He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits
was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and
three cubits was its height. He made horns for it on its four
corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it
with bronze. And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots,
the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all
its utensils of bronze. And he made for the altar a grating, a
network of bronze, under its ledge, extending halfway down. He cast
four rings on the four corners of the bronze grating as holders for
the poles. He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with
bronze. And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the
altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow, with boards.
He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the
mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of
the tent of meeting.
And he made the court. For the south side the hangings of the
court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; their twenty
pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the
pillars and their fillets were of silver. And for the north side
there were hangings of a hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and
their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and
their fillets were of silver. And for the west side were hangings
of fifty cubits, their ten pillars, and their ten bases; the hooks
of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. And for the front
to the east, fifty cubits. The hangings for one side of the gate
were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. And
so for the other side. On both sides of the gate of the court were
hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their
three bases. All the hangings around the court were of fine twined
linen. And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, but the hooks
of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. The overlaying of
their capitals was also of silver, and all the pillars of the court
were filleted with silver. And the screen for the gate of the court
was embroidered with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet
yarns and fine twined linen. It was twenty cubits long and five
cubits high in its breadth, corresponding to the hangings of the
court. And their pillars were four in number. Their four bases were
of bronze, their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their
capitals and their fillets of silver. And all the pegs for the
tabernacle and for the court all around were of bronze.
These are the records of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the
testimony, as they were recorded at the commandment of Moses, the
responsibility of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar the
son of Aaron the priest. Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the
tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses; and with
him was 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.
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, by the shekel of the sanctuary. The silver
from those of the congregation who were recorded was a hundred
talents and 1,775 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary: a beka 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 603,550 men. The hundred talents of silver were for
casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a
hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent a base. And of the
1,775 shekels he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their
capitals and made fillets for them. The bronze that was offered was
seventy talents and 2,400 shekels; with it he made the bases for
the entrance of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar and the
bronze grating for it and all the utensils of the altar, the bases
around the court, and the bases of the gate of the court, all the
pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs around the court.
