Exodus 38:21

Exodus 38:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law, which were recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These are the records of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were recorded at the commandment of Moses, the responsibility of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
• New King James Version (NKJV)This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was counted according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

Context of Exodus 38:21

19It had four posts with their four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, and their top plating and their bands were silver. 20All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze. This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, that was recorded at Moses’s command. It was the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. 22Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord commanded Moses. 23With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a gem cutter, a designer, and an embroiderer with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.

Exodus 38:21 word by word

אֵ֣לֶּה פְקוּדֵ֤י הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן הָעֵדֻ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר פֻּקַּ֖ד עַל־פִּ֣י מֹשֶׁ֑ה עֲבֹדַת֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם בְּיַד֙ אִֽיתָמָ֔ר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹ֖ן הַכֹּהֵֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thisאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• is the sumפְּקוּדִיםpâqad · reckoningH6485
• of the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
• of testimonyעֵדוּת‛êdûth · testimonyH5715
• as it was countedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• according to the commandmentפֶּהpeh · lip: wordH6310
• of Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• the serviceעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · service: workH5656
• of the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• by the handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of Ithamarאִיתָמָר'îythâmâr · IthamarH385
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• to Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548

Cross-references for Exodus 38:21

• Numbers 24:5How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel.
• Matthew 17:4Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it’s good for us to be here. If you want, I will set up three shelters here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
• Job 11:4You have said, “My teaching is sound, and I am pure in your sight.”
• Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you will be renewed. If you banish injustice from your tent
• Exodus 26:1“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains. You must make them of finely spun linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with a design of cherubim worked into them.
• Hebrews 9:2For a tabernacle was set up, and in the first room, which is called the holy place, were the lampstand, the table, and the presentation loaves.
• Hebrews 8:2a minister of the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that was set up by the Lord and not man.
• Hebrews 9:11But Christ has appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come. In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation),
• Psalms 15:1Lord, who can dwell in your tent? Who can live on your holy mountain?
• 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.
• 2 Peter 1:13I think it is right, as long as I am in this bodily tent, to wake you up with a reminder,
• Revelation 21:3Then I heard a loud voice from the throne: Look, God’s dwelling is with humanity, and he will live with them. They will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them and will be their God.
• Numbers 1:50Appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They are to transport the tabernacle and all its articles, take care of it, and camp around it.
• Numbers 9:15On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and it appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.
• Numbers 10:11During the second year, in the second month on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was lifted up above the tabernacle of the testimony.
• Numbers 17:7Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.

Commentaries on Exodus 38:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21This is the sum of the tabernacle - That is, The foregoing account contains a detail of all the articles which Bezaleel and Aholiab were commanded to make; and which were reckoned up by the Levites, over whom Ithamar, the son of Aaron, presided.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21This is the sum … - “This is the reckoning of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony as it was reckoned up according to the commandment of Moses, by the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar,” etc. The weight of the metals was taken by the Levites, under the direction of Ithamar. The tabernacle is called the tabernacle of the testimony, or the depository of the testimony, i. e. the tables of the law Exodus 25:16.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-31Verses 21-31 The foundation of massy pieces of silver showed the solidity and purity of the truth upon which the church is founded. Let us regard the Lord Jesus Christ while reading of the furniture of the tabernacle. While looking at the altar of burnt-offering, let us see Jesus. In him, his righteousness, and salvation, is a full and sufficient offering for sin. In the laver of regeneration, by his Holy Spirit, let our souls be washed, and they shall be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21Since the tabernacle contained the ark of the covenant (also called the ark of the Testimony), it is called the tabernacle of the Testimony.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. This is the sum of the tabernacle--Having completed his description of the component parts of the tabernacle, the inspired historian digresses into a statement respecting the gold and silver employed in it, the computation being made according to an order of Moses--by the Levites, under the direction of Ithamar, Aaron's youngest son.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 38:21

• Ithamar
• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• Moses
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• Fillet
• Occupy
• Overlaying
• Tabernacle
• Testimony, Tabernacle of
• Atonement, Day of
• Color; Colors

Commentaries on Exodus 38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings