CHAPTER 38
Bezalel constructed
the altar
of burnt offering
from acacia
wood.
It was square,
five
cubits
long,
five
cubits
wide,
and three
cubits
high.
He 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.
Then 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.
Next, he made
the bronze
basin
and its stand
from the mirrors
of the women who
served
at the entrance
to the Tent
of Meeting.
Then he constructed
the courtyard.
The south
side
of the courtyard
was a hundred
cubits long
and had curtains
of finely spun
linen,
The north
side
was also a hundred
cubits long,
with twenty
posts
and twenty
bronze
bases.
The hooks
and bands
of the posts
were silver.
The west
side
was fifty
cubits long
and had curtains,
with ten
posts
and ten
bases.
The hooks
and bands
of the posts
were silver.
The curtains
of
the one side
of the entrance were fifteen
cubits long,
with three
posts
and three
bases.
And the curtains
for the other
side
were also fifteen
cubits long,
with three
posts
and three
bases
as well.
The 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.
The 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,
with four
posts
and four
bronze
bases.
Their hooks
were silver,
as well as the bands
and the plating
of their tops.
This
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.
Bezalel
son
of Uri,
son
of Hur,
of the tribe
of Judah,
made
everything
that
the LORD
had commanded
Moses.
With him was
Aholiab
son
of Ahisamach,
of the tribe
of Dan,
an engraver,
designer,
and embroiderer
in blue,
purple,
and scarlet yarn
and fine linen.
All
the gold
from the wave offering
used
for the work
on the sanctuary
totaled
29
talents
and 730
shekels,
according to the sanctuary
shekel.
The silver
from those numbered
among the congregation
totaled 100
talents
and 1,775
shekels,
according to the sanctuary
shekel—
a 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.
The hundred
talents
of silver
were
used to cast
the bases
of the sanctuary
and the bases
of the curtain—
100
bases
from the 100
talents,
one talent
per base.
With the 1,775 shekels of silver,
he made
the hooks
for the posts,
overlaid
their tops,
and supplied bands
for them.
He 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,
the bases
for the surrounding
courtyard
and
the gate
of the courtyard,
and
all
the tent pegs
for the tabernacle
and
the surrounding
courtyard.