Exodus 38

1 The altar of burned offerings he made of hard wood; a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high,

Bezalel made the altar burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square and measured five cubits long by five cubits wide by three cubits high.

2 And he put horns at its four angles made of the same, plating it all with brass;

He made horns for each of its corners, all one piece with the altar, and covered the whole altar with bronze.

3 And brass was used for all the vessels of the altar, the baskets and the spades, the basins and the meat-hooks and the fire-trays; all the vessels he made of brass

He made all its utensils: buckets for removing ashes, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans. He made all its utensils of bronze.

4 And he made a network of brass for the altar, under the frame round it, stretching half-way up;

He made a bronze mesh grate for the altar and placed it under the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh came halfway down the altar.

5 And four rings for the four angles of this network, to take the rods.

He cast four bronze rings for the four corners of the grate as holders for the poles.

6 The rods he made of hard wood plated with brass.

He made poles of acacia wood for the altar and covered them with bronze.

7 He put the rods through the rings at the opposite sides of the altar for lifting it; he made the altar hollow, boarded in with wood.

He put the poles through the rings on either side of the altar so it could be carried. He made the altar hollow, using boards.

8 And he made the washing-vessel of brass on a brass base, using the polished brass looking-glasses given by the women who did work at the doors of the Tent of meeting.

He made the bronze basin with its stand with bronze from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

9 To make the open space, he put hangings on the south side, of the best linen, a hundred cubits long:

Then he made a courtyard. For the south side of the courtyard he made curtains of finely-spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

10 Their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were brass; and the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.

with twenty posts and twenty bronze stands, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

11 And for the north side. hangings a hundred cubits long, on twenty brass pillars in brass bases, with silver hooks and bands.

Similarly he made curtains placed on the north side in an identical arrangement.

12 And on the west side, hangings fifty cubits long, on ten pillars in ten bases, with silver bands.

He made curtains for the west side of the courtyard fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten stands.

13 And on the east side, the open space was fifty cubits long.

The east side of the courtyard that faces the sunrise was fifty cubits wide.

14 The hangings on one side of the doorway were fifteen cubits long, on three pillars with their three bases;

He made the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three stands,

15 And the same on the other side of the doorway; on this side and on that the hangings were fifteen cubits long, on three pillars with their three bases.

and the curtains on the other side just the same.

16 All the hangings were of the best linen.

All the curtains around the courtyard were of finely-woven linen.

17 And the bases of the pillars were of brass; their hooks and the bands round the tops of them were of silver; all the pillars were ringed with silver.

The stands for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the tops of the posts were covered with silver. All the posts around the courtyard had silver bands.

18 And the curtain for the doorway of the open space was of the best linen, with designs of blue and purple and red in needlework; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, to go with the hangings round the sides.

The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and crimson thread, and finely-spun linen. It was twenty cubits long by five cubits high, the same height as the courtyard curtains.

19 There were four pillars with their bases, all of brass, the hooks being of silver, and their tops and their bands being covered with silver.

It was held up by four posts and four stands. The posts had silver hooks, tops, and bands.

20 All the nails used for the House and the open space round it were of brass.

All the tent pegs for the Tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were made of bronze.

21 This is the price of the making of the House, even the House of witness, as it was valued by the word of Moses, for the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

The following is what was used for the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of the Testimony, recorded at Moses' direction by the Levites under the supervision of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

22 Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

Bezalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord had ordered Moses to make.

23 And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; a designer and a trained workman, expert in needlework of blue and purple and red and the best linen.

He was assisted by Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer using blue, purple, and crimson thread and finely-woven linen.

24 The gold used for all the different work done for the holy place, the gold which was given, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.

The total amount of gold from the offering that was used for the work on the sanctuary was 29 talents and 730 shekels, (using the sanctuary shekel standard).

25 And the silver given by those who were numbered of the people was a hundred talents, and a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.

The total amount of silver from those who had been counted in the census was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels (using the sanctuary shekel standard).

26 A beka, that is, half a shekel by the holy scale, for everyone who was numbered; there were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men of twenty years old and over.

This represents a beka per person, or half a shekel, (using the sanctuary shekel standard) from everyone twenty years of age or older who had been censused, a total of 603,550 men.

27 Of this silver, a hundred talents was used for making the bases of the pillars of the holy place and of the veil; a talent for every base.

The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the sanctuary stands and the curtain stands, 100 bases from the 100 talents, or one talent per base.

28 And a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels of silver was used to make the hooks for the pillars, and for plating the tops of the pillars and for making their bands.

Bezalel used the 1,775 shekels of silver to make the hooks for the posts, cover their tops, and make bands for them.

29 The brass which was given was seventy talents, two thousand four hundred shekels;

The total amount of bronze from the offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

30 From it he made the bases of the doorway of the Tent of meeting and the brass altar and the network for it and all the vessels for the altar,

Bezalel used it to make the stands for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grate, all the utensils for the altar,

31 And the bases for the open space all round and for its doorway, and all the nails for the House and for the open space.

the stands for the courtyard and its entrance, and all the tent pegs for the Tabernacle and the courtyard.