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Amounts of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Used

21 These are the records of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which were recorded at the command of[a] Moses, the work of the Levites, in the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 22 And Bezalel the son of Uri the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, did all that Yahweh commanded Moses. 23 And with him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, a skilled craftsman and a designer and an embroiderer with the blue and with the purple and with the crimson yarns and with the linen.

24 And all the gold used for the work, in the work of the sanctuary, it was the gold of the wave offering—twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

25 And the silver recorded from the community was a hundred talents and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. 26 It was a bekah for the individual, the half shekel according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who was counted,[b] from twenty years old[c] and above, for six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. 27 And it was one hundred talents of the silver to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the curtain—one hundred bases for one hundred talents of silver, a talent for each base. 28 And from the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and he overlaid their tops, and he made bands for them.

29 And the bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels. 30 And he made with it the bases of the entrance of the tent of assembly and the bronze altar and the bronze grating that belonged to it and all the equipment 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[d] of the tabernacle and all the pegs[e] of the courtyard all around.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:21 Literally “mouth of”
  2. Exodus 38:26 Literally “all of the going over to the being counted”
  3. Exodus 38:26 Literally “a son of twenty years”
  4. Exodus 38:31 Literally “hands”
  5. Exodus 38:31 Literally “hands”

Inventory of Materials

21 This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony,(A) that was recorded at Moses’s 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 one-fifth of an ounce[d] per man, that is, half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty 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 curtain—one hundred bases from 7,500 pounds, 75 pounds[f] for each base.(D) 28 With the remaining 44 pounds[g] he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.

29 The bronze of the presentation offering totaled 5,310 pounds.[h] 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. 38:21 Lit Levites by the hand of
  2. 38:24 Lit 29 talents and 730 shekels
  3. 38:25 Lit 100 talents and 1,775 shekels
  4. 38:26 Lit a beka
  5. 38:27 Lit 100 talents
  6. 38:27 Lit one talent
  7. 38:28 Lit 1,775 (shekels)
  8. 38:29 Lit 70 talents and 2,400 shekels