Chapter 38 of 40
Exodus 38
Every verse twice: in the King James Version, and in the World Bible Guide plain reading — what it says, in words anyone can follow.
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Exodus 38, verse by verse
Each verse is given twice: first in the King James Version, then in the World Bible Guide plain reading.
And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
He crafted the altar for burnt offerings from shittim wood. It was a perfect square, five cubits each way, and stood three cubits tall.
And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
He crafted a horn on each of its four corners, all of one piece with the altar, and coated it all in brass.
And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
He crafted every piece for the altar with care - the pots, shovels, basins, meat hooks, and firepans, all skillfully made from brass.
And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
He crafted a bronze mesh for the altar, placed it halfway up, right under its ledge.
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
He crafted four rings, one for each corner of the brass grate, intended as homes for the poles.
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
He crafted the rods from acacia wood, enveloping them in a sheath of brass, his hands moving with purpose and reverence.
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
He carefully placed the poles into the rings on the altar's sides, ready to carry it. He crafted the altar to be hollow, using planks.
And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
He crafted a brass basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who gathered at the entrance of the sacred meeting tent.
And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
He crafted the courtyard with care. To the south, he draped it with fine, intricately woven linen, stretching a hundred cubits, radiating a sense of warmth and tranquility.
Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
Twenty pillars stood tall, their bases forged from bronze, gleaming in the sunlight. Silver hooks adorned each one, connecting them with silver ribbons, creating a sight of majestic beauty.
And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
On the north side, a hundred cubits of drapery stretched out, held up by twenty sturdy pillars set in twenty brass sockets, their hooks and decorative silver bands shimmering in the light.
And 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.
On the western side, there were beautiful drapes stretching fifty cubits, held up by ten strong pillars set in ten sturdy bases, their hooks and decorative silver bands gleaming in the light.
And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
On the eastern side, stretching fifty cubits towards the sunrise.
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
The drapes on one side of the entrance measured fifteen cubits, supported by three pillars set in three bases.
And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
On either side of the courtyard entrance, there were beautiful drapes, each fifteen cubits long, held up by three sturdy pillars set in three solid bases.
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
Every drapery adorning the court was woven from the finest, delicate linen.
And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
The bases for the columns were made of brass, their hooks and bands shimmered in silver. Their tops were coated in silver, and every column in the courtyard gleamed with silver accents.
And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
The entrance to the courtyard was adorned with a beautifully embroidered curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet, made from the finest linen. It was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, perfectly matching the rest of the courtyard's decor.
And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.
They had four pillars, each set in a brass base. Silver hooks adorned them, with their tops and bands shimmering in silver overlay.
And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
Every single peg of the sacred tent and its surrounding courtyard was made of sturdy brass.
This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
This is the inventory of the sacred tent, the tent of witness, tallied as per Moses' directive for the Levites' service, under the supervision of Ithamar, Aaron the priest's son.
And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
Bezaleel, a descendant of Judah through Uri and Hur, faithfully crafted everything that the LORD had instructed Moses.
And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
Alongside him was Aholiab, Ahisamach's son from the tribe of Dan. A skilled craftsman, he was an expert in engraving and embroidery, working with vibrant hues of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen.
All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
All the gold used for the sacred work, including the gold from the offerings, amounted to twenty-nine talents and seven hundred thirty shekels, as per the sanctuary's standard.
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
The congregation's collective silver amounted to a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, measured by the sanctuary's standard.
A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
Every man, starting from the age of twenty, was required to contribute a small amount, half a shekel, to the sanctuary. This was the case for all 603,550 men who came forward to be counted.
And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
A hundred silver talents were used to create the foundation of the sanctuary and the curtain's base. Each base was made from a single talent, totaling a hundred talents for a hundred bases.
And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
Using the 1,775 shekels, he crafted hooks for the pillars, adorned their tops, and decorated them meticulously.
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
The donation made was an impressive seventy talents of brass, along with an additional two thousand and four hundred shekels.
And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
With this bronze, he crafted the bases for the entrance of the sacred meeting tent, the bronze altar, its bronze grating, and all the altar's utensils.
And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
He also made the bases all around the courtyard and for the courtyard entrance, every peg holding the sacred tent, and every peg securing the surrounding court.
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