| Berean Study Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. | 1He made the altar for the burnt offering of acacia wood seven feet six inches long and seven feet six inches wide--it was square--and its height was four feet six inches. |
| 2He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze. | 2He made its horns on its four corners; its horns were part of it, and he overlaid it with bronze. |
| 3He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans. | 3He made all the utensils of the altar--the pots, the shovels, the tossing bowls, the meat hooks, and the fire pans--he made all its utensils of bronze. |
| 4He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom. | 4He made a grating for the altar, a network of bronze under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom. |
| 5At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles. | 5He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating, to provide places for the poles. |
| 6And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. | 6He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. |
| 7Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow. | 7He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made the altar hollow, out of boards. |
| 8Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. | 8He made the large basin of bronze and its pedestal of bronze from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting. |
| 9Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen, | 9He made the courtyard. For the south side the hangings of the courtyard were of fine twisted linen, one hundred fifty feet long, |
| 10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. | 10with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver. |
| 11The north side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver. | 11For the north side the hangings were one hundred fifty feet, with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver. |
| 12The west side was fifty cubits long and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver. | 12For the west side there were hangings seventy-five feet long, with their ten posts and their ten bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver. |
| 13And the east side, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits long. | 13For the east side, toward the sunrise, it was seventy-five feet wide, |
| 14The curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases. | 14with hangings on one side of the gate that were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases, |
| 15And the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well. | 15and for the second side of the gate of the courtyard, just like the other, the hangings were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases. |
| 16All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen. | 16All the hangings around the courtyard were of fine twisted linen. |
| 17The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver. | 17The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks of the posts and their bands were silver, their tops were overlaid with silver, and all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands. |
| 18The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high, | 18The curtain for the gate of the courtyard was of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. It was thirty feet long, and like the hangings in the courtyard, it was seven and a half feet high, |
| 19with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops. | 19with four posts and their four bronze bases. Their hooks and their bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver. |
| 20All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze. | 20All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the courtyard all around were bronze. |
| 21This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. | 21This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which was counted by the order of Moses, being the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. |
| 22Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses. | 22Now Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses; |
| 23With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen. | 23and with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an artisan, a designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen. |
| 24All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. | 24All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary (namely, the gold of the wave offering) was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. |
| 25The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel— | 25The silver of those who were numbered of the community was one hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel, |
| 26a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men. | 26one beka per person, that is, a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who crossed over to those numbered, from twenty years old or older, 603,550 in all. |
| 27The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base. | 27The one hundred talents of silver were used for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the special curtain--one hundred bases for one hundred talents, one talent per base. |
| 28With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them. | 28From the remaining 1,775 shekels he made hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and made bands for them. |
| 29The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels. | 29The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels. |
| 30He used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grating, all the utensils for the altar, | 30With it he made the bases for the door of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils of the altar, |
| 31the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard. | 31the bases for the courtyard all around, the bases for the gate of the courtyard, all the tent pegs of the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs of the courtyard all around. |
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