| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. | 1Next Bezalel used acacia wood to construct the square altar of burnt offering. It was 7 1/2 feet wide, 7 1/2 feet long, and 4 1/2 feet high. |
| 2He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze. | 2He made horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar were all one piece. He overlaid the altar with bronze. |
| 3He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans. | 3Then he made all the altar utensils of bronze—the ash buckets, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans. |
| 4He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom. | 4Next he made a bronze grating and installed it halfway down the side of the altar, under the ledge. |
| 5At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles. | 5He cast four rings and attached them to the corners of the bronze grating to hold the carrying poles. |
| 6And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. | 6He made the poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. |
| 7Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow. | 7He inserted the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar. The altar was hollow and was made from planks. Building the Washbasin |
| 8Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. | 8Bezalel made the bronze washbasin and its bronze stand from bronze mirrors donated by the women who served at the entrance of the Tabernacle. Building the Courtyard |
| 9Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen, | 9Then Bezalel made the courtyard, which was enclosed with curtains made of finely woven linen. On the south side the curtains were 150 feet long. |
| 10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. | 10They were held up by twenty posts set securely in twenty bronze bases. He hung the curtains with silver hooks and rings. |
| 11The north side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver. | 11He made a similar set of curtains for the north side—150 feet of curtains held up by twenty posts set securely in bronze bases. He hung the curtains with silver hooks and rings. |
| 12The west side was fifty cubits long and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver. | 12The curtains on the west end of the courtyard were 75 feet long, hung with silver hooks and rings and supported by ten posts set into ten bases. |
| 13And the east side, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits long. | 13The east end, the front, was also 75 feet long. |
| 14The curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases. | 14The courtyard entrance was on the east end, flanked by two curtains. The curtain on the right side was 22 1/2 feet long and was supported by three posts set into three bases. |
| 15And the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well. | 15The curtain on the left side was also 22 1/2 feet long and was supported by three posts set into three bases. |
| 16All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen. | 16All the curtains used in the courtyard were made of finely woven linen. |
| 17The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver. | 17Each post had a bronze base, and all the hooks and rings were silver. The tops of the posts of the courtyard were overlaid with silver, and the rings to hold up the curtains were made of silver. |
| 18The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high, | 18He made the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard of finely woven linen, and he decorated it with beautiful embroidery in blue, purple, and scarlet thread. It was 30 feet long, and its height was 7 1/2 feet, just like the curtains of the courtyard walls. |
| 19with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops. | 19It was supported by four posts, each set securely in its own bronze base. The tops of the posts were overlaid with silver, and the hooks and rings were also made of silver. |
| 20All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze. | 20All the tent pegs used in the Tabernacle and courtyard were made of bronze. Inventory of Materials |
| 21This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. | 21This is an inventory of the materials used in building the Tabernacle of the Covenant. The Levites compiled the figures, as Moses directed, and Ithamar son of Aaron the priest served as recorder. |
| 22Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses. | 22Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
| 23With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen. | 23He was assisted by Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman expert at engraving, designing, and embroidering with blue, purple, and scarlet thread on fine linen cloth. |
| 24All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. | 24The people brought special offerings of gold totaling 2,193 pounds, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. This gold was used throughout the Tabernacle. |
| 25The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel— | 25The whole community of Israel gave 7,545 pounds of silver, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. |
| 26a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men. | 26This silver came from the tax collected from each man registered in the census. (The tax is one beka, which is half a shekel, based on the sanctuary shekel.) The tax was collected from 603,550 men who had reached their twentieth birthday. |
| 27The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base. | 27The hundred bases for the frames of the sanctuary walls and for the posts supporting the inner curtain required 7,500 pounds of silver, about 75 pounds for each base. |
| 28With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them. | 28The remaining 45 pounds of silver was used to make the hooks and rings and to overlay the tops of the posts. |
| 29The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels. | 29The people also brought as special offerings 5,310 pounds of bronze, |
| 30He used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grating, all the utensils for the altar, | 30which was used for casting the bases for the posts at the entrance to the Tabernacle, and for the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all the altar utensils. |
| 31the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard. | 31Bronze was also used to make the bases for the posts that supported the curtains around the courtyard, the bases for the curtain at the entrance of the courtyard, and all the tent pegs for the Tabernacle and the courtyard. |
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