14 The curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long,[1] with three posts and three bases. 15 And the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well. 16 All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen. 17 The 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.
18 The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long [2] and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,[3] 19 with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops. 20 All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
An Inventory of Materials
(Ezra 2:68–70; Nehemiah 7:70–73)
21 This 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. 22 Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses. 23 With 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.
24 All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels,[4] according to the sanctuary shekel.
25 The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels,[5] according to the sanctuary shekel— 26 a beka per person, that is, half a shekel,[6] 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.
27 The hundred talents of silver [7] 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.
28 With the 1,775 shekels of silver [8] he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.
29 The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.[9] 30 He 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, 31 the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard.
The Ephod
(Exodus 28:6–14)
39 From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
2 Bezalel made [10] the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. 3 They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled
- ↑ 14 15 cubits is approximately 22.5 feet or 6.9 meters.
- ↑ 18 20 cubits is approximately 30 feet or 9.1 meters.
- ↑ 18 5 cubits is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters.
- ↑ 24 The total weight of the gold was approximately 1.1 tons or 1 metric ton.
- ↑ 25 The total weight of the silver was approximately 3.79 tons or 3.44 metric tons.
- ↑ 26 A beka is half a shekel, or approximately 0.2 ounces or 5.7 grams.
- ↑ 27 100 talents is approximately 3.77 tons or 3.42 metric tons of silver.
- ↑ 28 1,775 shekels is approximately 44.6 pounds or 20.2 kilograms of silver.
- ↑ 29 The total weight of the bronze was approximately 2.67 tons or 2.42 metric tons.
- ↑ 2 Literally He made
