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.
He also made the altar of holocaust from setim wood: five cubits square, and three in heightthe horns of which proceeded from the corners. And he covered it with layers of brassAnd for its uses, he prepared diverse vessels out of brass: kettles, forceps, little hooks, larger hooks, and receptacles for the fireAnd he made its grating of brass, in the manner of a net, and under it, in the midst of the altar, its basecasting four rings at the four ends of the net in order to set the bars, so as to carry itThese bars he also made of setim wood, and he covered them with layers of brassAnd 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 insideHe also made the washtub of brass, with its base made from the mirrors of the women who kept watch at the door of the tabernacleHe also made the atrium, at the south side of which were hangings of fine twisted linen of one hundred cubits antwenty columns of brass with their bases. The heads of the columns and all of the engraving work were of silverEqually, at the northern area, the hangings, the columns, and the bases and heads of the columns were of the same measure and work and metalYet 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 silverFurthermore, toward the east, he prepared hangings of fifty cubitsof which, there were fifteen cubits, among three columns with their bases, holding up one sideand 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 basesAll the hangings of the atrium were woven from fine twisted linen.The 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 silverAnd 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 atriumNow the columns at the entrance were four, with bases of brass, and their heads and engravings were of silverLikewise, the tent pegs of the tabernacle and the atrium all around he made of brassThese 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 priestwhich Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur from the tribe of Judah, had completed, just as the Lord decreed through MosesHe 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 linenAll 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 SanctuaryNow 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 armsThere were, beyond that, one hundred talents of silver, from which were cast the bases for the Sanctuary and for the entrance where the veil hangsOne hundred bases were made from one hundred talents, a single talent being counted for each baseBut from one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, he made the heads of the columns, which he also clothed with silverLikewise, of brass, there was offered seventy-two thousand talents, and four hundred more shekelsfrom 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 useand 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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