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Making the Altar of Burnt Offering

^1 (C1)Then he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five ^(F1)cubits ^(F2)long, and five cubits ^(F3)wide, square, and three cubits ^(F4)high.² He made its horns on its four corners, its horns ^(F1)being of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with ^(F2)bronze.³ He made all the utensils of the altar, the pots and the shovels and the bowls, the flesh hooks and the firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze.⁴ He made for the altar a grating of a network of bronze beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway down.⁵ He 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 He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.

Making the Laver of Bronze

^8 (C1)Moreover, he made the laver of bronze with its base of bronze, ^(F1)from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Making the Court

^9 (C1)Then he made the court: ^(F1)for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, ^(F2)one hundred cubits;¹⁰ their twenty pillars, and their twenty bases, made of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their ^(F1)bands were of silver.¹¹ For the north side there were one hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.¹² For the west side there were hangings of ^(F1)fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.¹³ For the east side toward the sunrise fifty cubits.¹⁴ The hangings for the one ^(F1)side of the gate were ^(F2)fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases,¹⁵ and so for the ^(F1)other ^(F2)side. ^(F3)On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases.¹⁶ All the hangings of the court all around were of fine twisted linen.¹⁷ The bases for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver; and the overlaying of their tops were of silver, and all the pillars of the court were furnished with silver bands.¹⁸ The screen of the gate of the court was the work of the ^(F1)weaver, of ^(F2)blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. And the length was ^(F3)twenty cubits and the ^(F4)height was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.¹⁹ Their four pillars and their four bases were of bronze; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their bands were of silver.²⁰ All the pegs of the ^(F1)tabernacle and of the court all around were of bronze.

The Things Numbered for the Tabernacle

²¹ These are the things numbered for the ^(F1)tabernacle, the ^(F1)tabernacle of the testimony, as they were ^(F2)numbered according to the ^(F3)command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.²² Now ^(C1)Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh had commanded Moses.²³ With him was ^(C1)Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman and a skillful designer and a ^(F1)weaver in ^(F2)blue and 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, even the gold of the wave offering, was ^(F1)29 talents and ^(F2)730 shekels, according to ^(C1)the shekel of the sanctuary.^25 (C1)The silver of those of the congregation who were ^(F1)numbered was ^(F2)100 talents and ^(F3)1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;^26 (C1)a beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for each one who passed over to those who were ^(F1)numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for ^(C2)603,550 men.²⁷ One hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; one hundred bases for one hundred talents, a talent for a base.²⁸ Of the 1,775 shekels, he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their tops and made bands for them.²⁹ The bronze of the wave offering was 70 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 court all around and the bases of the gate of the court, and all the pegs of the ^(F1)tabernacle and all the pegs of the court all around.