The Second Book of Moses: Exodus

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- Chapter 38 -

(Exodus 27:1–8)

And he makes the altar of burnt-offering of shittim wood; five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth (square), and three cubits its height;

and he makes its horns on its four corners; its horns have been of the same; and he overlays it with bronze;

and he makes all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the sprinkling-pans, the forks, and the fire-pans; he has made all its vessels of bronze.

And he makes a bronze grate of network for the altar, under its rim beneath, to its midst;

and he casts four rings for the four ends of the bronze grate—places for bars;

and he makes the poles of shittim wood, and overlays them with bronze;

and he brings in the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, to carry it with them; he made it hollow [with] boards.

The Bronze Basin

(Exodus 30:17–21)

And he makes the laver of bronze, and its base of bronze, with the mirrors of the women assembling, who have assembled at the opening of the Tent of Meeting.

The Courtyard

(Exodus 27:9–19)

And he makes the court: at the south side southward, the hangings of the court of twined linen, one hundred by the cubit,

their pillars [are] twenty, and their bronze sockets twenty, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets [are] silver;

and at the north side, one hundred by the cubit, their pillars [are] twenty, and their sockets of bronze twenty; the pegs of the pillars and their fillets [are] silver;

and at the west side [are] hangings, fifty by the cubit; their pillars [are] ten, and their sockets ten; the pegs of the pillars and their fillets [are] silver;

and at the east side eastward, fifty cubits.

The hangings on the side [are] fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three,

and at the second side at the gate of the court, on this [side] and on that [side]—hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three;

all the hangings of the court around [are] of twined linen,

and the sockets for the pillars of bronze, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets of silver, and the overlaying of their tops of silver, and all the pillars of the court are filleted with silver.

And the covering of the gate of the court [is] the work of an embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen; and twenty cubits [is] the length, and the height with the breadth [is] five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court;

and their pillars [are] four, and their sockets of bronze four, their pegs [are] of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their fillets [are] of silver;

and all the pins for the Dwelling Place, and for the court all around, [are] of bronze.

An Inventory of Materials

(Ezra 2:68–70; Nehemiah 7:70–73)

These are the numberings of the Dwelling Place (the Dwelling Place of Testimony), which has been numbered by the command of Moses, the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

And Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, has made all that YHWH commanded Moses;

and with him [is] Aholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and designer and embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in linen.

All the gold which is prepared for the work in all the work of the holy place (and it is the gold of the wave-offering) [is] twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, by the shekel of the holy place.

And the silver of those numbered of the congregation [is] one hundred talents, and one thousand and seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, by the shekel of the holy place;

a bekah for the counted head (half a shekel, by the shekel of the holy place), for everyone who is passing over to those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

And one hundred talents of silver are for casting the sockets of the holy place, and the sockets of the veil; one hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket;

and [from] the one thousand and seven hundred and seventy-five [shekels] he has made pegs for the pillars, and overlaid their tops, and filleted them.

And the bronze of the wave-offering [is] seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels;

and he makes with it the sockets of the opening of the Tent of Meeting, and the bronze altar, and the bronze grate which it has, and all the vessels of the altar,

and the sockets of the court all around, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the Dwelling Place, and all the pins of the court all around.

(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.