Exodus 38

1 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.

Bezalel made the altar for burnt offerings of acacia wood. It was five cubits long and five cubits wide—a square—and three cubits high.

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

He made extensions of its four corners shaped like ox horns. The horns were made of one piece with the altar, and he covered it with bronze.

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

He made all the equipment for the altar—pots for ashes, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans. He made all this equipment with bronze.

4 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.

He made a grate for the altar, a network of bronze to be placed under the ledge, halfway down to the bottom.

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

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

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

Bezalel made poles of acacia wood and covered them with bronze.

7 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.

He put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar, to carry it. He made the altar hollow, out of planks.

8 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.

Bezalel made the large bronze basin with a bronze stand. He made the basin out of mirrors belonging to the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

9 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,

He also made the courtyard. The hangings on the south side of the courtyard were of fine linen, one hundred cubits long.

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

The hangings had twenty posts, with twenty bronze bases. There were hooks attached to the posts, as well as silver rods.

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

Likewise along the north side, there were hangings one hundred cubits long with twenty posts, twenty bronze bases, hooks attached to the posts, and silver rods.

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

The hangings of the west side were fifty cubits long, with ten posts and bases. The hooks and rods of the posts were silver.

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

The courtyard was also fifty cubits long on the east side.

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

The hangings for one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long. They had three posts with three bases.

15 and the curtains on the other side just the same.

On the other side of the entrance of the courtyard were also hangings fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.

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

All the hangings around the courtyard were made of fine linen.

17 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.

The bases for the posts were made of bronze. The hooks and rods for the posts were made of silver, and the covering for the tops of the posts was also made of silver. All the courtyard posts were covered with silver.

18 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.

The curtain at the courtyard gate was twenty cubits long. The curtain was made of blue, purple, and scarlet linen, fine twined linen, and was twenty cubits long. It was twenty cubits in length and five cubits in height, like the courtyard curtains.

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

It had four bronze bases and silver hooks. The covering for their tops and its rods were made of silver.

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

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

21 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.

This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant decrees, as it was taken following Moses' instructions. It was the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

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

Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, made everything that Yahweh had commanded Moses.

23 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.

Oholiab son of Ahisamak, from the tribe of Dan, worked with Bezalel as an engraver, as a skillful workman, and as an embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet wool, and in fine linen.

24 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).

All the gold that was used for the project, in all the work connected with the holy place—the gold from the wave offering—was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, measured by the standard of the sanctuary shekel.

25 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).

The silver given by the community weighed one hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel,

26 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.

or one beka per man, which is half a shekel, measured by the sanctuary shekel. This figure was reached on the basis of every person who was counted in the census, those twenty years old and older—603,550 men in all.

27 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.

One hundred talents of silver were cast for the bases of the holy place and the curtain's bases—one hundred bases, one talent for each base.

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

With the remaining 1,775 shekels of silver, Bezalel made the hooks for the posts, covered the tops of the posts, and made the rods for them.

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

The bronze from wave offering weighed seventy talents and 2,400 shekels.

30 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,

With this he made the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar, its bronze grate, all the equipment for the altar,

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

the bases for the courtyard, the bases for the courtyard entrance, all the tent pegs for the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs for the courtyard.