“And he made the altar of burnt offering of chitim wood. Five cubits was the length thereof, five cubits the breadth thereof. It was four square and three cubits the height thereof.”
Exodus 38
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1Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
2He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.
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3He made all the altar's utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
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4He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.
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5At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles.
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6And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
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7Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow.
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8Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
“And Moses. Made the laver. Of brass. And the foot of it of brass. Of the looking glasses. Of the women. Assembling. Which assembled at the door of the tabernacle. Of the congregation.”
9Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,
“"...and he made the court on the south side southward. The hangings of the court were of fine twine linen, a hundred cubits.”
10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
“Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.”
11The north side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.
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12The west side was fifty cubits long and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.
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13And the east side, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits long.
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14The curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.
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15And the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well.
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16All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen.
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17The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.
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18The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,
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19with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.
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20All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
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21This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses' command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
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22Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.
“and Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Her, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses.”
23With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen.
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24All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
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25The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—
“And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents and a thousand seven hundred and three score and fifteen shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary,”
“And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents and a thousand and seven hundred and three score and fifteen shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary.”
26a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
“A for every man that is half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary for everyone that went to be numbered from 20 years old and upward for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.”
27The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base.
“And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil. And hundred sockets of the hundred talents a talent for a socket.”
28With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.
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29The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.
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30He used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grating, all the utensils for the altar,
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31the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard.
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