Exodus 38
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Exodus 38:13-31

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

14The curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long,1 with three posts and three bases. 15And the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well. 16All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen. 17The 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.

18The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long2 and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,3 19with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops. 20All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

21This 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. 22Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses. 23With 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.

24All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels,4 according to the sanctuary shekel.

25The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels,5 according to the sanctuary shekel— 26a beka per person, that is, half a shekel,6 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.

27The hundred talents of silver7 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.

28With the 1,775 shekels of silver8 he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.

29The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.9 30He 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, 31the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard.

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Notes

  1. 1. Exodus 38:14 15 cubits is approximately 22.5 feet or 6.9 meters. ↩
  2. 2. Exodus 38:18 20 cubits is approximately 30 feet or 9.1 meters. ↩
  3. 3. Exodus 38:18 5 cubits is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters. ↩
  4. 4. Exodus 38:24 The total weight of the gold was approximately 1.1 tons or 1 metric ton. ↩
  5. 5. Exodus 38:25 The total weight of the silver was approximately 3.79 tons or 3.44 metric tons. ↩
  6. 6. Exodus 38:26 A beka is half a shekel, or approximately 0.2 ounces or 5.7 grams. ↩
  7. 7. Exodus 38:27 100 talents is approximately 3.77 tons or 3.42 metric tons of silver. ↩
  8. 8. Exodus 38:28 1,775 shekels is approximately 44.6 pounds or 20.2 kilograms of silver. ↩
  9. 9. Exodus 38:29 The total weight of the bronze was approximately 2.67 tons or 2.42 metric tons. ↩

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