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Exodus 38:21-31
New American Standard Bible 1995
Exodus 38:21-31
New American Standard Bible 1995
The Cost of the Tabernacle
21 [a]This is the number of the things for the [b]tabernacle, the [c]tabernacle of the testimony, as they were [d]numbered according to the [e]command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 22 Now (A)Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord had commanded Moses. 23 With him was (B)Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skillful workman and a [f]weaver in [g]blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and fine linen.
24 All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the wave offering, was 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to (C)the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 (D)The silver of those of the congregation who were [h]numbered was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; 26 (E)a beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for each one who passed over to those who were [i]numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for (F)603,550 men. 27 The hundred talents of silver were for casting the [j]sockets of the sanctuary and the [k]sockets of the veil; one hundred [l]sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a [m]socket. 28 Of the 1,775 shekels, he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their tops and made [n]bands for them. 29 The bronze of the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels. 30 With it he made the [o]sockets to the doorway of the tent of meeting, and the bronze altar and its bronze grating, and all the utensils of the altar, 31 and the [p]sockets of the court all around and the [q]sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pegs of the [r]tabernacle and all the pegs of the court all around.
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- Exodus 38:21 Lit These are the appointed things of the tabernacle
- Exodus 38:21 Lit dwelling place
- Exodus 38:21 Lit dwelling place
- Exodus 38:21 Lit appointed
- Exodus 38:21 Lit mouth
- Exodus 38:23 Lit variegator; i.e. a weaver in colors
- Exodus 38:23 Or violet
- Exodus 38:25 Lit mustered
- Exodus 38:26 Lit mustered
- Exodus 38:27 Or bases
- Exodus 38:27 Or bases
- Exodus 38:27 Or bases
- Exodus 38:27 Or bases
- Exodus 38:28 Or fillets, rings
- Exodus 38:30 Or bases
- Exodus 38:31 Or bases
- Exodus 38:31 Or bases
- Exodus 38:31 Lit dwelling place
Exodus 38:21-31
Legacy Standard Bible
Exodus 38:21-31
Legacy Standard Bible
The Things Numbered for the Tabernacle
21 These are the things numbered for the [a]tabernacle, the [b]tabernacle of the testimony, as they were [c]numbered according to the [d]command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 22 Now (A)Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh had commanded Moses. 23 With him was (B)Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman and a skillful designer and a [e]weaver in [f]blue and in purple and in scarlet material and fine linen.
24 All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the wave offering, was [g]29 talents and [h]730 shekels, according to (C)the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 (D)The silver of those of the congregation who were [i]numbered was [j]100 talents and [k]1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; 26 (E)a beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for each one who passed over to those who were [l]numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for (F)603,550 men. 27 One hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; one hundred bases for one hundred talents, a talent for a base. 28 Of the 1,775 shekels, he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their tops and made bands for them. 29 The bronze of the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels. 30 With it he made the bases to the doorway of the tent of meeting, and the bronze altar and its bronze grating, and all the utensils of the altar, 31 and the bases of the court all around and the bases of the gate of the court, and all the pegs of the [m]tabernacle and all the pegs of the court all around.
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- Exodus 38:21 Lit dwelling place
- Exodus 38:21 Lit dwelling place
- Exodus 38:21 Lit appointed
- Exodus 38:21 Lit mouth
- Exodus 38:23 A weaver in colors; lit variegator
- Exodus 38:23 Or violet
- Exodus 38:24 Approx. 1.08 tons or 0.98 metric tons, a talent was approx. 75 lb. or 34 kg
- Exodus 38:24 Approx. 18 lb. or 8 kg, a shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
- Exodus 38:25 Lit mustered
- Exodus 38:25 Approx. 3.75 tons or 3.4 metric tons
- Exodus 38:25 Approx. 44.3 lb. or 19.5 kg
- Exodus 38:26 Lit mustered
- Exodus 38:31 Lit dwelling place
Exodus 38:21-31
New American Standard Bible
Exodus 38:21-31
New American Standard Bible
The Cost of the Tabernacle
21 [a]This is the number of the things for the [b]tabernacle, the [c]tabernacle of the testimony, as they were [d]counted according to the [e]command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 22 Now (A)Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord had commanded Moses. 23 With him was (B)Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skilled embroiderer, and a [f]weaver in violet, in purple, and in scarlet material, and fine linen.
24 All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, [g]which was the gold of the wave offering, was twenty-nine [h]talents and 730 [i]shekels, according to (C)the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 And (D)the silver of those of the congregation who were [j]counted was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; 26 (E)a beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), assessed to each one who passed over to those who were [k]counted, from twenty years old and upward, for (F)603,550 men. 27 The hundred talents of silver were used for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent for a base. 28 And of the 1,775 shekels, he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their tops and made [l]bands for them. 29 And the bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels. 30 With it he made the bases to the doorway of the tent of meeting, and the bronze altar and its bronze grating, and all the utensils of the altar, 31 and the bases of the courtyard all around and the bases of the gate of the courtyard, and all the pegs of the [m]tabernacle and all the pegs of the courtyard all around.
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- Exodus 38:21 Lit These are the appointed things of the tabernacle
- Exodus 38:21 Lit dwelling place
- Exodus 38:21 Lit dwelling place
- Exodus 38:21 Lit appointed
- Exodus 38:21 Lit mouth
- Exodus 38:23 Lit variegator; i.e., a weaver in colors
- Exodus 38:24 Lit and it was
- Exodus 38:24 A talent was about 75 lb. or 34 kg
- Exodus 38:24 A shekel was about 0.5 oz. or 14 gm
- Exodus 38:25 Lit mustered
- Exodus 38:26 Lit mustered
- Exodus 38:28 Or rings
- Exodus 38:31 Lit dwelling place
Exodus 38:21-31
New International Version
Exodus 38:21-31
New International Version
The Materials Used
21 These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law,(A) which were recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar(B) son of Aaron, the priest. 22 (Bezalel(C) son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything the Lord commanded Moses; 23 with him was Oholiab(D) 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(E) was 29 talents and 730 shekels,[a] according to the sanctuary shekel.(F)
25 The silver obtained from those of the community who were counted in the census(G) was 100 talents[b] and 1,775 shekels,[c] according to the sanctuary shekel— 26 one beka per person,(H) that is, half a shekel,[d] according to the sanctuary shekel,(I) from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more,(J) a total of 603,550 men.(K) 27 The 100 talents of silver were used to cast the bases(L) 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.[e] 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 38:24 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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