Exodus 38

Making the Altar of Burnt Offering

1 z He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits 1 was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits was its height. 2 He made horns for it on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze. 3 And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its utensils of bronze. 4 And he made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its ledge, extending halfway down. 5 He cast four rings on the four corners of the bronze grating as holders for the poles. 6 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. 7 And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow, with boards.

Making the Bronze Basin

8 a He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the b ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Making the Court

9 c And he made the court. For the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; 10 their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11 And for the north side there were hangings of a hundred cubits, their twenty pillars, their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their ten pillars, and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 13 And for the front to the east, fifty cubits. 14 The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. 15 And so for the other side. On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases. 16 All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen. 17 And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. The overlaying of their capitals was also of silver, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 18 And the screen for the gate of the court was embroidered with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It was twenty cubits long and five cubits high in its breadth, corresponding to the hangings of the court. 19 And their pillars were four in number. Their four bases were of bronze, their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver. 20 And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were of bronze.

Materials for the Tabernacle

21 These are the records of the tabernacle, d the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were recorded at the commandment of Moses, the responsibility of the Levites e under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 22 f Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses; 23 and with him was f Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer and embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.

24 All the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, 2 by g the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary: 26 a g beka 3 a head (that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone who was listed in the records, from twenty years old and upward, for h 603,550 men. 27 The hundred talents of silver were for casting the i bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent a base. 28 And of the 1,775 shekels he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their capitals and made fillets for them. 29 The bronze that was offered was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels; 30 with it he made the j bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting, k the bronze altar and the bronze grating for it and all the utensils of the altar, 31 the l bases around the court, and the m bases of the gate of the court, all the n pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs around the court.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 38:1 - 7
    He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits was its height.
    Exodus 27:1 - 8
    You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 30:18
    You shall also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
  3. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:22
    Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
    Numbers 4:23
    From thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall list them, all who can come to do duty, to do service in the tent of meeting.
    Numbers 8:24
    This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 38:9 - 20
    And he made the court. For the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits.
    Exodus 27:9 - 19
    You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side.
  5. Cross References
    Numbers 1:50
    But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of ...
    Numbers 1:53
    But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacl...
    Numbers 9:15
    On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the ...
    Numbers 10:11
    In the second year, in the second month, on the...
    Numbers 17:7 - 8
    And Moses deposited the staffs before the Lord ...
    Numbers 18:2
    And with you bring your brothers also, the trib...
    2 Chronicles 24:6
    So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief and sai...
    Acts 7:44
    Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wild...
    Exodus 16:34
    As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it...
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 6:23
    Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
    Exodus 28:1
    Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests - Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
    Numbers 4:28
    This is the service of the clans of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their guard duty is to be under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
    Numbers 4:33
    This is the service of the clans of the sons of Merari, the whole of their service in the tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 31:2
    See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
    Exodus 31:6
    And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 38:22
    Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 30:13
    Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 38:24
    All the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.
  11. Cross References
    Numbers 1:46
    All those listed were 603,550.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 26:19
    And forty bases of silver you shall make under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons.
    Exodus 26:21
    And their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame, and two bases under the next frame.
    Exodus 26:25
    And there shall be eight frames, with their bases of silver, sixteen bases; two bases under one frame, and two bases under another frame.
    Exodus 26:32
    And you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, on four bases of silver.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 26:37
    And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them.
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 27:2 - 4
    And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 27:10 - 12
    Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 27:16 - 17
    For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases.
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 27:19
    All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.
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