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出エジプト記 38
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38 焼き尽くすいけにえの祭壇も、アカシヤ材で作りました。上部は五キュビト（二・二メートル）四方の正方形、高さは三キュビトです。 2 四隅に、他の部分と切れ目なく続くよう、四本の角をつけました。祭壇には青銅を張り、 3 祭壇で使うつぼ、十能（灰をすくう道具）、鉢、肉刺し、火皿などの器具類も青銅で作りました。 4 次に、炉の半ばあたりに棧を張り、そこに青銅の格子を置きました。 5 環を四つ作り、格子の四隅の部分でかつぎ棒を通せるようにしました。 6 かつぎ棒はアカシヤ材で、青銅をかぶせてあります。 7 祭壇の側面につけた環に、その棒を通します。祭壇の側面は板で、中は空洞でした。

8 幕屋の入口で奉仕していた女たちが、青銅の鏡をささげたので、それを使って青銅の洗い鉢とその台を作りました。

9 次は庭です。南側は百キュビト（四十四メートル）で、細い上等の撚り糸を織って幕を作り、それを張り巡らしました。 10 幕を垂らす柱を二十本立てました。土台は青銅で、柱には銀のかぎと環をつけました。

11 北側にも百キュビトの幕を張り、青銅の柱二十本とその土台、銀のかぎと環があります。 12 西側は五十キュビトで、十本の柱と土台で幕を支えました。柱には、やはり銀のかぎと環がついています。 13 東側も五十キュビトです。 14-15 入口の両側には、幅十五キュビトの幕を垂らし、それぞれ三個の土台に立てた三本の柱で支えました。 16 庭の仕切りとして巡らした幕は、どれも細い上等の撚り糸で織ったものです。 17 柱はみな青銅の土台にはめ込み、かぎと環は銀です。柱の頭部には銀をかぶせ、幕を垂らす環は純銀でした。 18 庭の入口に垂らすカーテンは上質の亜麻布で作り、青、紫、緋色の撚り糸で美しい刺しゅうをしました。幕の幅は二十キュビト、高さは五キュビトで、庭の仕切りとした他の幕と同じ高さです。 19 幕は四本の柱と四個の青銅の土台、銀のかぎと環で支えました。柱の頭部も銀でした。 20 幕屋と庭を作るのに用いた釘は、すべて青銅です。

21 これが、契約の箱を納める幕屋（聖所）の建設工事の諸工程です。幕屋ができ上がり、ようやくレビ族が奉仕につけるようになりました。いっさいの工事は、モーセが立てた計画どおり行われ、祭司アロンの子イタマルが監督しました。 22 ユダ族のウリの子で、フルの孫に当たるベツァルエルが技術面での責任者となり、 23 ダン族のアヒサマクの子オホリアブが助手を務めました。彼も熟練した職人で、彫刻、設計、色とりどりの刺しゅうをするのに、すぐれた腕を発揮しました。

24 人々が奉納し、幕屋建設に使った金は約一千キログラムに達しました。 25-26 銀は三、四四〇キロ使われました。これは、人口調査の時に登録する二十歳以上の人から取り立てた、半シェケルの人頭税でまかなわれました。登録したのは、計六十万三、五五〇人です。 27 聖所の壁となるわく組みの土台と、垂れ幕を支える柱の土台には、一個につき三十四キログラム、計三、四〇〇キログラムの銀が必要でした。 28 残った銀は柱頭にかぶせたり、環やかぎを作るために使いました。 29 青銅は約二、四〇〇キログラム奉納され、 30-31 天幕の入口に立てる柱の土台、祭壇、格子、祭壇に付属する器具類、庭を仕切る引き幕を支える柱の土台、天幕と庭の釘などを作るのに使われました。

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Exodus 38
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Making the Altar of Burnt Offering(A)

38 He made (B)the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood; five cubits was its length and five cubits its width—it was square—and its height was three cubits. 2 He made its horns on its four corners; the horns were of one piece 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 (C)the 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(D)

9 Then he made (E)the court on the south side; the hangings of the court were of 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 the hangings were 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 there were 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 the hangings were fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of one side of the gate were 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 were of 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 there were 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 (F)pegs of the tabernacle, and of the court all around, were bronze.

Materials of the Tabernacle

21 [a]This is the inventory of the tabernacle, (G)the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was counted according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, (H)by the hand of (I)Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

22 (J)Bezalel 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 was (K)Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and [b]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 (L)offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to (M)the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 And the silver from those who were (N)numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: 26 (O)a bekah for [c]each man (that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone included in the numbering from twenty years old and above, for (P)six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men. 27 And from the hundred talents of silver were cast (Q)the 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 (R)made 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.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:21 Lit. These are the things appointed for
  2. Exodus 38:23 skillful workman
  3. Exodus 38:26 Lit. a head
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Exodus 38
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Making the Altar of Burnt Offering

38 (A)He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits[a] was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits was its height. 2 He made horns for it on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze. 3 And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its utensils of bronze. 4 And he made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its ledge, extending halfway down. 5 He cast four rings on the four corners of the bronze grating as holders for the poles. 6 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. 7 And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow, with boards.

Making the Bronze Basin

8 (B)He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the (C)ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Making the Court

9 (D)And he made the court. For the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; 10 their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11 And for the north side there were hangings of a hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their ten pillars, and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 13 And for the front to the east, fifty cubits. 14 The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. 15 And so for the other side. On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases. 16 All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen. 17 And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. The overlaying of their capitals was also of silver, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 18 And the screen for the gate of the court was embroidered with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It was twenty cubits long and five cubits high in its breadth, corresponding to the hangings of the court. 19 And their pillars were four in number. Their four bases were of bronze, their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver. 20 And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were of bronze.

Materials for the Tabernacle

21 These are the records of the tabernacle, (E)the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were recorded at the commandment of Moses, the responsibility of the Levites (F)under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 22 (G)Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses; 23 and with him was (H)Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer and embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.

24 All the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels,[b] by (I)the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary: 26 a (J)beka[c] a head (that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone who was listed in the records, from twenty years old and upward, for (K)603,550 men. 27 The hundred talents of silver were for casting the (L)bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent a base. 28 And of the 1,775 shekels he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their capitals and made fillets for them. 29 The bronze that was offered was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels; 30 with it he made the (M)bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting, (N)the bronze altar and the bronze grating for it and all the utensils of the altar, 31 the (O)bases around the court, and the (P)bases of the gate of the court, all the (Q)pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs around the court.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:1 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  2. Exodus 38:24 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  3. Exodus 38:26 A beka was about 1/5 ounce or 5.5 grams
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Exodus 38
New English Translation

The Making of the Altar for the Burnt Offering

38 Bezalel[a] made the altar for the burnt offering of acacia wood 7½ feet long and 7½ feet wide—it was square—and its height was 4½ feet. 2 He made its horns on its four corners; its horns were part of it,[b] and he overlaid it with bronze. 3 He made all the utensils of the altar—the pots, the shovels, the tossing bowls, the meat hooks, and the fire pans—he made all its utensils of bronze. 4 He made a grating for the altar, a network of bronze under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom. 5 He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating, to provide places for the poles. 6 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. 7 He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made the altar[c] hollow, out of boards.

8 He made the large basin of bronze and its pedestal of bronze from the mirrors of the women who served[d] at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

The Construction of the Courtyard

9 Bezalel[e] made the courtyard. For the south side[f] the hangings of the courtyard were of fine twisted linen, 150 feet long, 10 with[g] their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver. 11 For the north side the hangings were[h] 150 feet, with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver. 12 For the west side there were[i] hangings 75 feet long, with[j] their ten posts and their ten bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver. 13 For the east side, toward the sunrise, it was 75 feet wide,[k] 14 with hangings on one side[l] of the gate that were 22½ feet long, with their three posts and their three bases, 15 and for the second side of the gate of the courtyard, just like the other,[m] the hangings were 22½ feet long, with their three posts and their three bases. 16 All the hangings around the courtyard were of fine twisted linen. 17 The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks of the posts and their bands were silver, their tops were overlaid with silver, and all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.[n] 18 The curtain[o] for the gate of the courtyard was of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. It was 30 feet long and, like the hangings in the courtyard, it was 7½ feet high, 19 with four posts and their four bronze bases. Their hooks and their bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver. 20 All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the courtyard all around were bronze.

The Materials of the Construction

21 This is the inventory[p] of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which was counted[q] by the order[r] of Moses, being the work[s] of the Levites under the direction[t] of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. 22 Now Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord had commanded Moses; 23 and with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an artisan, a designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen.

24 All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary[u] (namely,[v] the gold of the wave offering) was 29 talents and 730 shekels,[w] according to the sanctuary shekel.

25 The silver of those who were numbered of the community was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels,[x] according to the sanctuary shekel, 26 one beka per person, that is, a half shekel,[y] according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who crossed over to those numbered, from twenty years old or older,[z] 603,550 in all.[aa] 27 The 100 talents of silver were used for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the special curtain—100 bases for 100 talents, one talent per base. 28 From the remaining 1,775 shekels[ab] he made hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and made bands for them.

29 The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels.[ac] 30 With it he made the bases for the door of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils of the altar, 31 the bases for the courtyard all around, the bases for the gate of the courtyard, all the tent pegs of the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs of the courtyard all around.[ad]

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:1 tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Exodus 38:2 tn Heb “its horns were from it,” meaning from the same piece.
  3. Exodus 38:7 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the altar) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. Exodus 38:8 sn The word for “serve” is not the ordinary one. It means “to serve in a host,” especially in a war. It appears that women were organized into bands and served at the tent of meeting. S. R. Driver thinks that this meant “no doubt” washing, cleaning, or repairing (Exodus, 391). But there is no hint of that (see 1 Sam 2:22; and see Ps 68:11 [12 HT]). They seem to have had more to do than what Driver said.
  5. Exodus 38:9 tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. Exodus 38:9 tn Heb “south side southward.”
  7. Exodus 38:10 tn While this verse could be translated as an independent sentence, it is probably to be subordinated as a circumstantial clause in line with Exod 27:10-12, as well as v. 12 of this passage.
  8. Exodus 38:11 tn Here the phrase “the hangings were” has been supplied.
  9. Exodus 38:12 tn The phrase “there were” has been supplied.
  10. Exodus 38:12 tn The text simply has “their posts ten and their bases ten”; this may be added here as a circumstantial clause with the main sentence in order to make sense out of the construction.
  11. Exodus 38:13 tn The text simply says “75 feet.”
  12. Exodus 38:14 tn The word literally means “shoulder.” The next words, “of the gate,” have been supplied here. The east end contained the courtyard’s entry with a wall of curtains on each side of the entry (see v. 15).
  13. Exodus 38:15 tn Heb “from this and from this” (cf, 17:12; 25:19; 26:13; 32:15; Josh 8:22, 33; 1 Kgs 10:19-20; Ezek 45:7).
  14. Exodus 38:17 tn Heb “they were banded with silver.”
  15. Exodus 38:18 tn This word is different from the word for hangings; it has more of the idea of a screen, shielding or securing the area.
  16. Exodus 38:21 tn The Hebrew word is פּקוּדֵי (pequde), which in a slavishly literal way would be “visitations of” the tabernacle. But the word often has the idea of “numbering” or “appointing” as well. Here it is an accounting or enumeration of the materials that people brought, so the contemporary term “inventory” is a close approximation. By using this Hebrew word there is also the indication that whatever was given, i.e., appointed for the tabernacle, was changed forever in its use. This is consistent with this Hebrew root, which does have a sense of changing the destiny of someone (“God will surely visit you”). The list in this section will also be tied to the numbering of the people.
  17. Exodus 38:21 tn The same verb is used here, but now in the Pual perfect tense, third masculine singular. A translation “was numbered” or “was counted” works. The verb is singular because it refers to the tabernacle as a unit. This section will list what made up the tabernacle.
  18. Exodus 38:21 tn Heb “at/by the mouth of.”
  19. Exodus 38:21 tn The noun is “work” or “service.” S. R. Driver explains that the reckonings were not made for the Levites, but that they were the work of the Levites, done by them under the direction of Ithamar (Exodus, 393).
  20. Exodus 38:21 tn Heb “by the hand of.”
  21. Exodus 38:24 tn These words form the casus pendens, or independent nominative absolute, followed by the apodosis beginning with the vav (ו; see U. Cassuto, Exodus, 469).
  22. Exodus 38:24 tn Heb “and it was.”
  23. Exodus 38:24 sn There were 3000 shekels in a talent, and so the total weight here in shekels would be 87,730 shekels of gold. If the sanctuary shekel was 224 grs., then this was about 40,940 oz. troy. This is estimated to be a little over a ton (cf. NCV “over 2,000 pounds”; TEV “a thousand kilogrammes”; CEV “two thousand two hundred nine pounds”; NLT “about 2,200 pounds”), although other widely diverging estimates are also given.
  24. Exodus 38:25 sn This would be a total of 301,775 shekels (about 140,828 oz), being a half shekel exacted per person from 603,550 male Israelites 20 years old or more (Num 1:46). The amount is estimated to be around 3.75 tons.
  25. Exodus 38:26 sn The weight would be about half an ounce.
  26. Exodus 38:26 tn Heb “upward.”
  27. Exodus 38:26 tn The phrase “in all” has been supplied.
  28. Exodus 38:28 tn Here the word “shekels” is understood; about 45 pounds.
  29. Exodus 38:29 sn The total shekels would have been 212,400 shekels, which would be about 108,749 oz. This would make about 2.5 to 3 tons.
  30. Exodus 38:31 sn The bronze altar is the altar for the burnt offering; the large bronze basin is not included here in the list.
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