Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 For burning offerings, he made an altar out of acacia wood. It was square, 7 1/2 feet long and 7 1/2 feet wide, and it was 4 1/2 feet high.
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He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its width was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.
2 He made the projections at the top of the four corners, so that they formed one piece with the altar. He covered it all with bronze.
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He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.
3 He also made all the equipment for the altar: the pans, the shovels, the bowls, the hooks, and the fire pans. All this equipment was made of bronze.
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He made all the vessels of the altar: the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its vessels of bronze.
4 He made a bronze grating and put it under the rim of the altar, so that it reached halfway up the altar.
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He made for the altar a grating of a network of bronze, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up.
5 He made four carrying rings and put them on the four corners.
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He cast four rings for the four corners of bronze grating, to be places for the poles.
6 He made carrying poles of acacia wood, covered them with bronze,
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He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze.
7 and put them in the rings on each side of the altar. The altar was made of boards and was hollow.
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He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.
8 He made the bronze basin and its bronze base out of the mirrors belonging to the women who served at the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence.
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He made the basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, out of the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
9 For the Tent of the Lord's presence he made the enclosure out of fine linen curtains. On the south side the curtains were 50 yards long,
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He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;
10 supported by twenty bronze posts in twenty bronze bases, with hooks and rods made of silver.
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their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
11 The enclosure was the same on the north side.
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For the north side one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
12 On the west side there were curtains 25 yards long, with ten posts and ten bases and with hooks and rods made of silver.
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For the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
13 On the east side, where the entrance was, the enclosure was also 25 yards wide.
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For the east side eastward fifty cubits,
14 On each side of the entrance there were 7 1/2 yards of curtains, with three posts and three bases.
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the hangings for the one side were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;
16 All the curtains around the enclosure were made of fine linen.
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All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen.
17 The bases for the posts were made of bronze, and the hooks, the rods, and the covering of the tops of the posts were made of silver. All the posts around the enclosure were connected with silver rods.
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The sockets for the pillars were of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. Their capitals were overlaid with silver. All the pillars of the court had silver bands.
18 The curtain for the entrance of the enclosure was made of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and decorated with embroidery. It was 10 yards long and 2 1/2 yards high, like the curtains of the enclosure.
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The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height along the width was five cubits, like the hangings of the court.
19 It was supported by four posts in four bronze bases. Their hooks, the covering of their tops, and their rods were made of silver.
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Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of bronze; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver.
20 All the pegs for the Tent and for the surrounding enclosure were made of bronze.
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All the pins of the tabernacle, and around the court, were of bronze.
21 Here is a list of the amounts of the metals used in the Tent of the Lord's presence, where the two stone tablets were kept on which the Ten Commandments were written. The list was ordered by Moses and made by the Levites who worked under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
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These are the amounts of materials used for the tabernacle, even the Tabernacle of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
22 Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur from the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord had commanded.
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Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
23 His helper, Oholiab son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, was an engraver, a designer, and a weaver of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool.
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With him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen.
24 All the gold that had been dedicated to the Lord for the sacred Tent weighed 2,195 pounds, weighed according to the official standard.
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All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
25 The silver from the census of the community weighed 7,550 pounds, weighed according to the official standard.
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The silver of those who were counted of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary:
26 This amount equaled the total paid by all persons enrolled in the census, each one paying the required amount, weighed according to the official standard. There were 603,550 men twenty years old or older enrolled in the census.
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a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.
27 Of the silver, 7,500 pounds were used to make the hundred bases for the sacred Tent and for the curtain, 75 pounds for each base.
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The one hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil: one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, one talent per socket.
28 With the remaining 50 pounds of silver Bezalel made the rods, the hooks for the posts, and the covering for their tops.
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From the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.
29 The bronze which was dedicated to the Lord amounted to 5,310 pounds.
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The bronze of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.
30 With it he made the bases for the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence, the bronze altar with its bronze grating, all the equipment for the altar,
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With this he made the sockets to the door of the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, all the vessels of the altar,
31 the bases for the surrounding enclosure and for the entrance of the enclosure, and all the pegs for the Tent and the surrounding enclosure.
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the sockets around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court, all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins around the court.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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