Shared Word Translation
Exodus 38
The Altar of Burnt Offering
He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide. It was square and three cubits high. He made horns on its four corners; its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze. He made all the utensils of the altar: the pots, shovels, basins, forks, and firepans. He made all its utensils of bronze. He made for the altar a grate, a network of bronze, beneath its ledge below, reaching halfway up. He cast four rings at the four corners of the bronze network as holders for the poles. He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. He put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it. He made it hollow, with boards.
The Bronze Basin
He made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
The Court
He made the court. On the south side, the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, one hundred cubits long. Their twenty pillars and twenty bases were bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. On the north side the hangings were one hundred cubits, with twenty pillars and twenty bronze bases; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. On the west side the hangings were fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. The east side was fifty cubits. The hangings for one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases. For the other side—on this side and that side of the gate of the court—the hangings were fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases. All the hangings around the court were of fine twisted linen. The bases for the pillars were bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver, and the overlay of their tops was silver. All the pillars of the court were banded with silver. The screen for the gate of the court was the work of an embroiderer, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen. It was twenty cubits long and five cubits high in its width, corresponding to the hangings of the court. Their four pillars and four bases were bronze; their hooks were silver, and the overlay of their tops and their bands were silver. All the pegs of the dwelling and around the court were bronze.
The Account of the Dwelling
These are the accounts of the dwelling, the dwelling of the testimony, which were counted at Moses’ command, the service of the Levites under the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, an engraver, skilled designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen.
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Used in the Sanctuary
All the gold used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary—the gold from the wave offering—was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred thirty shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. The silver from those counted of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel: a beka a head, that is, half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who passed over to those counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men. The one hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil: one hundred bases from one hundred talents, a talent for a base. From the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their tops, and made bands for them. The bronze from the wave offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels. With it he made the bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze network, all the utensils of the altar, the bases around the court, the bases of the gate of the court, all the pegs of the dwelling, and all the pegs around the court.