Exodus 38
1 and to make [obj] altar [the] burnt offering tree: wood acacia five cubit length his and five cubit width his to square and three cubit height his
[Several men helped] Bezalel to make the altar for burning sacrifices. They made it from acacia wood. It was square, (7-1/2 feet/2.2 meters) on each side, and it was (4-1/2 feet/1.3 meters) high.
2 and to make horn his upon four corner his from him to be horn his and to overlay [obj] him bronze
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 that the altar [was made of]. They covered the whole altar with bronze.
3 and to make [obj] all article/utensil [the] altar [obj] [the] pot and [obj] [the] shovel and [obj] [the] bowl [obj] [the] fork and [obj] [the] censer all article/utensil his to make bronze
They made the pans in which to put the greasy 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/ashes. All of those things were made from bronze.
4 and to make to/for altar grate deed: work net bronze underneath: under ledge his from to/for beneath till half his
They also made a bronze grating to hold the wood and burning coals. They put the grating under the rim that went around the altar. [They] made it so that it was [inside the altar], halfway down.
5 and to pour: cast metal four ring in/on/with four [the] end to/for grate [the] bronze house: container to/for alone: pole
They made bronze rings in which to put the poles [for carrying the altar], and fastened one of them to each of the corners of the altar.
6 and to make [obj] [the] alone: pole tree: wood acacia and to overlay [obj] them bronze
They made the poles from acacia wood and covered them with bronze.
7 and to come (in): bring [obj] [the] alone: pole in/on/with ring upon side [the] altar to/for to lift: bear [obj] him in/on/with them be hollow tablet to make [obj] him
They put the poles through the rings on each side of the altar. The poles were for carrying the altar.
8 and to make [obj] [the] basin bronze and [obj] stand his bronze in/on/with mirror [the] to serve which to serve entrance tent meeting
The altar was [hollow] like an empty box. It was made from boards [of acacia wood]. They made/cast 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.
9 and to make [obj] [the] court to/for side south south [to] curtain [the] court linen to twist hundred in/on/with cubit
[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 (150 feet/46 meters) long.
10 pillar their twenty and socket their twenty bronze hook [the] pillar and ring their silver: money
[To hang the curtain], they made 20 bronze posts and 20 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.
11 and to/for side north hundred in/on/with cubit pillar their twenty and socket their twenty bronze hook [the] pillar and ring their silver: money
They made the same kind of curtains, posts, bases, and hooks for the north side of the courtyard.
12 and to/for side sea: west curtain fifty in/on/with cubit pillar their ten and socket their ten hook [the] pillar and ring their silver: money
On the west side [of the courtyard], they made a curtain (75 feet/23 meters) long. They also made ten posts on which to hang the curtains, and ten bases, with silver hooks and [metal] rods [covered with] silver.
13 and to/for side east [to] east [to] fifty cubit
On the east side, [where the entrance is], the courtyard was (75 feet/23 meters) wide.
14 curtain five ten cubit to(wards) [the] shoulder pillar their three and socket their three
On each side of the entrance, they made a curtain (22-1/2 feet/6.6 meters) wide. On each side they [were hung from] three posts, and one base was under each post.
15 and to/for shoulder [the] second from this and from this to/for gate [the] court curtain five ten cubit pillar their three and socket their three
16 all curtain [the] court around linen to twist
All the curtains around the courtyard were made from fine white linen.
17 and [the] socket to/for pillar bronze hook [the] pillar and ring their silver: money and plating head: top their silver: money and they(masc.) to connect silver: money all pillar [the] court
All the posts around the courtyard were made of bronze, but the tops were covered with silver. The posts were connected with [metal] rods [covered with] silver. The clasps/fasteners and hooks were made of silver.
18 and covering gate [the] court deed: work to weave blue and purple and worm scarlet and linen to twist and twenty cubit length and height in/on/with width five cubit to/for close curtain [the] court
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 yarn/thread. The curtain was (30 feet/9 meters) long and (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) high, just like the other curtains around the courtyard.
19 and pillar their four and socket their four bronze hook their silver: money and plating head: top their and ring their silver: money
All the curtains were made of fine white 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/fasteners were made of silver, and the tops of the posts were covered with silver.
20 and all [the] peg to/for tabernacle and to/for court around bronze
All the tent pegs to support the Sacred Tent and the curtains around the courtyard were made of bronze.
21 these reckoning [the] tabernacle tabernacle [the] testimony which to reckon: list upon lip: word Moses service: work [the] Levi in/on/with hand: power Ithamar son: child Aaron [the] priest
Here is a list of the amounts of metal used to make the Sacred Tent. Moses/I told [some men from] the tribe of Levi to [count all the materials used and] write down the amounts. Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest, supervised those men.
22 and Bezalel son: child Uri son: child Hur to/for tribe Judah to make [obj] all which to command LORD [obj] Moses
Bezalel the son of Uri and grandson of Hur made all the things that Yahweh commanded Moses/me to be made.
23 and with him Oholiab son: child Ahisamach to/for tribe Dan artificer and to devise: design and to weave in/on/with blue and in/on/with purple and in/on/with worm [the] scarlet and in/on/with linen
Bezalel’s helper was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. Oholiab was a skilled engraver who made artistic things. He made fine white linen, and he embroidered designs using blue, purple, and red yarn/thread. He also made other cloth.
24 all [the] gold [the] to make: do to/for work in/on/with all work [the] holiness and to be gold [the] wave offering nine and twenty talent and seven hundred and thirty shekel in/on/with shekel [the] holiness
All the gold that was used to make the Sacred Tent weighed (2,195 pounds/1,000 kg.). They used the official standard when they weighed the gold.
25 and silver: money to reckon: list [the] congregation hundred talent and thousand and seven hundred and five and seventy shekel in/on/with shekel [the] holiness
All the silver that the people contributed when the leaders (took the census/counted the men) weighed (7,500 pounds/3,400 kg.). They also used the official standard when they weighed the silver.
26 bekah to/for head half [the] shekel in/on/with shekel [the] holiness to/for all [the] to pass upon [the] to reckon: list from son: aged twenty year and above [to] to/for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty
All the men who were at least 20 years old were counted, and they each paid the required amount. That was a total of 603,550 men.
27 and to be hundred talent [the] silver: money to/for to pour: cast metal [obj] socket [the] holiness and [obj] socket [the] curtain hundred socket to/for hundred [the] talent talent to/for socket
They used (75 pounds/34 kg.) of silver for making/casting each of the 100 bases to [put under the posts to support] the curtains of the Sacred Tent.
28 and [obj] [the] thousand and seven [the] hundred and five and seventy to make hook to/for pillar and to overlay head: top their and to connect [obj] them
Bezalel [and his helpers] used the (50 pounds/30 kg.) 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.
29 and bronze [the] wave offering seventy talent and thousand and four hundred shekel
The bronze that the people contributed weighed (5,310 pounds/2,425 kg.).
30 and to make in/on/with her [obj] socket entrance tent meeting and [obj] altar [the] bronze and [obj] grate [the] bronze which to/for him and [obj] all article/utensil [the] altar
With the bronze, Bezalel and his helpers made the bases for under the posts at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. They also made the altar for burning sacrifices, the grating for it and the tools used with it,
31 and [obj] socket [the] court around and [obj] socket gate [the] court and [obj] all peg [the] tabernacle and [obj] all peg [the] court around
the bases for the posts [that supported the curtains] that surrounded the courtyard and the bases for the entrance to the courtyard, and the pegs for the Sacred Tent and for [the curtains around] the courtyard.
