The Second Book of Moses: Exodus

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- Chapter 38 -

(Exodus 27:1–8)

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The Bronze Basin

(Exodus 30:17–21)

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.

The Courtyard

(Exodus 27:9–19)

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

An Inventory of Materials

(Ezra 2:68–70; Nehemiah 7:70–73)

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.

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

Oholiab son of Ahisamach, 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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,

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.

(Exodus 27:1–8)

He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits,(a) its width was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.

He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

He made all the vessels of the altar: the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its vessels of bronze.

He made for the altar a grating of a network of bronze, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up.

He cast four rings for the four corners of bronze grating, to be places for the poles.

He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze.

He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.

The Bronze Basin

(Exodus 30:17–21)

He made the basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, out of the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

The Courtyard

(Exodus 27:9–19)

He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;

their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

For the north side one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

For the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

For the east side eastward fifty cubits,

the hangings for the one side were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;

and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen.

The sockets for the pillars were of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. Their capitals were overlaid with silver. All the pillars of the court had silver bands.

The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height along the width was five cubits, like the hangings of the court.

Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of bronze; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver.

All the pins of the tabernacle, and around the court, were of bronze.

An Inventory of Materials

(Ezra 2:68–70; Nehemiah 7:70–73)

These are the amounts of materials used for the tabernacle, even the Tabernacle of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.

With him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen.

All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents

(b)

and seven hundred thirty shekels, according to the shekel

(c)

of the sanctuary.

The silver of those who were counted of the congregation was one hundred talents

(d)

and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels,(e) according to the shekel of the sanctuary:

a beka

(f)

a head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel

(g)

of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.

The one hundred talents

(h)

of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil: one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, one talent per socket.

From the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels(i) he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.

The bronze of the offering was seventy talents

(j)

and two thousand four hundred shekels.(k)

With this he made the sockets to the door of the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, all the vessels of the altar,

the sockets around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court, all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins around the court.

Footnotes

(a)38:1 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.

(b)38:24 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces.

(d)38:25 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds

(e)38:25 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.

(f)38:26 a beka is about 5 grams or about 0.175 ounces

(g)38:26 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.

(h)38:27 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.

(i)38:28 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1775 shekels is about 17.75 kilograms or about 39 pounds.

(j)38:29 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds

(k)38:29 70 talents + 2400 shekels is about 2124 kilograms, or 2.124 metric tons.