Éxodo 38
Biblia del Jubileo
38 ¶ E hizo el altar del holocausto de madera de cedro: su longitud de cinco codos, y su anchura de otros cinco codos, cuadrado, y de tres codos de altura.
2 E hizo sus cuernos a sus cuatro esquinas, los cuales eran de la misma pieza, y lo recubrió de bronce.
3 Hizo asimismo todos los vasos del altar: calderos, y tenazas, y tazones, y garfios, y palas; todos sus vasos hizo de bronce.
4 E hizo para el altar el enrejado de bronce, de hechura de red, que puso en su cerco por debajo hasta el medio del altar.
5 Hizo también cuatro anillos de fundición a los cuatro extremos del enrejado de bronce, para meter las varas.
6 E hizo las varas de madera de cedro, y las recubrió de bronce.
7 Y metió las varas por los anillos a los lados del altar, para llevarlo con ellas; el altar lo hizo hueco, de tablas.
8 También hizo la fuente de bronce, con su basa de bronce, de los espejos de las mujeres que servían a la puerta del tabernáculo del testimonio.
9 ¶ Hizo asimismo el atrio; del lado austral del mediodía las cortinas del atrio eran de cien codos, de lino torcido;
10 sus columnas veinte, con sus veinte basas de bronce; los capiteles de las columnas y sus molduras, de plata.
11 Y del lado del aquilón cortinas de cien codos; sus columnas veinte, con sus veinte basas de bronce; los capiteles de las columnas y sus molduras, de plata.
12 Al lado del occidente cortinas de cincuenta codos; sus columnas diez, y sus diez basas; los capiteles de las columnas y sus molduras, de plata.
13 Y al lado oriental, al oriente, cincuenta codos.
14 A un lado cortinas de quince codos, sus tres columnas, y sus tres basas;
15 al otro lado, de una parte y de la otra de la puerta del atrio, cortinas de a quince codos, sus tres columnas, y sus tres basas.
16 Todas las cortinas del atrio alrededor eran de lino torcido.
17 Y las basas de las columnas eran de bronce; los capiteles de las columnas y sus molduras, de plata; y las cubiertas de las cabezas de ellas, de plata; asimismo todas las columnas del atrio tenían molduras de plata.
18 La cortina de la puerta del atrio fue de obra de recamado, de cárdeno, y púrpura, y carmesí, y lino torcido; la longitud de veinte codos, y la altura en el ancho de cinco codos, conforme a las cortinas del atrio.
19 Y sus columnas fueron cuatro con sus cuatro basas de bronce; y sus capiteles de plata; y las cubiertas de los capiteles de ellas y sus molduras, de plata.
20 Y todas las estacas del tabernáculo y del atrio alrededor fueron de bronce.
21 ¶ Estas son las cuentas del tabernáculo, del Tabernáculo del Testimonio, lo que fue contado por orden de Moisés por mano de Itamar, hijo de Aarón sacerdote, para el ministerio de los levitas.
22 Y Bezaleel, hijo de Uri, hijo de Hur, de la tribu de Judá, hizo todas las cosas que el SEÑOR mandó a Moisés.
23 Y con él estaba Aholiab, hijo de Ahisamac, de la tribu de Dan, maestro, e ingeniero, y recamador en cárdeno, y púrpura, y carmesí, y lino fino.
24 Todo el oro empleado en la obra, en toda la obra del santuario, el cual fue oro de ofrenda, fue veintinueve talentos, y setecientos treinta siclos, según el siclo del santuario.
25 Y la plata de los contados de la congregación fue cien talentos, y mil setecientos setenta y cinco siclos, según el siclo del santuario:
26 Medio por cabeza, medio siclo, según el siclo del santuario, a todos los que pasaron por cuenta de edad de veinte años para arriba, que fueron seiscientos tres mil quinientos cincuenta.
27 Y los cien talentos de plata fueron para hacer de fundición las basas del santuario y las basas del velo; en cien basas cien talentos, a talento por basa.
28 Y de los mil setecientos setenta y cinco siclos hizo los capiteles de las columnas, y recubrió sus cabezas, y las ciñó.
29 Y el bronce de la ofrenda fue setenta talentos, y dos mil cuatrocientos siclos;
30 del cual hizo las basas de la puerta del tabernáculo del testimonio, y el altar de bronce, y su enrejado de bronce, y todos los vasos del altar.
31 Y las basas del atrio alrededor, y las basas de la puerta del atrio, y todas las estacas del tabernáculo, y todas las estacas del atrio alrededor,
Éxodo 38
Nueva Versión Internacional
El altar de los holocaustos(A)
38 Bezalel hizo de madera de acacia el altar de los holocaustos. Era cuadrado, de cinco codos de largo por cinco codos de ancho y tres codos de alto.[a] 2 Puso un cuerno en cada una de sus cuatro esquinas, los cuales formaban una sola pieza con el altar, y el altar lo recubrió de bronce. 3 Hizo de bronce todos sus utensilios: sus portacenizas, sus tenazas, sus tazones, sus tridentes y sus braseros. 4 Hizo también un enrejado para el altar —una rejilla de bronce— y la puso bajo el reborde inferior del altar, a la mitad de su altura. 5 Fundió cuatro anillos de bronce para las cuatro esquinas del enrejado de bronce para pasar por ellos las varas. 6 Hizo las varas de madera de acacia, las recubrió de bronce 7 y las introdujo en los anillos, de modo que quedaron a los dos costados del altar para poder transportarlo. El altar lo hizo hueco y de tablas.
El recipiente para el lavado
8 Además, con el bronce de los espejos de las mujeres que servían a la entrada de la Tienda de reunión, hizo el recipiente de bronce y su pedestal.
El atrio(B)
9 Después hicieron el atrio. El lado sur medía cien codos[b] de largo y tenía cortinas de tela de lino fino, 10 veinte postes y veinte bases de bronce, con empalmes y ganchos de plata en los postes. 11 El lado norte medía también cien codos de largo, y tenía veinte postes y veinte bases de bronce, con ganchos y empalmes de plata en los postes.
12 El lado occidental medía cincuenta codos[c] de ancho, y tenía cortinas y diez postes y diez bases, con ganchos y empalmes de plata en los postes. 13 Por el lado oriental, hacia la salida del sol, medía también cincuenta codos de ancho. 14 A un lado de la entrada había cortinas de quince codos[d] de largo, tres postes y tres bases; 15 y al otro lado de la entrada había también cortinas de quince codos de largo, tres postes y tres bases. 16 Todas las cortinas que rodeaban el atrio eran de tela de lino fino. 17 Las bases para los postes eran de bronce, los ganchos y los empalmes en los postes eran de plata y sus capiteles estaban recubiertos de plata. Todos los postes del atrio tenían empalmes de plata.
18 La cortina a la entrada del atrio era de lana color azul, carmesí, escarlata y tela de lino fino, bordada artísticamente. Medía veinte codos de largo por cinco codos de alto,[e] como las cortinas del atrio, 19 y tenía cuatro postes y cuatro bases de bronce. Sus ganchos y sus empalmes eran de plata y sus capiteles estaban recubiertos de plata. 20 Todas las estacas del toldo para el santuario y del atrio que lo rodeaba eran de bronce.
Los materiales usados
21 Estas son las cantidades de los materiales usados para el santuario donde están guardadas las tablas del pacto. Los levitas hicieron este registro por orden de Moisés y bajo la dirección de Itamar, hijo del sacerdote Aarón. 22 Bezalel, hijo de Uri y nieto de Hur, de la tribu de Judá, hizo todo lo que el Señor ordenó a Moisés. 23 Con él estaba Aholiab, hijo de Ajisamac, de la tribu de Dan, que era artesano, diseñador y recamador en lana teñida de color azul, carmesí y escarlata y en tela de lino. 24 El total del oro dado como ofrenda mecida y empleado en toda la obra del santuario era de veintinueve talentos y setecientos treinta siclos,[f] según el peso oficial[g] del santuario.
25 La plata entregada por los miembros de la comunidad contados en el censo llegó a cien talentos,[h] y mil setecientos setenta y cinco siclos,[i] según el peso oficial del santuario. 26 Todos los mayores de veinte años que fueron censados llegaron a un total de seiscientos tres mil quinientos cincuenta, y cada uno de ellos dio un becá,[j] es decir, medio siclo, según el peso oficial del santuario. 27 Los cien talentos de plata se emplearon en las cien bases fundidas para el santuario y para la cortina, de modo que cada base pesaba un talento. 28 Los mil setecientos setenta y cinco siclos se emplearon en hacer los ganchos para los postes, recubrir sus capiteles y para hacer sus empalmes.
29 El total del bronce dado como ofrenda mecida fue de setenta talentos y dos mil cuatrocientos siclos,[k] 30 y se empleó en las bases para la entrada de la Tienda de reunión, en el altar de bronce con su enrejado de bronce y todos sus utensilios, 31 en las bases para el atrio y la entrada al atrio, así como en todas las estacas del toldo para el santuario y para el atrio que lo rodeaba.
Footnotes
- 38:1 Es decir, aprox. 2.3 m de largo por 2.3 de ancho y 1.4 m de alto.
- 38:9 Es decir, aprox. 45 m; también en v. 11.
- 38:12 Es decir, aprox. 23 m; también en v. 13.
- 38:14 Es decir, aprox. 7 m; también en v. 15.
- 38:18 Es decir, aprox. 9 m de largo por 2.3 m de alto.
- 38:24 Es decir, aprox. 1 t.
- 38:24 el peso oficial. Lit. el siclo; también en vv. 25 y 26.
- 38:25 Es decir, aprox. 3.4 t; también en el v. 27.
- 38:25 Es decir, aprox. 20 kg; también en el v. 28.
- 38:26 Es decir, aprox. 5.7 g.
- 38:29 Es decir, aprox. 2.4 t.
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
- Exodus 38:1 tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Exodus 38:2 tn Heb “its horns were from it,” meaning from the same piece.
- Exodus 38:7 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the altar) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 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.
- Exodus 38:9 tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Exodus 38:9 tn Heb “south side southward.”
- 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.
- Exodus 38:11 tn Here the phrase “the hangings were” has been supplied.
- Exodus 38:12 tn The phrase “there were” has been supplied.
- 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.
- Exodus 38:13 tn The text simply says “75 feet.”
- 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).
- 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).
- Exodus 38:17 tn Heb “they were banded with silver.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Exodus 38:21 tn Heb “at/by the mouth of.”
- 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).
- Exodus 38:21 tn Heb “by the hand of.”
- 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).
- Exodus 38:24 tn Heb “and it was.”
- 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.
- 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.
- Exodus 38:26 sn The weight would be about half an ounce.
- Exodus 38:26 tn Heb “upward.”
- Exodus 38:26 tn The phrase “in all” has been supplied.
- Exodus 38:28 tn Here the word “shekels” is understood; about 45 pounds.
- 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.
- 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.
Exodus 38
New International Version
The Altar of Burnt Offering(A)
38 They[a] built the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, three cubits[b] high; it was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.[c] 2 They made a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar were of one piece, and they overlaid the altar with bronze.(B) 3 They made all its utensils(C) of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans. 4 They made a grating for the altar, a bronze network, to be under its ledge, halfway up the altar. 5 They cast bronze rings to hold the poles for the four corners of the bronze grating. 6 They made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. 7 They inserted the poles into the rings so they would be on the sides of the altar for carrying it. They made it hollow, out of boards.
The Basin for Washing
8 They made the bronze basin(D) and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women(E) who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
The Courtyard(F)
9 Next they made the courtyard. The south side was a hundred cubits[d] long and had curtains of finely twisted linen, 10 with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 11 The north side was also a hundred cubits long and had twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
12 The west end was fifty cubits[e] wide and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 13 The east end, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits wide. 14 Curtains fifteen cubits[f] long were on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases, 15 and curtains fifteen cubits long were on the other side of the entrance to the courtyard, with three posts and three bases. 16 All the curtains around the courtyard were of finely twisted linen. 17 The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks and bands on the posts were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver; so all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.
18 The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was made of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer. It was twenty cubits[g] long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits[h] high, 19 with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks and bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver. 20 All the tent pegs(G) of the tabernacle and of the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
The Materials Used
21 These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law,(H) which were recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar(I) son of Aaron, the priest. 22 (Bezalel(J) son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything the Lord commanded Moses; 23 with him was Oholiab(K) son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan—an engraver and designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen.) 24 The total amount of the gold from the wave offering used for all the work on the sanctuary(L) was 29 talents and 730 shekels,[i] according to the sanctuary shekel.(M)
25 The silver obtained from those of the community who were counted in the census(N) was 100 talents[j] and 1,775 shekels,[k] according to the sanctuary shekel— 26 one beka per person,(O) that is, half a shekel,[l] according to the sanctuary shekel,(P) from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more,(Q) a total of 603,550 men.(R) 27 The 100 talents of silver were used to cast the bases(S) for the sanctuary and for the curtain—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent for each base. 28 They used the 1,775 shekels to make the hooks for the posts, to overlay the tops of the posts, and to make their bands.
29 The bronze from the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.[m] 30 They used it to make the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all its utensils, 31 the bases for the surrounding courtyard and those for its entrance and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and those for the surrounding courtyard.
Footnotes
- Exodus 38:1 Or He; also in verses 2-9
- Exodus 38:1 That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters
- Exodus 38:1 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters long and wide
- Exodus 38:9 That is, about 150 feet or about 45 meters
- Exodus 38:12 That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters
- Exodus 38:14 That is, about 22 feet or about 6.8 meters
- Exodus 38:18 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters
- Exodus 38:18 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters
- Exodus 38:24 The weight of the gold was a little over a ton or about 1 metric ton.
- Exodus 38:25 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons; also in verse 27
- Exodus 38:25 That is, about 44 pounds or about 20 kilograms; also in verse 28
- Exodus 38:26 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams
- Exodus 38:29 The weight of the bronze was about 2 1/2 tons or about 2.4 metric tons.
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