Exodus 38

1 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.

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 made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it 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 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.

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 for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.

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 he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.

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

6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.

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

7 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.

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 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.

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 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

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 pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

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

11 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.

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

12 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.

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

13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.

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

14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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

15 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.

and the curtains on the other side just the same.

16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

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

17 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

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

21 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.

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 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yhwh commanded 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 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.

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 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.

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 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:

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 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.

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 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.

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 of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.

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

29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

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

30 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,

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 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.

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