Exodus
Chapter 38
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1He made the altar of the whole offering of acacia wood, five Lengths of about a forearm each. long and five Lengths of about a forearm each. wide, square, and three Lengths of about a forearm each. high.
2He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.
3He made all the utensils of the altar: the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire-pans. All its utensils he made of bronze.
4He made for the altar a grate, a net of bronze, under its ledge, below, halfway up.
5He cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze grate, holders for the poles.
6He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
7He brought the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, to carry it with them. He made it hollow, of boards.
8He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the women who served, who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
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Tzava is organized service, the same root as an army. The women are the ones posted at the entrance. “Mirrors of the serving women” is printed. The basin is made from those mirrors.
9He made the courtyard. For the south side, to the south, the hangings of the courtyard were of twisted fine linen, a hundred Lengths of about a forearm each.,
10their pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver.
11For the north side, a hundred Lengths of about a forearm each., their pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver.
12For the west side, hangings of fifty Lengths of about a forearm each., their pillars ten and their bases ten, the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver.
13For the east side, toward the sunrise, fifty Lengths of about a forearm each..
14Hangings of fifteen Lengths of about a forearm each. for the one shoulder, their pillars three and their bases three,
15and for the other shoulder, on this side and that of the courtyard gate, hangings of fifteen Lengths of about a forearm each., their pillars three and their bases three.
16All the hangings of the courtyard all around were of twisted fine linen.
17The bases for the pillars were bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands silver, the overlay of their tops silver, and they were banded with silver, all the pillars of the courtyard.
18The screen of the courtyard gate was the work of an embroiderer: violet-blue, purple, scarlet, and twisted fine linen, twenty Lengths of about a forearm each. long, and five Lengths of about a forearm each. high along the width, matching the hangings of the courtyard,
19their pillars four and their bases four, of bronze, their hooks silver, and the overlay of their tops and their bands silver.
20All the pegs of the dwelling and of the courtyard all around were bronze.
21These are the records of the dwelling, the dwelling of the The stone tablets of God’s agreement, kept in the chest., which were recorded at the word of Moses, the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
22Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
23With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, a designer, and an embroiderer in the violet-blue, in the purple, in the scarlet, and in the fine linen.
24All the gold used for the work, in all the work of the holy place, the gold of the raised offering, was twenty-nine Very large weights of gold or silver. and seven hundred thirty Weights of silver used as money., by the holy A weight of silver used as money..
25The silver of those enrolled in the assembly was a hundred Very large weights of gold or silver. and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five Weights of silver used as money., by the holy A weight of silver used as money.:
26a beqa a head, half a A weight of silver used as money. by the holy A weight of silver used as money., for everyone who passed among those enrolled, from twenty years old and up, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
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A beqa is half a shekel. The text says so. The weights and the count are not converted.
27The hundred Very large weights of gold or silver. of silver were for casting the bases of the holy place and the bases of the curtain, a hundred bases for the hundred Very large weights of gold or silver., a A very large weight of gold or silver. for a base.
28Of the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their tops, and bound them.
29The bronze of the raised offering was seventy Very large weights of gold or silver. and two thousand four hundred Weights of silver used as money..
30With it he made the bases of the entrance of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grate that belonged to it, and all the utensils of the altar,
31the bases of the courtyard all around, the bases of the courtyard gate, all the pegs of the dwelling, and all the pegs of the courtyard all around.