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He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits,+ its width was five cubits, and its height was three cubits. He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with brass. He made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its vessels of brass. He made for the altar a grating of a network of brass, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up. He cast four rings for the four ends of brass grating, to be places for the poles. He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass. He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.
He made the basin of brass, and its base of brass, out of the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits; 10 their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11 For the north side one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. 12 For the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. 13 For the east side eastward fifty cubits. 14 The hangings for the one side were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three; 15 and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen. 17 The sockets for the pillars were of brass. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 18 The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the width was five cubits, like to the hangings of the court. 19 Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver. 20 All the pins of the tabernacle, and around the court, were of brass.
21 This is the amount of material used for the tabernacle, even the Tabernacle of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. 22 Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh commanded Moses. 23 With him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen.
24 All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents,+ and seven hundred thirty shekels, after the shekel+ of the sanctuary. 25 The silver of those who were counted of the congregation was one hundred talents,+ and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels,+ after the shekel of the sanctuary: 26 a beka+ a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel+ of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men. 27 The one hundred talents+ of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, a talent for a socket. 28 Of the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels+ he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them. 29 The brass of the offering was seventy talents,+ and two thousand four hundred shekels.+ 30 With this he made the sockets to the door of the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, all the vessels of the altar, 31 the sockets around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court, all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins around the court.
+1:9“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.+1:17The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).+2:10“Moses” sounds like the Hebrew for “draw out”.+2:22“Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there”.+3:2“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.+4:10The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai”.+10:19“Red Sea” is the translation for the Hebrew “Yam Suf”, which could be more literally translated “Sea of Reeds” or “Sea of Cattails”. It refers to the body of water currently known as the Red Sea, or possibly to one of the bodies of water connected to it or near it.+15:23Marah means bitter.+16:16An omer is about 2.2 liters or about 2.3 quarts+16:31“Manna” means “What is it?”+16:361 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel+17:7Massah means testing.+17:7Meribah means quarreling.+17:15Hebrew, Yahweh Nissi+18:3“Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there”.+18:4Eliezer means “God is my helper”.+20:1After “God”, the Hebrew has the two letters “Aleph Tav” (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.+21:32A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 30 shekels is about 300 grams or about 10.6 ounces.+24:10or, lapis lazuli+25:10A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.+25:39A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces+26:2A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.+27:1A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.+28:16A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)+28:18or, lapis lazuli+29:401 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel+30:2A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.+30:13A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.+30:13a gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains+30:15A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.+30:23A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 500 shekels is about 5 kilograms or about 11 pounds.+32:13or, seed+32:13or, seed+33:1or, seed+36:9A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.+37:1A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.+37:24A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces+38:1A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.+38:24A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces.+38:24A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces.+38:25A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds+38:25A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.+38:26a beka is about 5 grams or about 0.175 ounces+38:26A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.+38:27A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.+38:28A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1775 shekels is about 17.75 kilograms or about 39 pounds.+38:29A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds+38:2970 talents + 2400 shekels is about 2124 kilograms, or 2.124 metric tons.