Exodus 38

Making the Altar of Burnt Offering

1 He made a the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood; five cubits was its length and five cubits its width - it was square - and its height was three cubits. 2 He made its horns on its four corners; the horns were of one piece with it. And he overlaid it with bronze. 3 He made all the utensils for the altar: the pans, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the firepans; all its utensils he made of bronze. 4 And he made a grate of bronze network for the altar, under its rim, midway from the bottom. 5 He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating, as holders for the poles. 6 And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze. 7 Then he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to bear it. He made the altar hollow with boards.

Making the Bronze Basin

8 He made b the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

Making the Court

9 Then he made c the court on the south side; the hangings of the court were of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long. 10 There were twenty pillars for them, with twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. 11 On the north side the hangings were one hundred cubits long, with twenty pillars and their twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. 12 And on the west side there were hangings of fifty cubits, with ten pillars and their ten sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. 13 For the east side the hangings were fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of one side of the gate were fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and their three sockets, 15 and the same for the other side of the court gate; on this side and that were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets. 16 All the hangings of the court all around were of fine woven linen. 17 The sockets for the pillars were bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver, and the overlay of their capitals was silver; and all the pillars of the court had bands of silver. 18 The screen for the gate of the court was woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. The length was twenty cubits, and the height along its width was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court. 19 And there were four pillars with their four sockets of bronze; their hooks were silver, and the overlay of their capitals and their bands was silver. 20 All the d pegs of the tabernacle, and of the court all around, were bronze.

Materials for the Tabernacle

21 1 This is the inventory of the tabernacle, e the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was counted according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, f by the hand of g Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. 22 h Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD had commanded Moses. 23 And with him was i Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and 2 designer, a weaver of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine linen.

24 All the gold that was used in all the work of the holy place, that is, the gold of the j offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to k the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 And the silver from those who were l numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: 26 m a bekah for 3 each man (that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone included in the numbering from twenty years old and above, for n six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men. 27 And from the hundred talents of silver were cast o the sockets of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil: one hundred sockets from the hundred talents, one talent for each socket. 28 Then from the one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and p made bands for them. 29 The offering of bronze was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels. 30 And with it he made the sockets for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils for the altar, 31 the sockets for the court all around, the bases for the court gate, all the pegs for the tabernacle, and all the pegs for the court all around.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 27:1 - 8
    You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide - the altar shall be square - and its height shall be three cubits.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 30:18
    You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. And you shall put water in it.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 27:9 - 19
    You shall also make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side there shall be hangings for the court made of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 27:19
    All the utensils of the tabernacle for all its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.
  5. Cross References
    Numbers 1:50
    But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabe...
    Numbers 1:53
    "but the Levites shall camp around the tabernac...
    Numbers 9:15
    Now on the day that the tabernacle was raised u...
    Numbers 10:11
    Now it came to pass on the twentieth day of the...
    Numbers 17:7
    And Moses placed the rods before the LORD in th...
    Numbers 17:8
    Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses ...
    2 Chronicles 24:6
    So the king called Jehoiada the chief priest, a...
    Acts 7:44
    Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in th...
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 4:28
    This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting. And their duties shall be under the authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
    Numbers 4:33
    "This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting, under the authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 28:1
    Now take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as priest, Aaron and Aaron's sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
    Leviticus 10:6
    And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, "Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the people. But let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD has kindled.
    Leviticus 10:16
    Then Moses made careful inquiry about the goat of the sin offering, and there it was - burned up. And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 31:2
    See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
    Exodus 31:6
    And I, indeed I, have appointed with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have put wisdom in the hearts of all the gifted artisans, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
    1 Chronicles 2:18 - 20
    Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth. Now these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 31:6
    And I, indeed I, have appointed with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have put wisdom in the hearts of all the gifted artisans, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
    Exodus 36:1
    "And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whom the LORD has put wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall do according to all that the LORD has commanded."
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 35:5
    Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze.
    Exodus 35:22
    They came, both men and women, as many as had a willing heart, and brought earrings and nose rings, rings and necklaces, all jewelry of gold, that is, every man who made an offering of gold to the LORD.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 30:13
    This is what everyone among those who are numbe...
    Exodus 30:24
    Five hundred shekels of cassia, according to th...
    Leviticus 5:15
    If a person commits a trespass, and sins uninte...
    Leviticus 27:3
    If your valuation is of a male from twenty year...
    Leviticus 27:25
    And all your valuations shall be according to t...
    Numbers 3:47
    You shall take five shekels for each one indivi...
    Numbers 18:16
    And those redeemed of the devoted things you sh...
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 30:11 - 16
    Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
    Numbers 1:2
    Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male individually.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 30:13
    This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs). The half-shekel shall be an offering to the LORD.
    Exodus 30:15
    The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give an offering to the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves.
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 12:37
    Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children.
    Numbers 1:46
    All who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
    Numbers 26:51
    These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel: six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 26:19
    You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons.
    Exodus 26:21
    And their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under each of the boards.
    Exodus 26:25
    So there shall be eight boards with their sockets of silver - sixteen sockets - two sockets under each of the boards.
    Exodus 26:32
    You shall hang it upon the four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold. Their hooks shall be gold, upon four sockets of silver.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 27:17
    All the pillars around the court shall have bands of silver; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze.
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