1 He made the
altar of burnt-offering also of acacia wood; it was five cubits long,
and five cubits wide; it was square, and three cubits high. 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 He made all the utensils of the altar,
the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the firepans: all its
utensils he made of bronze. 4 He made for the altar a grating, a network
of bronze, under its ledge, extending half-way down. 5 He cast four
rings on the four corners of the bronze grating to hold 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.
8 He made the basin of bronze,
with its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the women who served at
the entrance to the tent of meeting.
9 He made the court; for the
south side the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, one
hundred cubits long; 10 its twenty pillars and their twenty bases were
of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
11 For the north side there were hangings one hundred cubits long; its
twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of
the pillars and their bands were of silver. 12 For the west side there
were hangings fifty cubits long, with ten pillars and ten bases; the
hooks of the pillars and their bands 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 three pillars and three bases. 15 And so
for the other side; on each side of the gate of the court were hangings
of fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases. 16 All the
hangings around the court were of fine twisted linen. 17 The bases for
the pillars were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their bands
were of silver; the overlaying of their capitals was also of silver, and
all the pillars of the court were banded with silver. 18 The screen for
the entrance to the court was embroidered with needlework in blue,
purple, and crimson yarns and fine twisted linen. It was twenty cubits
long and, along the width of it, five cubits high, corresponding to the
hangings of the court. 19 There were four pillars; their four bases were
of bronze, their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals
and their bands of silver. 20 All the pegs for the tabernacle and for
the court all around were of bronze.
21 These are the records of the
tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant, which were drawn up at the
commandment of Moses, the work of the Levites being under the direction
of Ithamar son of the priest Aaron. 22 Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, of
the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses; 23 and with
him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, engraver,
designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and in
fine 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 seven hundred and thirty
shekels, measured by the sanctuary shekel. 25 The silver from those of
the congregation who were counted was one hundred talents and one
thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, measured by the
sanctuary shekel; 26 a beka a head (that is, half a shekel, measured by
the sanctuary shekel), for everyone who was counted in the census, from
twenty years old and upwards, for six hundred and three thousand, five
hundred and fifty men. 27 The hundred talents of silver were for casting
the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the curtain: one hundred
bases for the hundred talents, a talent for a base. 28 Of the one
thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the
pillars, and overlaid their capitals and made bands for them. 29 The
bronze that was contributed was seventy talents and two thousand four
hundred shekels; 30 with it he made the bases for the entrance of the
tent of meeting, the bronze altar and the bronze grating for it and all
the utensils of the altar, 31 the bases all around the court, and the
bases of the gate of the court, all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all
the pegs around the court.
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