 27:1–8)
1 UDB Bezalel and his men made the altar for burning sacrifices out of acacia wood. It was square, two and one-third meters on each side, and it was one and two-fifths meters high. 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 UDB They made a projection that looked like a horn on each of the top corners. The projections were carved from the same block of wood from which the altar was made. They covered the whole altar with bronze. 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 UDB They made the pans in which to put the ashes from the animal sacrifices. They also made the shovels for cleaning out the ashes. They made the basins and forks for turning the meat as it cooked, and buckets for carrying hot coals. They made all of these things from bronze. BSB BSB: He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
4 UDB They also made a bronze grate to hold the wood and burning coals. They put the grate under the rim that was around the altar. They made it so that it was inside the altar, halfway down. BSB BSB: He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.
5 UDB They made bronze rings in which to put the poles for carrying the altar, and fastened them to each of the corners of the altar. BSB BSB: At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles.
6 UDB They made the poles from acacia wood and covered them with bronze. BSB BSB: And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
7 UDB They put the poles for carrying the altar through the rings on each side of the altar. The altar was like an open box, made from boards of acacia wood. 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 UDB Bezalel and his men made the washbasin and its base from bronze. The bronze was from the mirrors that belonged to the women who worked at the entrance of the sacred tent. 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 UDB Around the sacred tent Bezalel and his helpers made a courtyard. To form the courtyard, they made curtains of fine white linen. On the south side, the curtain was forty-five and three-quarters meters long. 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 UDB To support the curtain, they made twenty bronze posts and twenty bronze bases, one for under each post. To fasten the curtains to the posts, they made silver hooks, and they made metal rods covered with silver. BSB BSB: with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
11 UDB They made the same kind of curtains, posts, bases and hooks for the north side of the courtyard. 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 UDB On the west side of the courtyard, they made a curtain twenty-three meters long. They also made ten posts to support the curtains and ten bases, with silver hooks and metal rods covered with 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 UDB On the east side, where the entrance is, the courtyard was twenty-three meters wide. BSB BSB: And the east side, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits long.
14 UDB On one side of the entrance, Bezalel and his men made a curtain about seven meters wide with three posts and three bases. BSB BSB: The curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.
15 UDB On the other side of the entrance, they made a curtain about seven meters wide with three posts and three bases. BSB BSB: And the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well.
16 UDB They made all the curtains around the courtyard from fine linen. BSB BSB: All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen.
17 UDB All the posts around the courtyard were made of bronze, but they covered the tops with silver. They connected the posts with metal rods that they covered with silver. They also made the clasps and hooks 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 UDB For the entrance of the courtyard, they made a curtain from fine white linen, and a skilled weaver embroidered it with blue, purple, and red woolen yarn. The curtain was nine meters long and two and one-third meters high, just like the other curtains around the courtyard. 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 UDB All the curtains were made of fine linen. They were supported by four posts, and under each post was a base made of bronze. All the posts around the courtyard were connected with metal rods covered with silver. The clasps were made of silver, and the tops of the posts were covered with 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 UDB All the tent pegs to support the sacred tent and the curtains around the courtyard were made of bronze. 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 UDB Here is a list of the amounts of metal used to make the sacred tent. Moses told some men from the tribe of Levi to count all the materials used and write down the amounts. Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest, supervised those men. 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 UDB Bezalel son of Uri and grandson of Hur made all the things that Yahweh had commanded Moses to make. BSB BSB: Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.
23 UDB Bezalel's helper was Oholiab son of Ahisamak, from the tribe of Dan. Oholiab was a skilled engraver who made artistic things. He embroidered designs using blue, purple, and red woolen yarn, and 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 UDB All the gold that was used to make the sacred tent weighed 965 kilograms. They used the official standard when they weighed the gold. 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 UDB All the silver that the people contributed when the leaders took the census weighed about 3,320 kilograms. They also used the official standard when they weighed the silver. BSB BSB: The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—
26 UDB All the men who were at least twenty years old were counted, and they each paid the required amount. That was a total of 603,550 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 UDB They used 33 kilograms of silver for making each of the one hundred bases to put under the posts to support the curtains of the sacred tent, for a total of 3,300 kilograms in all. 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 UDB Bezalel and his helpers used the twenty kilograms of silver that was not used for the bases to make the rods and the hooks for the posts and to cover the tops of the posts. The bronze that the people contributed was 2,450 kilograms plus 28 kilograms of bronze coins. BSB BSB: With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.
30 UDB With the bronze Bezalel and his helpers made the bases to support the posts at the entrance of the sacred tent. They also made the altar for burning sacrifices with its grate and the tools to be used with it, 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 UDB the bases for the posts that supported the curtains that surrounded the courtyard, the bases for the entrance to the courtyard, and the pegs for the sacred tent and for the curtains around the courtyard. BSB BSB: the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard.
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