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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Exodus 38 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/38.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/38-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Exodus 38</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/37.htm" title="Exodus 37">◄</a> Exodus 38 <a href="../exodus/39.htm" title="Exodus 39">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/exodus/38.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">The Altar of Burnt Offering</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>They <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or He; also in verses 2-9">a</a></sup></span> built the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, three cubits <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters">b</a></sup></span> high; it was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters long and wide">c</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>They made a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar were of one piece, and they overlaid the altar with bronze. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They made all its utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They made a grating for the altar, a bronze network, to be under its ledge, halfway up the altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They cast bronze rings to hold the poles for the four corners of the bronze grating. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They inserted the poles into the rings so they would be on the sides of the altar for carrying it. They made it hollow, out of boards.</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Basin for Washing</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Courtyard</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Next they made the courtyard. The south side was a hundred cubits <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 150 feet or about 45 meters">d</a></sup></span> long and had curtains of finely twisted linen, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The north side was also a hundred cubits long and had twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The west end was fifty cubits <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters">e</a></sup></span> wide and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The east end, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits wide. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Curtains fifteen cubits <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 22 feet or about 6.8 meters">f</a></sup></span> long were on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and curtains fifteen cubits long were on the other side of the entrance to the courtyard, with three posts and three bases. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>All the curtains around the courtyard were of finely twisted linen. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks and bands on the posts were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver; so all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was made of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer. It was twenty cubits <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters">g</a></sup></span> long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters">h</a></sup></span> high, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks and bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the surrounding courtyard were bronze.</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Materials Used</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law, which were recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>(Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything the <span class="name">Lord</span> commanded Moses; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan—an engraver and designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The total amount of the gold from the wave offering used for all the work on the sanctuary was 29 talents and 730 shekels, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The weight of the gold was a little over a ton or about 1 metric ton.">i</a></sup></span> according to the sanctuary shekel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The silver obtained from those of the community who were counted in the census was 100 talents <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons; also in verse 27">j</a></sup></span> and 1,775 shekels, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 44 pounds or about 20 kilograms; also in verse 28">k</a></sup></span> according to the sanctuary shekel— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>one beka per person, that is, half a shekel, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams">l</a></sup></span> according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more, a total of 603,550 men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The 100 talents of silver were used to cast the bases for the sanctuary and for the curtain—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent for each base. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>They used the 1,775 shekels to make the hooks for the posts, to overlay the tops of the posts, and to make their bands.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The bronze from the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The weight of the bronze was about 2 1/2 tons or about 2.4 metric tons.">m</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>They used it to make the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all its utensils, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/38-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>the bases for the surrounding courtyard and those for its entrance and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and those for the surrounding courtyard.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>He</i>; also in verses 2-9</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters long and wide</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 150 feet or about 45 meters</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 22 feet or about 6.8 meters</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">h</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">i</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotebot">The weight of the gold was a little over a ton or about 1 metric ton.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">j</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons; also in verse 27</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">k</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 44 pounds or about 20 kilograms; also in verse 28</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">l</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">m</span> <span class="fnverse">29</span> <span class="footnotebot">The weight of the bronze was about 2 1/2 tons or about 2.4 metric tons.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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