Self-interpreting Bible
Exodus 38
1The altar of burnt offering. 8The laver of brass. 9The court. 21The sum of that which the people offered.
1 AND ahe made the altar of burnt offering of *shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was bfoursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the *fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
- *: fleshhooks-forks used to retrieve meat from a cooking pot.
4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the *compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
- *: compass-rim or ledge.
5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the *staves.
- *: staves-poles, staffs.
6 And he made the *staves of *shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
- *: staves-poles, staffs. , shittim-thorny acacia tree.
7 And he put the *staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to cbear it *withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
8 ¶And he made dthe *laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the 1lookingglasses of the women 2assembling, which eassembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
9 ¶And he made fthe court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
- f: Ex. 27:9 - 19 , Ps. 100:4 , Ps. 89:7
10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their *fillets were of silver.
- *: fillets-ornamental bands.
11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their *fillets of silver.
- *: fillets-ornamental bands.
12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their *fillets of silver.
- *: fillets-ornamental bands.
13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen gcubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their *fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their *chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were *filleted with silver.
- *: fillets-ornamental bands. , chapiters-ornamentation at the tops of columns. , filleted-ornamented with encircling bands.
18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their *chapiters and their *fillets of silver.
- *: chapiters-ornamentation at the tops of columns. , fillets-ornamental bands.
20 And all the hpins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
21 ¶This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of itestimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for jthe service of the Levites, kby the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
22 And lBezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
23 And with him was mAholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of nthe offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after othe shekel of the sanctuary.
25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
26 pA bekah for q3every man, that is, half a shekel, after the rshekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the ssockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the *vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their *chapiters, and *filleted them.
- *: chapiters-ornamentation at the tops of columns. , filleted-ornamented with encircling bands.
29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and tthe brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
- t: Ex. 27:2 - 4
31 And the usockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.