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Today's Bible Reading :: Exodus 36 - 38 (ESV)

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Exodus 36

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:1 - “Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the LORD has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the LORD has commanded.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:2 - And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the LORD had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3 - And they received from Moses all the contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:4 - so that all the craftsmen who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task that he was doing,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:5 - and said to Moses, “The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the LORD has commanded us to do.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, “Let no man or woman do anything more for the contribution for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:7 - for the material they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more.
(Exo 26:1–37 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - And all the craftsmen among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains. They were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns, with cherubim skillfully worked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9 - The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits,[fn] and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains were the same size.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:10 - He[fn] coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:11 - He made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain of the first set. Likewise he made them on the edge of the outermost curtain of the second set.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:12 - He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set. The loops were opposite one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:13 - And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to the other with clasps. So the tabernacle was a single whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:14 - He also made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:15 - The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains were the same size.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:16 - He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:17 - And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain of the one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other connecting curtain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together that it might be a single whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:19 - And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams’ skins and goatskins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:20 - Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:21 - Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:22 - Each frame had two tenons for fitting together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:23 - The frames for the tabernacle he made thus: twenty frames for the south side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:24 - And he made forty bases of silver under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:25 - For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:26 - and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame and two bases under the next frame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:27 - For the rear of the tabernacle westward he made six frames.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:28 - He made two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:29 - And they were separate beneath but joined at the top, at the first ring. He made two of them this way for the two corners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:30 - There were eight frames with their bases of silver: sixteen bases, under every frame two bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:31 - He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:32 - and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the tabernacle at the rear westward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:33 - And he made the middle bar to run from end to end halfway up the frames.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:34 - And he overlaid the frames with gold, and made their rings of gold for holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - He made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; with cherubim skillfully worked into it he made it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:36 - And for it he made four pillars of acacia and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four bases of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - He also made a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - and its five pillars with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals, and their fillets were of gold, but their five bases were of bronze.
ESV Footnotes
A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
Probably Bezalel (compare 35:30; 37:1)

Exodus 37

Making the Ark

(Exo 25:10–22 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1 - Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits[fn] and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:2 - And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:3 - And he cast for it four rings of gold for its four feet, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:4 - And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:5 - and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6 - And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:7 - And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy seat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:8 - one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:9 - The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.

Making the Table

(Exo 25:23–30 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:10 - He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:11 - And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:12 - And he made a rim around it a handbreadth[fn] wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:13 - He cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:14 - Close to the frame were the rings, as holders for the poles to carry the table.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:15 - He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:16 - And he made the vessels of pure gold that were to be on the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and flagons with which to pour drink offerings.

Making the Lampstand

(Exo 25:31–40 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18 - And there were six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:20 - And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21 - and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:22 - Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole of it was a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:23 - And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its trays of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:24 - He made it and all its utensils out of a talent[fn] of pure gold.

Making the Altar of Incense

(Exo 30:1–5 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:25 - He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:26 - He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he made a molding of gold around it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:27 - and made two rings of gold on it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, as holders for the poles with which to carry it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:28 - And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
(Exo 30:22–38 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.
ESV Footnotes
A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
A handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters
A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

Exodus 38

Making the Altar of Burnt Offering

(Exo 27:1–8 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits[fn] was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits was its height.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:2 - He made horns for it on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its utensils of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - And he made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its ledge, extending halfway down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:5 - He cast four rings on the four corners of the bronze grating as holders for the poles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:6 - He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:7 - And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow, with boards.

Making the Bronze Basin

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Making the Court

(Exo 27:9–19 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - And he made the court. For the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:10 - their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - And for the north side there were hangings of a hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:12 - And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their ten pillars, and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:13 - And for the front to the east, fifty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - And so for the other side. On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:16 - All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. The overlaying of their capitals was also of silver, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the screen for the gate of the court was embroidered with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It was twenty cubits long and five cubits high in its breadth, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - And their pillars were four in number. Their four bases were of bronze, their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were of bronze.

Materials for the Tabernacle

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 - These are the records of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were recorded at the commandment of Moses, the responsibility of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:22 - Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - and with him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer and embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 - All the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels,[fn] by the shekel of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - a beka[fn] a head (that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone who was listed in the records, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,550 men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:27 - The hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent a base.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - And of the 1,775 shekels he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their capitals and made fillets for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The bronze that was offered was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 - with it he made the bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar and the bronze grating for it and all the utensils of the altar,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31 - the bases around the court, and the bases of the gate of the court, all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs around the court.
See the ESV Preface
ESV Footnotes
A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
A beka was about 1/5 ounce or 5.5 grams
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