Exodus 37-38

New American Standard Bible

Construction Continues

37 ^(A)Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was ^[a]two and a half cubits, its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits; ² and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around. ³ He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet; two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the ^[b]other side of it. ⁴ And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. ⁵ He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry ^[c]it. ⁶ He also made ^[d]an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits ^[e]long and one and a half cubits ^[f]wide. ⁷ And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work ^[g]at the two ends of the atoning cover: ⁸ one cherub ^[h]at the one end and one cherub ^[i]at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the atoning cover ^[j]at the two ends. ⁹ And the cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the atoning cover.

^10 (B)Then he made the table of acacia wood, ^[k]two cubits ^[l]long, a cubit ^[m]wide, and one and a half cubits ^[n]high. ¹¹ He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around. ¹² And he made a rim for it of a ^[o]hand width all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around. ¹³ He also cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four legs. ¹⁴ Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table. ¹⁵ And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. ¹⁶ He also made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes, its pans, its libation bowls, and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold.

^17 (C)Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its ^[p]bulbs, and its flowers were of one piece with it. ¹⁸ There were six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand from the one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the ^[q]other side of it; ¹⁹ three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ^[r]bulb and a flower on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a ^[s]bulb and a flower on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. ²⁰ And on the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its ^[t]bulbs and its flowers; ²¹ and a ^[u]bulb was under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a ^[v]bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a ^[w]bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. ²² Their ^[x]bulbs and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was a single hammered work of pure gold. ²³ And he made its seven lamps with its tongs and its trays of pure gold. ²⁴ He made it and all its utensils from a ^[y]talent of pure gold.

^25 (D)Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit ^[z]long and a cubit ^[aa]wide, square, and two cubits ^[ab]high; its horns were of one piece with it. ²⁶ And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its ^[ac]sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around. ²⁷ He also made two golden rings for it under its molding, on its two sides—on opposite sides—as holders for poles with which to carry it. ²⁸ And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. ^29 (E)Then he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.

The Tabernacle Completed

38 ^(F)Then he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, ^[ad]five cubits ^[ae]long, and five cubits ^[af]wide, square, and three cubits ^[ag]high. ² And he made its horns on its four corners, its horns ^[ah]being of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with ^[ai]bronze. ³ He also made all the utensils of the altar, the pails, the shovels, the basins, the meat-forks, and the firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze. ⁴ And he made for the altar a grating of bronze netting beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway up. ⁵ He also cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze grating as holders for the poles. ⁶ He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. ⁷ Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.

^8 (G)Moreover, he made the basin of bronze with its base of bronze, ^[aj]from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

^9 (H)Then he made the courtyard: ^[ak]for the south side the hangings of the courtyard were of fine twisted linen, a hundred cubits; ¹⁰ their twenty pillars, and their twenty bases, were made of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their ^[al]bands were of silver. ¹¹ For the north side there were a hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their ^[am]bands were of silver. ¹² For the west side there were hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their ^[an]bands were of silver. ¹³ For the ^[ao]east side, fifty cubits. ¹⁴ The hangings for the one ^[ap]side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases, ¹⁵ and so for the ^[aq]other ^[ar]side. ^[as]On both sides of the gate of the courtyard were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases. ¹⁶ All the hangings of the courtyard all around were of fine twisted linen. ¹⁷ And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their ^[at]bands, of silver; and the overlaying of their tops, of silver, and all the pillars of the courtyard were furnished with silver ^[au]bands. ¹⁸ Now the curtain of the gate of the courtyard was the work of the ^[av]weaver, of ^[aw]violet, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. And the length was twenty cubits and the ^[ax]height was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the courtyard. ¹⁹ Their four pillars and their four bases were of bronze; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their ^[ay]bands were of silver. ²⁰ All the pegs of the ^[az]tabernacle and of the courtyard all around were of bronze.

The Cost of the Tabernacle

^21 [ba]This is the number of the things for the ^[bb]tabernacle, the ^[bc]tabernacle of the testimony, as they were ^[bd]counted according to the ^[be]command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ²² Now ^(I)Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord had commanded Moses. ²³ With him was ^(J)Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skilled embroiderer, and a ^[bf]weaver in violet, in purple, and in scarlet material, and fine linen.

²⁴ All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, ^[bg]which was the gold of the wave offering, was twenty-nine ^[bh]talents and 730 ^[bi]shekels, according to ^(K)the shekel of the sanctuary. ²⁵ And ^(L)the silver of those of the congregation who were ^[bj]counted was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; ^26 (M)a beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), assessed to each one who passed over to those who were ^[bk]counted, from twenty years old and upward, for ^(N)603,550 men. ²⁷ The hundred talents of silver were used for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent for a base. ²⁸ And of the 1,775 shekels, he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their tops and made ^[bl]bands for them. ²⁹ And the bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels. ³⁰ With it he made the bases to the doorway of the tent of meeting, and the bronze altar and its bronze grating, and all the utensils 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 of the ^[bm]tabernacle and all the pegs of the courtyard all around.