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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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  1. Exodus 38:21 Lit These are the appointed things of the tabernacle
  2. Exodus 38:21 Lit dwelling place
  3. Exodus 38:21 Lit dwelling place
  4. Exodus 38:21 Lit appointed
  5. Exodus 38:21 Lit mouth
  6. Exodus 38:23 Lit variegator; i.e., a weaver in colors
  7. Exodus 38:24 Lit and it was
  8. Exodus 38:24 A talent was about 75 lb. or 34 kg
  9. Exodus 38:24 A shekel was about 0.5 oz. or 14 gm
  10. Exodus 38:25 Lit mustered
  11. Exodus 38:26 Lit mustered
  12. Exodus 38:28 Or rings
  13. Exodus 38:31 Lit dwelling place
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Exodus 38:21-31
New Living Translation

Inventory of Materials

21 This is an inventory of the materials used in building the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[a] The Levites compiled the figures, as Moses directed, and Ithamar son of Aaron the priest served as recorder. 22 Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 23 He was assisted by Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman expert at engraving, designing, and embroidering with blue, purple, and scarlet thread on fine linen cloth.

24 The people brought special offerings of gold totaling 2,193 pounds,[b] as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. This gold was used throughout the Tabernacle.

25 The whole community of Israel gave 7,545 pounds[c] of silver, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. 26 This silver came from the tax collected from each man registered in the census. (The tax is one beka, which is half a shekel,[d] based on the sanctuary shekel.) The tax was collected from 603,550 men who had reached their twentieth birthday. 27 The hundred bases for the frames of the sanctuary walls and for the posts supporting the inner curtain required 7,500 pounds of silver, about 75 pounds for each base.[e] 28 The remaining 45 pounds[f] of silver was used to make the hooks and rings and to overlay the tops of the posts.

29 The people also brought as special offerings 5,310 pounds[g] of bronze, 30 which was used for casting the bases for the posts at the entrance to the Tabernacle, and for the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all the altar utensils. 31 Bronze was also used to make the bases for the posts that supported the curtains around the courtyard, the bases for the curtain at the entrance of the courtyard, and all the tent pegs for the Tabernacle and the courtyard.

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Footnotes

  1. 38:21 Hebrew the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of the Testimony.
  2. 38:24 Hebrew 29 talents and 730 shekels [994 kilograms]. Each shekel weighed about 0.4 ounces or 11 grams.
  3. 38:25 Hebrew 100 talents and 1,775 shekels [3,420 kilograms].
  4. 38:26 Or 0.2 ounces [6 grams].
  5. 38:27 Hebrew 100 talents [3,400 kilograms] of silver, 1 talent [34 kilograms] for each base.
  6. 38:28 Hebrew 1,775 [shekels] [20.2 kilograms].
  7. 38:29 Hebrew 70 talents and 2,400 shekels [2,407 kilograms].
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