1 Making the Altar of Burnt Offering Then he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five 38:1A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm cubits 38:1Lit its length long, and five cubits 38:1Lit its width wide, square, and three cubits 38:1Lit its height high.
2 He made its horns on its four corners, its horns 38:2Lit were beingof one piecewith it, and he overlaid it with 38:2Or copper, so in ch bronze.
3 He made all the utensils of the altar, the pots and the shovels and the bowls, the flesh hooks and the firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze.
4 He made for the altar a grating of a network of bronze beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway down.
5 He cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze gratingasholders for the poles.
6 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
7 He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.Making the Laver of Bronze
8 Moreover, he made the laver of bronze with its base of bronze, 38:8Lit with from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.Making the Court
9 Then he made the court: 38:9Lit to the side of the Negev, to the south for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, 38:9Approx. 150 ft. or 45 m one hundred cubits;
10 their twenty pillars, and their twenty bases,madeof bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their 38:10Or fillets, rings; so in ch bandswereof silver.
11 For the north sidethere wereone hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty baseswereof bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bandswereof silver.
12 For the west sidethere werehangings of 38:12Approx. 75 ft. or22.5m fifty cubitswiththeir ten pillars and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their bandswereof silver.
13 For the east side toward the sunrise fifty cubits.
14 The hangings for theone 38:14 Lit shoulder sideof the gate were 38:14 Approx.22.5ft. or6.75m fifteen cubits,withtheir three pillars and their three bases,
15 and so for the 38:15Lit second other 38:15Lit shoulder side. 38:15Lit On this side and on that side On both sides of the gate of the courtwerehangings of fifteen cubits,withtheir three pillars and their three bases.
16 All the hangings of the court all aroundwereof fine twisted linen.
17 The bases for the pillarswereof bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bandswereof silver; and the overlaying of their topswereof silver, and all the pillars of the court were furnished with silver bands.
18 The screen of the gate of the court was the work of the 38:18A weaver in colors; lit variegator weaver, of 38:18Or violet blue and purple and scarletmaterialand fine twisted linen. And the lengthwas 38:18Approx. 30 ft. or 9 m twenty cubits and the 38:18Lit height in width heightwasfive cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.
19 Their four pillars and their four baseswereof bronze; their hookswereof silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their bandswereof silver.
20 All the pegs of the 38:20 Lit dwelling place tabernacle and of the court all aroundwereof bronze.The Things Numbered for the Tabernacle
21 These are the things numbered for the 38:21Lit dwelling place tabernacle, the 38:21Lit dwelling place tabernacle of the testimony, as they were 38:21Lit appointed numbered according to the 38:21Lit mouth command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
22 Now Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh had commanded Moses.
23 With himwasOholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman and a skillful designer and a 38:23A weaver in colors; lit variegator weaver in 38:23Or violet blue and in purple and in scarletmaterialand fine linen.
24 All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the wave offering, was 38:24Approx.1.08tons or0.98metric tons, a talent was approx. 75 lb. or 34 kg 29 talents and 38:24Approx. 18 lb. or 8 kg, a shekel was approx.0.4oz. or 11 gm 730 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
25 The silver of those of the congregation who were 38:25Lit mustered numbered was 38:25Approx.3.75tons or3.4metric tons 100 talents and 38:25Approx.44.3lb. or19.5kg1,775shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
26 a beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for each one who passed over to those who were 38:26Lit mustered numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for603,550men.
27 One hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; one hundred bases for one hundred talents, a talent for a base.
28 Of the1,775shekels, he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their tops and made bands for them.
29 The bronze of the wave offering was 70 talents and2,400shekels.
30 With it he made the bases to the doorway of the tent of meeting, and the bronze altar and its bronze grating, and all the utensils of the altar,
31 and the bases of the court all around and the bases of the gate of the court, and all the pegs of the 38:31Lit dwelling place tabernacle and all the pegs of the court all around.