| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood; five cubits was its length and five cubits its width—it was square—and its height was three cubits. | 1Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. |
| 2He made its horns on its four corners; the horns were of one piece with it. And he overlaid it with bronze. | 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. |
| 3He made all the utensils for the altar: the pans, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the firepans; all its utensils he made of bronze. | 3He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans. |
| 4And he made a grate of bronze network for the altar, under its rim, midway from the bottom. | 4He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom. |
| 5He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating, as holders for the poles. | 5At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles. |
| 6And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze. | 6And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. |
| 7Then he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to bear it. He made the altar hollow with boards. | 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. |
| 8He made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. | 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. |
| 9Then he made the court on the south side; the hangings of the court were of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long. | 9Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen, |
| 10There were twenty pillars for them, with twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. | 10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. |
| 11On the north side the hangings were one hundred cubits long, with twenty pillars and their twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were 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. |
| 12And on the west side there were hangings of fifty cubits, with ten pillars and their ten sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were 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. |
| 13For the east side the hangings were fifty cubits. | 13And the east side, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits long. |
| 14The hangings of one side of the gate were fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and their three sockets, | 14The curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases. |
| 15and the same for the other side of the court gate; on this side and that were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets. | 15And the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well. |
| 16All the hangings of the court all around were of fine woven linen. | 16All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen. |
| 17The sockets for the pillars were bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver, and the overlay of their capitals was silver; and all the pillars of the court had bands of silver. | 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. |
| 18The screen for the gate of the court was woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. The length was twenty cubits, and the height along its width was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court. | 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, |
| 19And there were four pillars with their four sockets of bronze; their hooks were silver, and the overlay of their capitals and their bands was silver. | 19with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops. |
| 20All the pegs of the tabernacle, and of the court all around, were bronze. | 20All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze. |
| 21This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was counted according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. | 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. |
| 22Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD had commanded Moses. | 22Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses. |
| 23And with him was Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer, a weaver of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine linen. | 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. |
| 24All the gold that was used in all the work of the holy place, that is, the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. | 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. |
| 25And the silver from those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: | 25The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel— |
| 26a bekah for each man (that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone included in the numbering from twenty years old and above, for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men. | 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. |
| 27And from the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil: one hundred sockets from the hundred talents, one talent for each socket. | 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. |
| 28Then from the one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made bands for them. | 28With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them. |
| 29The offering of bronze was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels. | 29The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels. |
| 30And with it he made the sockets for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils for the altar, | 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, |
| 31the sockets for the court all around, the bases for the court gate, all the pegs for the tabernacle, and all the pegs for the court all around. | 31the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard. |
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