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

19and their pillars four, and their bases four, of copper; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their connecting-rods of silver. 20And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court round about were of copper. These are the things numbered of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, by the service of the Levites, under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. 22And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Jehovah had commanded Moses; 23and with him Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and artificer, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in byssus.

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

• thingsאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
• testimonyעֵדוּת‛êdûth · testimonyH5715
• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• serviceעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · service: workH5656
• Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• Ithamarאִיתָמָר'îythâmâr · IthamarH385
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548

Cross-references for Exodus 38:21

• Numbers 24:5How goodly are thy tents, Jacob, and thy tabernacles, Israel!
• Matthew 17:4And Peter answering said to Jesus, Lord, it is good we should be here. If thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles: for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elias.
• Job 11:4For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
• Job 22:23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,
• Exodus 26:1And thou shalt make the tabernacle [with] ten curtains of twined byssus, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of artistic work shalt thou make them.
• Hebrews 9:2For a tabernacle was set up; the first, in which [were] both the candlestick and the table and the exposition of the loaves, which is called Holy;
• Hebrews 8:2minister of the holy places and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord has pitched, [and] not man.
• Hebrews 9:11But Christ being come high priest of the good things to come, by the better and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, (that is, not of this creation,)
• Psalms 15:1Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tent? who shall dwell in the hill of thy holiness?
• 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly tabernacle house be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
• 2 Peter 1:13But I account it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance,
• Revelation 21:3And I heard a loud voice out of the heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God.
• Numbers 1:50But thou, appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all its vessels; and they shall serve it, and round about the tabernacle shall they encamp;
• Numbers 9:15And on the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle of the tent of testimony; and at even it was upon the tabernacle as the appearance of fire, until the morning.
• Numbers 10:11And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
• Numbers 17:7And Moses laid the staves before Jehovah 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
• Cunning
• 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