Exodus 38Book 2 of 66 · 31 verses · MBT primary, NKJV fallback where MBT pending

  1. Bezalel made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—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 the altar with bronze.
  3. He made all the utensils of the altar: the pots, the shovels, the basins, the meat 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 ledge, extending halfway up from the bottom.
  5. He cast four rings on 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 inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar with which to carry it, and he made the altar hollow with boards.
  8. He made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze from the bronze mirrors donated by the serving women who assembled at the entrance of the tabernacle of meeting.
  9. Then he made the courtyard on the south side; the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits long.
  10. There were twenty pillars for them with twenty bronze bases, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.
  11. On the north side the curtains were one hundred cubits long, with twenty pillars and their twenty bronze bases, and 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 bases, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
  13. For the east side facing the sunrise the hangings were fifty cubits.
  14. The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and their three bases.
  15. And the same for the other side of the courtyard gate; on both sides were curtains of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases.
  16. All the hangings of the court all around were of fine twined linen.
  17. 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; and all the pillars of the court were banded with silver.
  18. The screen for the gate of the court was embroidered needlework of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen, twenty cubits long and five cubits high in its width, corresponding to the hangings of the court.
  19. And there were four pillars with their four bases of bronze; their hooks were silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their bands was silver.
  20. All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the court all around were made of bronze.
  21. This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was recorded according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, under the direction of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
  22. Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.
  23. And with him was Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer, an embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen.
  24. All the gold that was used for the work in all the construction of the holy place, that is, the gold of the presentation offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
  25. And the silver from those who were recorded of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
  26. A bekah for each man, that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who was listed in the records from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men.
  27. The hundred talents of silver were used for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil, one hundred bases from the hundred talents, a talent for each base.
  28. Then from the one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.
  29. The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.
  30. And with it he made the bases for the entrance of the tabernacle of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils for the altar.
  31. The bases for the courtyard all around, the bases for the courtyard gate, all the tent pegs of the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs of the courtyard all around.