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Exode 38
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L’autel des holocaustes et ses accessoires[a]

38 Betsaléel fit l’autel des holocaustes en bois d’acacia, carré, de deux mètres cinquante de côté, et d’un mètre cinquante de hauteur. 2 A ses quatre angles, il fit quatre cornes en saillie de l’autel, et il le plaqua de bronze. 3 Il fabriqua aussi en bronze tous les ustensiles de l’autel : les récipients destinés à recueillir les cendres, les pelles, les bassines, les fourchettes et les brasiers. 4 Il munit l’autel d’une grille faite d’un treillis de bronze et la plaça sous la bordure de l’autel, depuis le bas jusqu’à mi-hauteur. 5 Il fondit quatre anneaux qu’il fixa aux quatre coins de la grille de bronze pour recevoir les barres. 6 Il fit des barres en bois d’acacia et les recouvrit de bronze. 7 Il introduisit dans les anneaux sur les côtés de l’autel les barres qui devaient servir à le transporter ; il le fit avec des panneaux et l’autel était creux à l’intérieur.

La cuve de bronze[b]

8 Il fit aussi la cuve de bronze avec son socle de même métal en employant les miroirs des femmes qui s’assemblaient à l’entrée de la tente de la Rencontre.

Le parvis[c]

9 Après cela, il fabriqua le parvis. Du côté sud, sur une longueur de cinquante mètres, il était délimité par des tentures de lin retors. 10 Elles étaient soutenues par vingt piliers, reposant sur vingt socles de bronze et munis de crochets et de tringles en argent. 11 Du côté nord, il y avait également cinquante mètres de tentures soutenues par vingt piliers reposant sur vingt socles de bronze et munis de crochets et de tringles en argent. 12 A l’ouest, vingt-cinq mètres de tentures, soutenues par dix piliers reposant sur dix socles et munis de crochets et de tringles en argent. 13 Du côté est, le parvis avait aussi vingt-cinq mètres de largeur. 14-15 De chaque côté de la porte, sur sept mètres cinquante, il fit des tentures soutenues par trois piliers reposant sur leurs trois socles. 16 Toutes les tentures formant l’enceinte du parvis étaient en fin lin retors. 17 Les socles des piliers étaient de bronze, mais leurs crochets et les tringles qui les reliaient étaient en argent ainsi que leurs chapiteaux. Toutes les colonnes du parvis étaient équipées de tringles d’argent. 18 Le rideau de la porte du parvis était un ouvrage brodé en fils de pourpre violette et écarlate, de rouge éclatant et de fin lin retors ; il avait dix mètres de long et deux mètres cinquante de haut comme les tentures du parvis. 19 Ses quatre piliers et leurs quatre socles étaient en bronze, leurs crochets et leurs tringles en argent, et leurs chapiteaux étaient revêtus d’argent. 20 Tous les piquets du tabernacle et ceux du parvis étaient faits de bronze.

Les comptes[d]

21 Voici les comptes du tabernacle, de la Demeure de l’acte de l’alliance, établis sur l’ordre de Moïse, par les soins des lévites, sous la direction d’Itamar, fils du prêtre Aaron. 22 Betsaléel, fils d’Ouri, descendant de Hour, de la tribu de Juda, fit tout ce que l’Eternel avait ordonné à Moïse, 23 assisté par Oholiab, fils d’Ahisamak de la tribu de Dan qui était sculpteur, concepteur et brodeur en pourpre violette et écarlate, en rouge éclatant et en fin lin.

24 Quantité d’or utilisée pour la construction et tous les ouvrages du sanctuaire, or qui avait été présenté à l’Eternel : 1 000 kilogrammes, pesé selon l’unité de poids (le sicle) en vigueur au sanctuaire. 25 L’argent apporté par les membres de la communauté dont on fit le recensement pesait 3 440 kilogrammes, selon l’unité de poids en vigueur au sanctuaire, 26 ce qui représentait une demi-unité de poids, soit 5,7 grammes par tête pour tous les hommes de vingt ans et au-dessus qui furent recensés, c’est-à-dire 603 550 hommes[e]. 27 3 420 kilogrammes furent utilisés pour les cent socles du sanctuaire et ceux du voile, soit 34,20 kilogrammes par socle. 28 Les 20 kilogrammes restants furent utilisés pour les crochets et les tringles reliant les piliers, ainsi que pour le revêtement des chapiteaux. 29 Le peuple avait présenté à l’Eternel 2 421 kilogrammes de bronze. 30 On en fit les socles de l’entrée de la tente de la Rencontre et l’autel de bronze avec sa grille et tous ses ustensiles, 31 les socles du parvis tout autour, ceux de l’entrée du parvis et tous les piquets du tabernacle et du parvis.

Footnotes

  1. 38.1 titre Pour les v. 1-7, voir 27.1-8. En hébreu, les mesures sont en coudées (une coudée = 50 cm).
  2. 38.8 Voir 30.17-21.
  3. 38.9 Pour les v. 9-20, voir 27.9-19.
  4. 38.21 En hébreu, les poids sont en talents (un talent = 300 sicles) et en sicles (un sicle = 11,4 g).
  5. 38.26 Pour les v. 25-26, voir 30.11-16.
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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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38 The burnt-offering altar was also constructed of acacia wood; it was 7-1/2 feet square at the top, and 4-1/2 feet high. 2 There were four horns at the four corners, all of one piece with the rest. This altar was overlaid with bronze. 3 Then he made bronze utensils to be used with the altar—the pots, shovels, basins, meat hooks, and fire pans. 4 Next he made a bronze grating that rested upon a ledge about halfway up in the firebox.[a] 5 Four rings were cast for each side of the grating, to insert the carrying poles. 6 The carrying poles themselves were made of acacia wood, overlaid with bronze. 7 The carrying poles were inserted into the rings at the side of the altar. The altar was hollow, with plank siding.

8 The bronze washbasin and its bronze pedestal were cast from the solid bronze mirrors donated by the women who assembled at the entrance to the Tabernacle.

9 Then he constructed the courtyard. The south wall was 150 feet long; it consisted of drapes woven from fine-twined linen thread. 10 There were twenty posts to hold drapes, with bases of bronze and with silver hooks and rods. 11 The north wall was also 150 feet long, with twenty bronze posts and bases and with silver hooks and rods. 12 The west side was 75 feet wide; the walls were made from drapes supported by ten posts and bases, and with silver hooks and rods. 13 The east side was also 75 feet wide.

14-15 The drapes at either side of the entrance were 22-1/2 feet wide, each with three posts and three bases. 16 All the drapes making up the walls of the court were woven of fine-twined linen. 17 Each post had a bronze base, and all the hooks and rods were silver; the tops of the posts were overlaid with silver, and the rods to hold up the drapes were solid silver.

18 The drapery covering the entrance to the court was made of fine-twined linen, beautifully embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet thread.

It was 30 feet long and 7-1/2 feet wide, just the same as the drapes composing the walls of the court. 19 It was supported by four posts, with four bronze bases and with silver hooks and rods; the tops of the posts were also silver.

20 All the nails used in constructing the Tabernacle and court were bronze.

21 This summarizes the various steps in building the Tabernacle to house the Ark, so that the Levites could carry on their ministry. All was done in the order designated by Moses and was supervised by Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. 22 Bezalel (son of Uri and grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah) was the master craftsman, 23 assisted by Oholiab (son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan); he too was a skilled craftsman and also an expert at engraving, weaving, and at embroidering blue, purple, and scarlet threads into fine linen cloth.

24 The people brought gifts of 3,140 pounds of gold, all of which was used throughout the Tabernacle.

25-26 The amount of silver used was 9,575 pounds, which came from the fifty-cent head tax collected from all those registered in the census who were twenty years old or older, a total of 603,550 men. 27 The bases for the frames of the sanctuary walls and for the posts supporting the veil required 9,500 pounds of silver, 95 pounds[b] for each socket. 28 The silver left over was used for the posts and to overlay their tops, and for the rods and hooks.

29-31 The people brought 7,540 pounds of bronze, which was used for casting the bases for the posts at the entrance to the Tabernacle, and for the bronze altar, the bronze grating, the altar utensils, the bases for the posts supporting the drapes enclosing the court, and for all the nails used in the construction of the Tabernacle and the court.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:4 in the firebox, implied.
  2. Exodus 38:27 95 pounds, literally, “a talent.” The exact weight cannot be ascertained.
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Exodus 38
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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

  1. Exodus 38:1 Or He; also in verses 2-9
  2. Exodus 38:1 That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters
  3. Exodus 38:1 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters long and wide
  4. Exodus 38:9 That is, about 150 feet or about 45 meters
  5. Exodus 38:12 That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters
  6. Exodus 38:14 That is, about 22 feet or about 6.8 meters
  7. Exodus 38:18 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters
  8. Exodus 38:18 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters
  9. Exodus 38:24 The weight of the gold was a little over a ton or about 1 metric ton.
  10. Exodus 38:25 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons; also in verse 27
  11. Exodus 38:25 That is, about 44 pounds or about 20 kilograms; also in verse 28
  12. Exodus 38:26 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams
  13. Exodus 38:29 The weight of the bronze was about 2 1/2 tons or about 2.4 metric tons.
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