Exodus 37–39

Chapter 37

Construction Continues

^1aNow Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was two and a half ¹cubits, and its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits;

²and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around.

³He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet; even two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the ¹other side of it.

⁴He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

⁵He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry ¹it.

⁶He made a ¹mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits ²long and one and a half cubits ³wide.

⁷He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work ¹at the two ends of the mercy seat;

⁸one cherub ¹at the one end and one cherub at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at the two ends.

⁹The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the ¹mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

^10aThen he made the table of acacia wood, two ¹cubits ²long and a cubit ³wide and one and a half cubits ⁴high.

¹¹He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around.

¹²He made a rim for it of a handbreadth all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around.

¹³He cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four feet.

¹⁴Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table.

¹⁵He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

¹⁶He made the utensils which were on the table, its ¹dishes and its pans and its ²bowls and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold.

^17aThen he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its ¹bulbs and its flowers were of one piece with it.

¹⁸There were six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand from the one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the ¹other side of it;

¹⁹three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ¹bulb and a flower in one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a bulb and a flower in the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

²⁰In the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its ¹bulbs and its flowers;

²¹and a ¹bulb was under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.

²²Their ¹bulbs and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was a single hammered work of pure gold.

²³He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its ¹trays of pure gold.

²⁴He made it and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold.

^25aThen he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit ¹long and a cubit ²wide, square, and two cubits ³high; its horns were of one piece with it.

²⁶He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its ¹sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around.

²⁷He made two golden rings for it under its molding, on its two sides—on opposite sides—as holders for poles with which to carry it.

²⁸He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

^29aAnd he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.

Chapter 38

The Tabernacle Completed

^1aThen he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five ¹cubits ²long, and five cubits ³wide, square, and three cubits ⁴high.

²He made its horns on its four corners, its horns ¹being of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with ²bronze.

³He made all the utensils of the altar, the pails and the shovels and the basins, the flesh hooks and the firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze.

⁴He made for the altar a grating of bronze network beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway up.

⁵He cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze grating as holders for the poles.

⁶He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

⁷He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.

^8aMoreover, he made the laver of bronze with its base of bronze, ¹from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

^9aThen he made the court: ¹for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, one hundred cubits;

¹⁰their twenty pillars, and their twenty ¹sockets, made of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their ²bands were of silver.

¹¹For the north side there were one hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty ¹sockets were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their ²bands were of silver.

¹²For the west side there were hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten ¹sockets; the hooks of the pillars and their ²bands were of silver.

¹³For the ¹east side fifty cubits.

¹⁴The hangings for the one ¹side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three ²sockets,

¹⁵and so for the ¹other ²side. ³On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three ⁴sockets.

¹⁶All the hangings of the court all around were of fine twisted linen.

¹⁷The ¹sockets for the pillars were of ²bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their ³bands, of silver; and the overlaying of their tops, of silver, and all the pillars of the court were furnished with silver bands.

¹⁸The screen of the gate of the court was the work of the ¹weaver, of ²blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. And the length was twenty cubits and the ³height was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

¹⁹Their four pillars and their four ¹sockets were of bronze; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their ²bands were of silver.

²⁰All the pegs of the ¹tabernacle and of the court all around were of bronze.

The Cost of the Tabernacle

²¹¹This is the number of the things for the ²tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were ³numbered according to the ⁴command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

²²Now ^aBezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord had commanded Moses.

²³With him was ^aOholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skillful workman and a ¹weaver in ²blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and fine linen.

²⁴All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the wave offering, was 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to ^athe shekel of the sanctuary.

^25aThe silver of those of the congregation who were ¹numbered was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;

^26aa beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for each one who passed over to those who were ¹numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for ^b603,550 men.

²⁷The hundred talents of silver were for casting the ¹sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil; one hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

²⁸Of the 1,775 shekels, he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their tops and made ¹bands for them.

²⁹The bronze of the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

³⁰With it he made the ¹sockets to the doorway of the tent of meeting, and the bronze altar and its bronze grating, and all the utensils of the altar,

³¹and the ¹sockets of the court all around and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pegs of the ²tabernacle and all the pegs of the court all around.

Chapter 39

The Priestly Garments

¹Moreover, from the ^1ablue and purple and scarlet material, they made finely ^bwoven garments for ministering in the holy place ²as well as the holy garments which were for Aaron, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

^2aHe made the ephod of gold, and of ¹blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen.

³Then they hammered out gold sheets and cut them into threads ¹to be woven in with the ²blue and the purple and the scarlet material, and the fine linen, the work of a skillful workman.

⁴They made attaching shoulder pieces for ¹the ephod; it was attached at its two upper ends.

⁵The skillfully woven band which was on it was like its workmanship, ¹of the same material: of gold and of ²blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

^6aThey made the onyx stones, set in gold filigree settings; they were engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel.

⁷And ^ahe placed them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

^8aHe made the breastpiece, the work of a skillful workman, like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold and of ¹blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.

⁹It was square; they made the breastpiece folded double, a span ¹long and a span ²wide when folded double.

¹⁰And they ¹mounted four rows of stones on it. The first row was a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald;

¹¹and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire and a diamond;

¹²and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

¹³and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were set in gold filigree settings when they were ¹mounted.

¹⁴The stones were corresponding to the names of the sons of Israel; they were twelve, corresponding to their names, engraved with the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes.

¹⁵They made on the breastpiece chains like cords, of twisted cordage work in pure gold.

¹⁶They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece.

¹⁷Then they put the two…