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Exodus 38


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(Bezalel) constructed - the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square , five cubits long , five cubits wide , and three cubits high.

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He made a horn at each of its four corners , so that the horns (and altar) were of one piece , and he overlaid - (the altar) with bronze.

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He made - all the altar’s - utensils of bronze — its pots , - shovels , - sprinkling bowls , - meat forks , - and firepans - - -.

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He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar ... under its ledge , halfway up from the bottom ....

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At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles.

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And he made - the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

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Then he inserted - the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it He made (the altar) with boards so that it was hollow.

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Next he made - the bronze - basin and its stand ... from the mirrors of the women who ... served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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Then he constructed - the courtyard. The south ... side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits (long) (and had) curtains of finely spun linen ,

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with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases , and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

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The north side (was also) a hundred cubits (long) , with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

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The west side (was) fifty cubits long (and had) curtains , with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

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And the east side , toward the sunrise , (was also) fifty cubits (long).

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The curtains on one side (of the entrance were) fifteen ... cubits (long) , with three posts and three bases.

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And the curtains on the other side were also fifteen - cubits long , with three posts and three bases (as well) ... ... ....

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All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen.

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The bases for the posts were bronze , the hooks and bands - were silver , and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. ... So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.

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The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard ... was embroidered with blue , purple , and scarlet yarn ... , and finely spun linen. (It was) twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard , five cubits high ... ,

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with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver , as well as the bands and the plating of their tops -.

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All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

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This is the inventory for the tabernacle , the tabernacle of the Testimony , as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

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Bezalel son of Uri , the son of Hur , of the tribe of Judah , made - everything that the LORD - had commanded Moses.

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With him (was) Oholiab son of Ahisamach , of the tribe of Dan , an engraver , designer , and embroiderer in blue , purple , and scarlet yarn ... and fine linen.

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All the gold from the wave offering used for the work ... ... on the sanctuary totaled ... 29 ... talents and 730 ... ... shekels , according to the sanctuary shekel.

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The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 ... ... ... ... shekels , according to the sanctuary shekel —

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a beka per person , (that is), half a shekel , according to the sanctuary shekel , from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered , a total of 603,550 ... ... ... ... ... ... men.

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The hundred talents of silver were used to cast - the bases of the sanctuary - and the bases of the veil — 100 bases from the 100 talents , one talent per base.

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- With the 1,775 (shekels) (of silver) ... ... ... ... he made the hooks for the posts , overlaid their tops , and supplied bands for them.

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The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

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He used it to make - the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting , - the bronze - altar and its bronze - - grating , all the utensils for the altar ,

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- the bases for the surrounding - courtyard (and) its gate ... , and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle - and - its surrounding courtyard.