Making the Altar of Burnt Offering
1 He made Ex. 27:1–8the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood; five cubits was its length and five cubits its width—itwas square—and its height was three cubits. 2 He made its horns on its four corners; the horns were ofonepiece with it. And he overlaid it with bronze. 3 He made all the utensils for the altar: the pans, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the firepans; all its utensils he made of bronze. 4 And he made a grate of bronze network for the altar, under its rim, midway from the bottom. 5 He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating, as holders for the poles. 6 And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze. 7 Then he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to bear it. He made the altar hollow with boards.
Making the Bronze Laver
8 He made Ex. 30:18the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
Making the Court of the Tabernacle
9 Then he made Ex. 27:9–19the court on the south side; the hangings of the court wereof fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long. 10 There were twenty pillars for them, with twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. 11 On the north side thehangingswere one hundred cubits long, with twenty pillars and their twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. 12 And on the west side therewere hangings of fifty cubits, with ten pillars and their ten sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. 13 For the east side thehangingswere fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of one side ofthegatewere fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and their three sockets, 15 and the same for the other side of the court gate; on this side and that were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets. 16 All the hangings of the court all around wereof fine woven linen. 17 The sockets for the pillars were bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver, and the overlay of their capitals was silver; and all the pillars of the court had bands of silver. 18 The screen for the gate of the court was woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. The length was twenty cubits, and the height along its width was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court. 19 And therewere four pillars with their four sockets of bronze; their hooks were silver, and the overlay of their capitals and their bands was silver. 20 All the Ex. 27:19pegs of the tabernacle, and of the court all around, were bronze.
Materials of the Tabernacle
21 This is the inventory of the tabernacle, Num. 1:50, 53; 9:15; 10:11; 17:7, 8; 2 Chr. 24:6; Acts 7:44the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was counted according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, Num. 4:28, 33by the hand of Ex. 28:1; Lev. 10:6, 16Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
22 Ex. 31:2, 6; 1 Chr. 2:18–20Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord had commanded Moses. 23 And with him wasEx. 31:6; 36:1Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer, a weaver of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine linen.
24 All the gold that was used in all the work of the holy place, that is, the gold of the Ex. 35:5, 22offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to Ex. 30:13, 24; Lev. 5:15; 27:3, 25; Num. 3:47; 18:16the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 And the silver from those who were Ex. 30:11–16; Num. 1:2numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: 26 Ex. 30:13, 15a bekah for each man (thatis, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone included in the numbering from twenty years old and above, for Ex. 12:37; Num. 1:46; 26:51six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men.27 And from the hundred talents of silver were cast Ex. 26:19, 21, 25, 32the sockets of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil: one hundred sockets from the hundred talents, one talent for each socket. 28 Then from the one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and Ex. 27:17made bands for them.
29 The offering of bronze was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels. 30 And with it he made the sockets for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils for the altar, 31 the sockets for the court all around, the bases for the court gate, all the pegs for the tabernacle, and all the pegs for the court all around.