Moses Inspects the Tabernacle(A)

32 So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.(B) 33 Then they brought the tabernacle(C) to Moses: the tent and all its furnishings, its clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; 34 the covering of ram skins dyed red and the covering of another durable leather[a] and the shielding curtain; 35 the ark of the covenant law(D) with its poles and the atonement cover; 36 the table(E) with all its articles and the bread of the Presence;(F) 37 the pure gold lampstand(G) with its row of lamps and all its accessories,(H) and the olive oil(I) for the light; 38 the gold altar,(J) the anointing oil,(K) the fragrant incense,(L) and the curtain(M) for the entrance to the tent; 39 the bronze altar(N) with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the basin(O) with its stand; 40 the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;(P) the ropes and tent pegs for the courtyard; all the furnishings for the tabernacle, the tent of meeting; 41 and the woven garments(Q) worn for ministering in the sanctuary, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when serving as priests.

42 The Israelites had done all the work just as the Lord had commanded Moses.(R) 43 Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done it just as the Lord had commanded.(S) So Moses blessed(T) them.

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  1. Exodus 39:34 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals

32 So all the work of the [a]tabernacle of the tent of meeting was completed; and the sons of Israel did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses; so they did. 33 Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its [b]furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; 34 and the covering of rams’ skins [c]dyed red, and the covering of [d]fine leather, and the covering curtain; 35 the ark of the testimony, its poles, and the [e]atoning cover; 36 the table, all its utensils, and the bread of the [f]Presence; 37 the pure gold lampstand, [g]with its arrangement of lamps and all its utensils, and the oil for the light; 38 and the gold altar, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the doorway of the tent; 39 the [h]bronze altar and its [i]bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils, the basin and its stand; 40 the hangings for the courtyard, its pillars and its bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and its pegs, and all the [j]equipment for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; 41 the woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to serve as priests. 42 So the sons of Israel did all the work according to everything that the Lord had commanded Moses. 43 And Moses [k]examined all the work, and behold, they had done it; just as the Lord had commanded, this they had done. So Moses (A)blessed them.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 39:32 Lit dwelling place
  2. Exodus 39:33 Or utensils
  3. Exodus 39:34 Or tanned
  4. Exodus 39:34 Meaning of the Heb uncertain
  5. Exodus 39:35 Also called mercy seat; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
  6. Exodus 39:36 Lit Face
  7. Exodus 39:37 Lit its lamps, the lamps set in order
  8. Exodus 39:39 Or copper
  9. Exodus 39:39 Or copper
  10. Exodus 39:40 Or utensils
  11. Exodus 39:43 Lit saw