Exodus 38 - Prayer Tents

Building the Altar of Burnt Offering

38Next Bezalel

used acacia wood to construct the square altar of burnt offering. It was 7 1/2 feet wide, 7 1/2 feet long, and 4 1/2 feet high.H6213H4196H5930H7848H6086H2568H520H753H2568H520H7341H7251H7969H520H69672He made horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar were all one piece. He overlaid the altar with bronze.H6213H7161H702H6438H7161H6823H51783Then he made all the altar utensils of bronze—the ash buckets, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans.H6213H3627H4196H5518H3257H4219H4207H4289H3627H6213H51784Next he made a bronze grating and installed it halfway down the side of the altar, under the ledge.H6213H4196H5178H4345H7568H4639H3749H4295H26775He cast four rings and attached them to the corners of the bronze grating to hold the carrying poles.H3332H702H2885H702H7099H4345H5178H1004H9056He made the poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.H6213H905H7848H6086H6823H51787He inserted the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar. The altar was hollow and was made from planks.H935H905H2885H6763H4196H5375H6213H5014H3871

Building the Washbasin

8Bezalel made the bronze washbasin and its bronze stand from bronze mirrors donated by the women who served at the entrance of the Tabernacle

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Building the Courtyard

9Then Bezalel made the courtyard, which was enclosed with curtains made of finely woven linen. On the south side the curtains were 150 feet long

.H6213H2691H5045H6285H8486H7050H2691H7806H8336H3967H52010They were held up by twenty posts set securely in twenty bronze bases. He hung the curtains with silver hooks and rings.H5982H6242H5178H134H6242H2053H5982H2838H370111He made a similar set of curtains for the north side—150 feet of curtains held up by twenty posts set securely in bronze bases. He hung the curtains with silver hooks and rings.H6828H6285H3967H520H5982H6242H134H5178H6242H2053H5982H2838H370112The curtains on the west end of the courtyard were 75 feet long

, hung with silver hooks and rings and supported by ten posts set into ten bases.H3220H6285H7050H2572H520H5982H6235H134H6235H2053H5982H2838H370113The east end, the front, was also 75 feet long.H6924H6285H4217H2572H52014The courtyard entrance was on the east end, flanked by two curtains. The curtain on the right side was 22 1/2 feet long

and was supported by three posts set into three bases.H7050H3802H2568H6240H520H5982H7969H134H796915The curtain on the left side was also 22 1/2 feet long and was supported by three posts set into three bases.H8145H3802H2691H8179H7050H2568H6240H520H5982H7969H134H796916All the curtains used in the courtyard were made of finely woven linen.H7050H2691H5439H7806H833617Each post had a bronze base, and all the hooks and rings were silver. The tops of the posts of the courtyard were overlaid with silver, and the rings to hold up the curtains were made of silver.H134H5982H5178H2053H5982H2838H3701H6826H7218H3701H5982H2691H2836H370118He made the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard of finely woven linen, and he decorated it with beautiful embroidery in blue, purple, and scarlet thread. It was 30 feet long, and its height was 7 1/2 feet

, just like the curtains of the courtyard walls.H4539H8179H2691H7551H4639H8504H713H8144H8438H7806H8336H6242H520H753H6967H7341H2568H520H5980H7050H269119It was supported by four posts, each set securely in its own bronze base. The tops of the posts were overlaid with silver, and the hooks and rings were also made of silver.H5982H702H134H5178H702H2053H3701H6826H7218H2838H370120All the tent pegs used in the Tabernacle and courtyard were made of bronze.H3489H4908H2691H5439H5178

Inventory of Materials

21This is an inventory of the materials used in building the Tabernacle of the Covenant

. The Levites compiled the figures, as Moses directed, and Ithamar son of Aaron the priest served as recorder.H428H6485H4908H4908H5715H6485H6310H4872H5656H3881H3027H385H1121H175H354822Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.H1212H1121H221H1121H2354H4294H3063H6213H3068H6680H487223He was assisted by Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman expert at engraving, designing, and embroidering with blue, purple, and scarlet thread on fine linen cloth.H171H1121H294H4294H1835H2796H2803H7551H8504H713H8144H8438H833624The people brought special offerings of gold totaling 2,193 pounds

, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. This gold was used throughout the Tabernacle.H2091H6213H4399H4399H6944H2091H8573H6242H8672H3603H7651H3967H7970H8255H8255H694425The whole community of Israel gave 7,545 pounds

of silver, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel.H3701H6485H5712H3967H3603H505H7651H3967H7657H2568H8255H8255H694426This silver came from the tax collected from each man registered in the census. (The tax is one beka, which is half a shekel

, based on the sanctuary shekel.) The tax was collected from 603,550 men who had reached their twentieth birthday.H1235H1538H4276H8255H8255H6944H5674H6485H6242H8141H1121H4605H8337H3967H505H7969H505H2568H3967H257227The hundred bases for the frames of the sanctuary walls and for the posts supporting the inner curtain required 7,500 pounds of silver, about 75 pounds for each base

.H3967H3603H3701H3332H134H6944H134H6532H3967H134H3967H3603H3603H13428The remaining 45 pounds

of silver was used to make the hooks and rings and to overlay the tops of the posts.H505H7651H3967H7657H2568H6213H2053H5982H6823H7218H283629The people also brought as special offerings 5,310 pounds

of bronze,H5178H8573H7657H3603H505H702H3967H825530which was used for casting the bases for the posts at the entrance to the Tabernacle, and for the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all the altar utensils.H6213H134H6607H168H4150H5178H4196H5178H4345H3627H419631Bronze was also used to make the bases for the posts that supported the curtains around the courtyard, the bases for the curtain at the entrance of the courtyard, and all the tent pegs for the Tabernacle and the courtyard.H134H2691H5439H134H2691H8179H3489H4908H3489H2691H5439