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

The Record of Materials

21 Here is a summary of materials for the Tent of Meeting that was compiled at Moses’ direction, the work of the descendants of Levi under the direction of Aaron the priest’s son Ithamar. 22 Now Uri’s son Bezalel, grandson of Hur from the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord had ordered Moses to build.[a] 23 With him was Ahisamach’s son Oholiab from the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet material, and of fine linen.

24 All the gold that was used in the work, in all the work on the sanctuary, including[b] the gold from the wave offering, totaled[c] 29 talents,[d] 730 shekels,[e] according to the standard used in[f] the sanctuary. 25 The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded[g] totaled[h] 100 talents[i] and 1,775 shekels, according to the standard used in[j] the sanctuary; 26 a beka a head (a beka is half a shekel, according to the standard used in[k] the sanctuary) for everyone who went through the registration[l] process[m] from 20 years old and older. The total numbered 603,550 bekas.

27 One hundred talents[n] of silver were used to cast the sockets for the sanctuary and the sockets for the curtain, 100 sockets for 100 talents,[o] a talent[p] per socket. 28 And with 1,775 talents[q] he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their tops, and made bands for them.

29 The bronze from the wave offering totaled[r] 70 talents[s] and 2,400 shekels. 30 With it he made the sockets for the doorway to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze lattice for it, all the furnishings[t] for the altar, 31 the sockets for all around the court, the sockets for the gate to the court, all the pegs for the sanctuary, and all the pegs for all around the court.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:22 The Heb. lacks to build
  2. Exodus 38:24 Lit. it was
  3. Exodus 38:24 Lit. was
  4. Exodus 38:24 I.e. 2,175 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
  5. Exodus 38:24 3,000 shekels made one talent.
  6. Exodus 38:24 Lit. the shekel of the
  7. Exodus 38:25 Or numbered
  8. Exodus 38:25 Lit. was
  9. Exodus 38:25 I.e. 7,500 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
  10. Exodus 38:25 Lit. the shekel of the
  11. Exodus 38:26 Lit. the shekel of the
  12. Exodus 38:26 Or who were numbered
  13. Exodus 38:26 Lit. who passed over to those who were registered
  14. Exodus 38:27 I.e. 7,500 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
  15. Exodus 38:27 I.e. 7,500 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
  16. Exodus 38:27 I.e. 75 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
  17. Exodus 38:28 The Heb. lacks talents
  18. Exodus 38:29 Lit. was
  19. Exodus 38:29 I.e. 5,250 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
  20. Exodus 38:30 Or utensils