Materials for the Tabernacle

21 These are the records of the tabernacle, (A)the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were recorded at the commandment of Moses, the responsibility of the Levites (B)under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 22 (C)Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses; 23 and with him was (D)Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer and embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.

24 All the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels,[a] by (E)the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary: 26 a (F)beka[b] a head (that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone who was listed in the records, from twenty years old and upward, for (G)603,550 men. 27 The hundred talents of silver were for casting the (H)bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent a base. 28 And of the 1,775 shekels he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their capitals and made fillets for them. 29 The bronze that was offered was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels; 30 with it he made the (I)bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting, (J)the bronze altar and the bronze grating for it and all the utensils of the altar, 31 the (K)bases around the court, and the (L)bases of the gate of the court, all the (M)pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs around the court.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:24 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  2. Exodus 38:26 A beka was about 1/5 ounce or 5.5 grams

Inventory of Materials

21 This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony,(A) that was recorded at Moses’ command. It was the work of the Levites under the direction of[a] Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.(B) 22 Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord commanded Moses. 23 With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a gem cutter, a designer, and an embroiderer with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.

24 All the gold of the presentation offering that was used for the project in all the work on the sanctuary, was 2,193 pounds,[b] according to the sanctuary shekel.(C) 25 The silver from those of the community who were registered was 7,544 pounds,[c] according to the sanctuary shekel— 26 2⁄5 of an ounce[d] per man, that is, half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone 20 years old or more who had crossed over to the registered group, 603,550 men. 27 There were 7,500 pounds[e] of silver used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from 7,500 pounds,[f] 75 pounds[g] for each base.(D) 28 With the remaining 44 pounds[h] he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands[i] for them.

29 The bronze of the presentation offering totaled 5,310 pounds.[j] 30 He made with it the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grate, all the utensils for the altar, 31 the bases for the surrounding courtyard, the bases for the gate of the courtyard, all the tent pegs for the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs for the surrounding courtyard.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:21 Lit Levites by the hand of
  2. Exodus 38:24 Lit 29 talents and 730 shekels
  3. Exodus 38:25 Lit 100 talents and 1,775 shekels
  4. Exodus 38:26 Lit a beka
  5. Exodus 38:27 Lit 100 talents
  6. Exodus 38:27 Lit 100 talents
  7. Exodus 38:27 Lit one talent
  8. Exodus 38:28 Lit 1,775 (shekels)
  9. Exodus 38:28 Or connecting rods
  10. Exodus 38:29 Lit 70 talents and 2,400 shekels