Exodus 38
The altar of holocaust was made from setim wood, covered in brass, and had various vessels and a grating made of brass. The washtub was made from the mirrors of the women who kept watch at the tabernacle, and the atrium had hangings of fine twisted linen, columns of brass, and bases and heads of silver. The columns of the atrium were overlaid with silver, and the entrance had a hanging wrought with embroidery. The instruments of the tabernacle were enumerated according to Moses' instruction, and the materials used, including gold, silver, and brass, were accounted for.
1He also made the altar of holocaust from setim wood: five cubits square, and three in height2the horns of which proceeded from the corners. And he covered it with layers of brass3And for its uses, he prepared diverse vessels out of brass: kettles, forceps, little hooks, larger hooks, and receptacles for the fire4And he made its grating of brass, in the manner of a net, and under it, in the midst of the altar, its base5casting four rings at the four ends of the net in order to set the bars, so as to carry it6These bars he also made of setim wood, and he covered them with layers of brass7And he drew them through the rings, which projected from the sides of the altar. But the altar itself was not solid, but hollow, made from panels and empty inside8He also made the washtub of brass, with its base made from the mirrors of the women who kept watch at the door of the tabernacle9He also made the atrium, at the south side of which were hangings of fine twisted linen of one hundred cubits an10twenty columns of brass with their bases. The heads of the columns and all of the engraving work were of silver11Equally, at the northern area, the hangings, the columns, and the bases and heads of the columns were of the same measure and work and metal12Yet truly, on that side which looks out toward the west, there were hangings of fifty cubits, and ten columns with their bases of brass. And the heads of the columns and all of the engraving work were of silver13Furthermore, toward the east, he prepared hangings of fifty cubits14of which, there were fifteen cubits, among three columns with their bases, holding up one side15and on the other side, (for between the two he made the entrance of the tabernacle) there were equally hangings of fifteen cubits, and three pillars, and the same number of bases16All the hangings of the atrium were woven from fine twisted linen.17The bases of the columns were of brass, but their heads with all of their engravings were of silver. Now he also overlaid the columns of the atrium themselves with silver18And he made, at its entrance, a hanging, wrought with embroidery, of hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine twisted linen, which held twenty cubits in length, yet truly it was five cubits in height, as with the measure of all the hangings of the atrium19Now the columns at the entrance were four, with bases of brass, and their heads and engravings were of silver20Likewise, the tent pegs of the tabernacle and the atrium all around he made of brass21These are the instruments of the tabernacle of the testimony, which were enumerated according to the instruction of Moses, with the ceremonies of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest22which Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur from the tribe of Judah, had completed, just as the Lord decreed through Moses23He was joined by his associate, Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, who himself was also an exceptional artisan of wood, and of weaving, as well as of embroidery, with hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine linen24All of the gold that was expended in the work of the Sanctuary, and that was offered in donation, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred thirty shekels, according to the measure of the Sanctuary25Now it was offered by those who were past the numbering of twenty years and above: from six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men able to bear arms26There were, beyond that, one hundred talents of silver, from which were cast the bases for the Sanctuary and for the entrance where the veil hangs27One hundred bases were made from one hundred talents, a single talent being counted for each base28But from one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, he made the heads of the columns, which he also clothed with silver29Likewise, of brass, there was offered seventy-two thousand talents, and four hundred more shekels30from which were cast the bases at the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and the altar of brass with its grating, and the vessels which pertain to its use31and the bases of the atrium, as much at the circumference as at its entrance, and the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the atrium all round
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