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Exodus 38

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

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.

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

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

5 At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings 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 for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow.

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.

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

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

11 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.

12 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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,

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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,

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

KJV

1 ¶ And he made the altar of burnt offering [of] shittim wood: five cubits [was] the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; [it was] foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.

3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, [and] the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he [of] brass.

4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.

5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, [to be] places for the staves.

6 And he made the staves [of] shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.

7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

8 And he made the laver [of] brass, and the foot of it [of] brass, of the lookingglasses of [the women] assembling, which assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

9 ¶ And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court [were of] fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

10 Their pillars [were] twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [were of] silver.

11 And for the north side [the hangings were] an hundred cubits, their pillars [were] twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [of] silver.

12 And for the west side [were] hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [of] silver.

13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.

14 The hangings of the one side [of the gate were] fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, [were] hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

16 All the hangings of the court round about [were] of fine twined linen.

17 And the sockets for the pillars [were of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [of] silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters [of] silver; and all the pillars of the court [were] filleted with silver.

18 And the hanging for the gate of the court [was] needlework, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits [was] the length, and the height in the breadth [was] five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

19 And their pillars [were] four, and their sockets [of] brass four; their hooks [of] silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets [of] silver.

20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, [were of] brass.

21 ¶ This is the sum of the tabernacle, [even] of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, [for] the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.

22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.

23 And with him [was] Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy [place], even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation [was] an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

26 A bekah for every man, [that is], half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty [men].

27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.

29 And the brass of the offering [was] seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)

Considerable sum of applied gold, silver and ore.

1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of pine wood, five cubits long and broad, foursquare, and three cubits high.

2 And made four horns to go out of it, upon the four corners thereof; and overlaid it with brass.

3 And he made all manner of vessels for the altar, ashtrays, and shovels, and basons, and crucibles, and charcoal pans, all of brass.

4 And he made upon the altar a lattice of brass round about, like a net, from the bottom even unto the half of the altar.

5 And he poured out four prongs into the four places of the fence of brass for staves. 6: These he made of pine wood, and overlaid them with brass.

7 And he put them in the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it up therewith: and he made it hollow within.

8 And he made the handstand of brass, and the foot thereof also of brass, against the women that ministered at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

9 And he made a court toward the south, with a cloak an hundred cubits long, of twined white silk,

10 With their twenty pillars and twenty feet of brass, but their knobs and hoops of silver;

11 Of the same about the north an hundred cubits, with twenty pillars and twenty feet of brass, but their knobs and hoops of silver;

12 And toward the even fifty cubits, having ten pillars and ten feet, and their knobs and their hoops of silver: and the king's sons were of the king's house:

13 And toward the east fifty cubits,

14 Fifteen cubits on each side of the gate at the court, each with three pillars and three feet,

15 And on the other side fifteen cubits: so that there were as many on the one side of the gate of the court as on the other side, with three pillars and three feet,

16 And all the cloaks of the court were of twined white silk.

17 And the feet of the pillars of brass, and their knobs and their rims of silver; so that their heads were overlaid with silver: but their rims were silver upon all the pillars of the court.

18 And he made the cloth in the gate of the court embroidered, of yellow silk, and scarlet, and rose, and twined white silk, twenty cubits long, and five cubits high, according to the measure of the cloaks of the court;

19 And four pillars, and four feet of brass, and their knobs of silver, and their heads overlaid, and their rims of silver.

20 And all the nails of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, shall be of brass:

21 Now this is the summa of the tabernacle of the testimony, which is told, as Moses said, for the service of the Levites under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest,

22 Which Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made, according to all that the LORD commanded Moses;

23 And with him Ahaliab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a master in cutting, and in working, and in embroidering, with yellow silk, scarlet, and scarlet, and white silk.

24 All the gold that is wrought in all this work of the sanctuary, which was given to be wrought, is twenty and nine talents, seven hundred and thirty sekels after the sekel of the sanctuary.

25 And the silver that came out of the congregation was an hundred talents, a thousand seven hundred and seventy and five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

26 As many a head as were half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, of all that were numbered from twenty years old and upward, six hundred thousand three thousand five hundred and fifty.

27 And out of the hundred talents of silver they cast the feet of the sanctuary, and the feet of the vail, an hundred feet out of an hundred talents, a talent for each foot.

28 And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy and five sevens were made the thorns of the pillars, and overlaid their heads, and their ripeness.

29 And the sheaf of brass was seventy talents, two thousand and four hundred shekels.

30 Of these were made the feet of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate thereof, and all the vessels of the altar,

31 And the feet of the court round about, and the feet of the gate of the court, and all the nails of the tabernacle, and all the nails of the court round about.

1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)

Machine-translated from Luther's final 1545 German Bible

The LED is an English rendering of Martin Luther's final 1545 German Bible. According to BackToLuther, it was produced by using the DeepL Translator on Luther's German text, then processed, polished, formatted, and hyperlinked for reading, while preserving chapter headings and other notations from orthodox German Lutheran Bibles.

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