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Exodus 38

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Exodus 38 . 1 , The altar of burnt offering; Exodus 38 . 8 , The laver of brass; Exodus 38 . 9 , The court , and its hangings; Exodus 38 . 21 , The sum of what the people offered , and the use to which it was applied.

Exodus 38:1

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

Exodus 38:1 · BSB

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This altar consisted of four boards of shittim . acacia wood , covered with brass , and hollow in the middle; but it is supposed to have been filled up with earth when used , for it is expressly said

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Exodus 38:2

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.

Exodus 38:2 · BSB

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Exodus 38:3

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

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Exodus 38:4

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

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Exodus 38:5

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

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Exodus 38:6

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

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Exodus 38:7

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.

Exodus 38:7 · BSB

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Exodus 38:8

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.

Exodus 38:8 · BSB

the laver13 parallels

  • Exodus 30:18-21
  • Exodus 40:7
  • Exodus 40:30-32
  • 1 Kings 7:23-26
  • 1 Kings 7:38
  • Psalm 26:6
  • Zechariah 13:1
  • John 13:10
  • Titus 3:5
  • Titus 3:6
  • Hebrews 9:10
  • 1 John 3:7
  • Revelation 1:5 looking glasses , or , brazen glasses , The word maroth , from raah , to see , denotes reflectors , or mirrors , of any kind. That these could not have been looking glasses , as in our translation , is sufficiently evident , not only from the glass not being then in use , but also from the impossibility of making the brazen laver of such materials. The first mirrors known among men , were the clear fountain and unruffled lake. The first artificial ones were made of polished brass , afterwards of steel , and when luxury increased , of silver; but at a very early period , they were made of a mixed metal , particularly of tin and copper , the best of which , as Pliny informs us , were formerly manufactured at Brundusium. When the Egyptians went to their temples , according to St. Cyril , they always carried their mirrors with them. The Israelitish women probably did the same; and Dr. Shaw says , that looking-glasses are still part of the dress of Moorish women , who carry them constantly hung at their breasts

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Heb. assembling by troops , It is supposed that these women kept watch during the night. Among the ancients , women were generally employed as door-keepers. See note on

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Exodus 38:9

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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Exodus 38:14

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

Exodus 38:14 · BSB

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Exodus 38:17

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.

Exodus 38:17 · BSB

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Exodus 38:18

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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Exodus 38:19

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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Exodus 38:20

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

Exodus 38:20 · BSB

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Exodus 38:21

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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Exodus 38:22

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

Exodus 38:22 · BSB

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  • Exodus 31:1-5
  • Exodus 35:30-35
  • Exodus 36:1-3 The supernatural qualifications of Bezaleel and Aholiab proved their divine appointment; yet they had an express nomination to their work . they were also miraculously qualified to instruct their assistants , as well as to superintend them. Christ alone builds the Temple of the Lord , and bears the glory; but ministers and private Christians , under his direction and by his grace , may be fellow-workers together with him. They who , in mean employments , are diligent and humbly contented , are equally acceptable with those who are engaged in more splendid services. The women who spun the goats' hair were wise-hearted , as well as the persons who presided over the work of the tabernacle , or as Aaron , who burnt incense there , because they did it heartily unto the Lord. Our wisdom and duty consist in giving God the glory and use of our talents , be they more or less; neither abusing nor burying them , but occupying with them until our Lord shall come; being satisfied that it is better to be a door-keeper in his service , than the most mighty and renowned of the ungodly. . Scott

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Exodus 38:23

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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Exodus 38:24

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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All the gold If we follow the estimation of the learned Dean Prideaux , the value of the twenty-nine talents , and 730 shekels of gold , will be 198 ,347. 12s. 6d. The value of the silver contributed by 603 ,550; Israelites , at half a shekel , or 1s. 6d. per man , will amount to 45 ,266. 5s. The value of the 70 talents , 2 ,400 shekels of brass , will be 513. 17s. The gold weighed 4 ,245 pounds; the silver , 14 ,603 pounds; and the brass , 10 ,277 pounds , troy weight. The total value of all the gold , silver , and brass , will consequently amount to 244 ,127. 14s. 6d.; and the total weight of these three metals will amount to 29 ,124 pounds troy , which reduced to avoirdupois weight , is equal to fourteen tons , 226 pounds! . It may , perhaps , seem difficult to imagine how the Israelites should be possessed of so much wealth in the desert; but it should be remembered , that their ancestors were opulent men before they came into Egypt; that they were further enriched by the spoils of the Egyptians and Amalekites; and that it is probable , they traded with the neighbouring nations who bordered on the wilderness. There appear to be three reasons why so much riches should have been employed in the construction of the tabernacle , etc.

Exodus 38:25

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

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Exodus 38:26

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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Heb. a poll

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Exodus 38:27

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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and the sockets4 parallels

Exodus 38:28

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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Exodus 38:30

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 sockets3 parallels

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Exodus 38:31

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

Exodus 38:31 · BSB

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