Exodus 38

1 And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood; five cubits the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, square, 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 its horns on the four corners thereof; its horns were of itself; and he overlaid it with copper.

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 utensils of the altar: the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, the forks, and the firepans; all its utensils made he of copper.

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 grating of network of copper under its ledge from beneath, to the very middle 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 corners of the grating of copper, as receptacles 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 acacia-wood, and overlaid them with copper.

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, with which to carry it. Hollow with boards did he make it.

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 copper, and its stand of copper, of the mirrors of the crowds of women who crowded before the entrance 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 And he made the court. On the south side southward, the hangings of the court were of twined byssus, a 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 twenty, and their bases twenty, of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.

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

11 And on the north side, a hundred cubits; their pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.

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

12 And on the west side, hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their bases ten; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods 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 on the one wing of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three;

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

15 and on the other wing, on this side as on that side of the gate of the court, hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three.

and the curtains on the other side just the same.

16 All the hangings of the court round about were of twined byssus;

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

17 and the bases of the pillars of copper, the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were fastened together with [rods of] 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 of the gate of the court was of embroidery of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; and the length was twenty cubits, and the height like the breadth, five cubits, just as 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 four, and their bases four, of copper; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their connecting-rods of silver.

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

20 And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court round about were of copper.

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

21 These are the things numbered of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, by the service of the Levites, under the hand of Ithamar, 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 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Jehovah had 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 Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and artificer, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in byssus.

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 it took for the work in all the work of the sanctuary — the gold of the wave-offering, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to 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 assembly was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to 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 the head — half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed the numbering from twenty years old and upward, [of] the six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

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 there were a hundred talents of silver for casting the bases of the sanctuary, and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases of a hundred talents, a talent for a 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 of the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five [shekels] he made the hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and fastened them [with rods].

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 copper of the wave-offering was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels.

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

30 And he made with it the bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the copper altar, and the copper grating for it, and all the utensils 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 bases of the court round about, and the bases of the gate of the court, and all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs of the court round about.

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