38:1-7. The Altar of Burnt Offering.

14th September 1491 B.C. thru 20th March 1490 B.C.

Exodus 38)

1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood: five cubits (8'-9") was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits (5'-3") 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 bronze.
3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the flesh-hooks, and the fire-pans: all the vessels thereof made he of bronze.
4 And he made for the altar a bronze grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of bronze, to be places for the staves.
6 And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze.
7 And he put the staves into the rings on the ribs of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

8. The Laver.

8 And he made the laver of bronze, and the base of it of bronze, of the looking-glasses (= mirrors of polished metal, cp. 2 Cor. 3:18) of the women assembling (= doing service, or worshiping according to Egyptian practice. By using these for the laver this practice was abolished. Cp. Num.4:23, same word, and see Luke 2:37), which assembled at the entrance of the tent of the congregation.

9-20. The Hangings of the Court.

9 And he made the court: on the south region southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits (175'):
10 Their pillars were twenty, and their bronze sockets (see 27:10) twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting rods were of silver.
11 And for the north region the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of bronze twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting rods of silver.
12 And for the west region were hangings of fifty cubits (87 1/2'), their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting of silver.
13 And for the east region eastward fifty cubits.
14 The hangings of the one shoulder of the gate were fifteen cubits (26'-3"); their pillars three, and their sockets three.
15 And for the other shoulder 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. (see 35:23)
17 And the sockets for the pillars were of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were connected with rods of silver.
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 (35') was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits (8'-9"), answerable to the hangings of the court.
19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of bronze four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their connecting rods of silver.
20 And all the pins of the dwelling place of the Lord, and of the court round about, were of bronze.

38:21-39:31. The Service of the Tabernacle.

V  d  38:21. Computation.
    e  38:22,23. Artificers.
   d  38:24-31. Computation.
    e  39:1-31. Garments.

21 This is the sum of the dwelling place, even of the dwelling place of testimony, as it was accounted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.

22 And Bezaleel (cp. 31:27; 35:30-36:7) 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 Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful weaver, 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 the wave offering (see 29:27), was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels (approx. 5,570 lbs.), after the shekel (or weight) of the sanctuary.
25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation (the sanctuary was thus made in part out of the redemption money) was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels (10,388 lbs.), after the shekel of the sanctuary:
26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel (about 1/4 oz.), after the shekel 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 (10,000 lbs) were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent (100 lbs.) for a socket.
28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels (388 lbs.) he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and uniting them with connecting rods.
29 And the bronze of the offering was seventy talents , and two thousand and four hundred shekels (55,520 lbs.).
30 And therewith he made the sockets to the entrance of the tent of the congregation, and the bronze altar, and the bronze grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the dwelling place, and all the pins of the court round about.

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