Exodus 38 Cross References - ISV

¹ The Altar for Burnt OfferingsThen he made the altar for burnt offerings of acacia wood. It was a square, five cubits long and five cubits wide, and it was three cubits high. ² He made horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze. ³ He made all the utensils for the altar—the pans, the shovels, the bowls, the forks, and the fire-pans—and he made all its utensils of bronze. ⁴ He made a lattice, a netting of bronze, for the altar. It was under its ledge, extending halfway up. ⁵ He cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze lattice as holders for the poles. ⁶ He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. ⁷ And he put the poles through rings on the sides of the altar to carry it. He made it hollow, out of boards.
⁸ The Bronze BasinHe made the bronze basin and its bronze base from mirrors contributed by the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
⁹ The Court of the TentThen he made the court. On the south side the hangings for the court were made of fine woven linen, 100 cubits long. ¹⁰ He made their 20 pillars and their 20 sockets of bronze, while the hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver. ¹¹ The north side was 100 cubits long, and its 20 pillars and 20 sockets were made of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver. ¹² For the west side there were hangings 50 cubits long with their ten pillars and ten sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver. ¹³ The east side was 50 cubits long. ¹⁴ The hangings for one section were fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and three sockets, ¹⁵ and also for the second section. On either side of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits long with their three pillars and three sockets. ¹⁶ All the hangings around the court were made of fine woven linen. ¹⁷ The sockets for the pillars were made of bronze and the hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver. Their tops were overlaid with silver, and all the pillars of the court were banded with silver. ¹⁸ The screen of the gate of the court was the work of an embroiderer of blue, purple, and scarlet material, and fine woven linen. The length was 20 cubits and it was five cubits high along its width, corresponding to the hangings of the court. ¹⁹ Their four pillars and their four sockets were made of bronze, and their hooks were made of silver. Their tops were overlaid with silver and their bands were made of silver. ²⁰ All the pegs for the tent and for all around the court were made of bronze.
²¹ The Record of MaterialsHere is a summary of materials for the Tent of Meeting that was compiled at Moses’ direction, the work of the descendants of Levi under the direction of Aaron the priest’s son Ithamar. ²² Now Uri’s son Bezalel, grandson of Hur from the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had ordered Moses to build. ²³ With him was Ahisamach’s son Oholiab from the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet material, and of fine linen.
²⁴ All the gold that was used in the work, in all the work on the sanctuary, including the gold from the wave offering, totaled 29 talents, 730 shekels, according to the standard used in the sanctuary. ²⁵ The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the standard used in the sanctuary; ²⁶ a beka a head (a beka is half a shekel, according to the standard used in the sanctuary) for everyone who went through the registration process from 20 years old and older. The total numbered 603,550 bekas.
²⁷ One hundred talents of silver were used to cast the sockets for the sanctuary and the sockets for the curtain, 100 sockets for 100 talents, a talent per socket. ²⁸ And with 1,775 talents he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their tops, and made bands for them.
²⁹ The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels. ³⁰ With it he made the sockets for the doorway to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze lattice for it, all the furnishings for the altar, ³¹ the sockets for all around the court, the sockets for the gate to the court, all the pegs for the sanctuary, and all the pegs for all around the court.

¹ The Altar“You are to make the altar of acacia wood. It is to be five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar is to be a square, and it is to be three cubits high. ² You are to make horns on its four corners. Its corners are to be of one piece with it, and you are to overlay it with bronze. ³ You are to make pans for removing its ashes, shovels, bowls, forks, and fire-pans for it, and you are to make all its utensils of bronze. ⁴ You are to make a lattice, a netting of bronze for it, and you are to make four bronze rings on the netting at its four corners. ⁵ You are to put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the netting extends halfway up the altar. ⁶ You are to make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you are to overlay them with bronze. ⁷ The poles for it are to be put through the rings, so the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it’s carried. ⁸ You are to make it hollow out of boards—just as it was shown you on the mountain, that’s how they are to make it.”

⁶ You are to put the altar for burnt offerings in front of the doorway of the tent of the Tent of Meeting.

²⁹ He put the altar for burnt offerings at the doorway of the tent of the Tent of Meeting, and offered the burnt offering and the grain offering on it, just as the LORD had commanded him.

¹ Furnishing the Temple
Solomon also constructed a bronze altar 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

¹³ The Altar“Here are the measurements of the altar in cubits that were a cubit and a handbreadth long: its base is a cubit long and a cubit wide, and its border around the edge at one handbreadth is to be the height of the altar. ¹⁴ From the base on the ground to its lower edge is to be two cubits, with its width to be one cubit. From the lesser ledge to the larger edge is to be four cubits. Its width is to be one cubit. ¹⁵ The hearth is to be four cubits high, and four horns are to extend upwards from the hearth. ¹⁶ The hearth is to be twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide; that is, it will be a four-sided square. ¹⁷ It is to have a ledge fourteen cubits long by fourteen cubits wide around the four sides. Its border is to be half a cubit and its base is to be a cubit all around, with its steps facing east.”

³⁷ Everything the Father gives me will come to me, and I’ll never turn away the one who comes to me.

³ For what the Law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did. By sending his own Son in the form of humanity, he condemned sin by being incarnate, ⁴ so that the righteous requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not live according to human nature but according to the Spirit.

¹ Dedicate Your Lives to GodI therefore urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercies, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the reasonable way for you to worship.

¹ The Messiah is Superior to MosesTherefore, holy brothers, partners in a heavenly calling, keep your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.

¹⁴ how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead actions so that we may serve the living God!

⁸ Jesus, the Messiah, is the same yesterday and today—and forever!

¹⁰ We have an altar, and those who serve in the tent have no right to eat at it.

⁵ you, too, as living stones, are building yourselves up into a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, so that you may offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus, the Messiah.

¹⁶ The city was cubic in shape: its length was the same as its width. He measured the city with his rod, and it measured at 12,000 stadia:Its length, width, and height were the same.

² You are to make horns on its four corners. Its corners are to be of one piece with it, and you are to overlay it with bronze.

¹² Am I as strong as a rock? Am I some kind of iron man?

³ You are to make pans for removing its ashes, shovels, bowls, forks, and fire-pans for it, and you are to make all its utensils of bronze.

¹³ The custom of the priests with the people was that whenever a person offered a sacrifice, a servant of the priest would come with a three pronged fork in his hand while the meat was boiling, and

⁴ You are to make a lattice, a netting of bronze for it, and you are to make four bronze rings on the netting at its four corners.

⁶ oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil and for aromatic incense;

³ So I made a chest out of acacia wood and chiseled two tablets of stones just like the first ones. Then I went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.

¹⁵ But the Lord told him, “Go, because he’s my chosen instrument to carry my name to unbelievers, to their kings, and to the descendants of Israel.

²⁴ but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, the Messiah is God’s power and God’s wisdom.

² For while I was with you I resolved to know nothing except Jesus the Messiah, and him crucified.

¹⁸ “You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze base for washing. You are to pace it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, put water in it, ¹⁹ and Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and their feet from it. ²⁰ When they enter the Tent of Meeting or when they approach the altar to minister to make an offering by fire to the LORD, they are to wash with water so they don’t die. ²¹ They are to wash their hands and their feet so that they don’t die, and it is to be for them a perpetual ordinance for Aaron and his seed from generation to generation.”

⁷ You are to put the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it.

³⁰ He put the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing. ³¹ Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet from it. ³² When they entered the Tent of Meeting and approached the altar, they washed, just as the LORD had commanded him.

²² Judgment against Eli’s SonsNow Eli was very old, and he had heard everything that his sons were doing to the Israelis, and how they lay with the women who were serving regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

²³ The Bronze SeaHiram also made a sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in shape and five cubits and 30 cubits in its inner circumference. ²⁴ Under the brim, completely encircling it, were two rows of gourds inlaid as part of the original casting, ten to a cubit. ²⁵ The sea stood on top of twelve oxen. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east. The sea was set on top of them, and their hind parts faced the center. ²⁶ The reservoir, which held about 2,000 baths, stood about a handbreadth thick, and its rim looked like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom.

³⁸ The Other Bronze ImplementsHiram also fashioned ten bronze basins, each holding about 40 baths, each basin measuring four cubits in diameter, with one basin for each stand.

⁶ I wash my hands innocently. I go around your altar, LORD,

³⁴ Blessed is the person who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorways—

¹ At that time, a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for those who live in Jerusalem so they can be cleansed from sin and ceremonial impurity.

⁶⁹ Peter Denies Jesus
Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard when a servant girl came up to him and said, “You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean.”

³⁷ and then as a widow for 84 years. She never left the Temple, but continued to worship there night and day with times of fasting and prayer.

¹⁰ Jesus told him, “Whoever has bathed is entirely clean. He doesn’t need to wash himself further, except for his feet. And you men are clean, though not all of you.”

¹⁶ Peter, however, stood outside the gate. So this other disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the gatekeeper and brought Peter inside.

⁵ A woman who has no other family members to care for her and who is left all alone has placed her hope in God and devotes herself to petitions and prayers night and day.

⁵ ‘Twas not for deeds that we had done, but by his steadfast love alone, he saved us through a second birth, renewed us by the Spirit’s work, ⁶ and poured him out upon us, too, through Jesus the Messiah our Savior true.

¹⁰ since they deal only with food, drink, and various washings, which are required for the body until the time when things would be set right.

⁷ Little children, don’t let anyone deceive you. The person who practices righteousness is righteous, just as the Messiah is righteous.

⁵ and from Jesus the Messiah, the witness, the faithful one, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

⁹ The Court of the Tent“You are to make the court of the tent. On the south side there is to be hangings of fine woven linen for the court, 100 cubits long on one side. ¹⁰ It is to have 20 pillars, with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands are to be made of silver. ¹¹ Likewise for the length of the north side there are to be hangings 100 cubits long, and it is to have 20 pillars with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands are to be made of silver.
¹² “The width of the court on the west side is to have hangings 50 cubits long with ten pillars and ten sockets. ¹³ The width of the court on the east side is to be 50 cubits. ¹⁴ The hangings for the one section are to be fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and three sockets.
¹⁵ “For the second section there are to be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three sockets. ¹⁶ There is to be a screen of 20 cubits of blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen, the work of an embroiderer, for the gate of the court, and it is to have four pillars and four sockets. ¹⁷ All the pillars around the court are to be banded with silver. Their hooks are to be made of silver and their sockets made of bronze. ¹⁸ The length of the court is to be 100 cubits, the width 50 cubits, and the height five cubits, with the hangings of fine woven linen, and the sockets of bronze. ¹⁹ All the utensils of the tent for its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs for the court are to be made of bronze.”

⁸ You are to set up the court all around, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court.

³³ He set up the court all around the tent and the altar, and hung up the screen for the gate of the court. And so Moses finished the work.

³⁶ He constructed the inner court with three rows of precut stone and a row of cedar beams.

² I desire and long for the Temple courts of the LORD. My heart and body sing for joy to the living God.

¹⁰ for a day in your Temple courts is better than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather stand at the entrance of God’s house than live in the tent of wickedness.

⁷ God is feared in the council of the holy ones, revered by all those around him.

¹³ Planted in the LORD’s Temple, they will flourish in the courtyard of our God.

⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. Thank him and bless his name,

¹⁴ The hangings for the one section are to be fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and three sockets.

¹⁴ He constructed the veil from blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, embroidering cherubim on it.

¹⁹ All the utensils of the tent for its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs for the court are to be made of bronze.”

⁹ The gold nails weighed 50 shekels. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

⁸ Though now, for a moment, grace has been shown from the LORD our God, leaving a few survivors to escape, and providing us a secure hold in his Holy Place, so that our God might enlighten us and give us relief from our servitude.

¹¹ Sayings from the wise are like cattle prods and well fastened nails; this masterful collection was given by one shepherd.

²³ I’ll set him like a peg into a secure place; he will become a throne of honor to his father’s house.

²⁰ “Look at Zion, city of our festivals! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed abode, an immovable tent; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor will any of its ropes be broken.

²¹ In union with him the whole building is joined together and rises into a holy sanctuary for the Lord. ²² You, too, are being built in him, along with the others, into a place for God’s Spirit to dwell.

¹⁹ He does not hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, which is nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God enables it.

²³ Then Aaron married Elisheba daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon. She bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

¹⁶ You are to put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.

³³ You are to hang the curtain from the clasps and bring the Ark of the Testimony there inside the curtain. The curtain is to separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

³ You are to put the Ark of the Testimony there, and screen off the ark with the curtain.

⁵⁰ Instead, appoint the descendants of Levi over the Tent of Meeting, all the vessels, and everything in it. They are to carry the tent and all the vessels in it. They are to attend to it and camp around it.

⁵³ But the descendants of Levi are to encamp on all sides of the Tent of Meeting so that divine wrath won’t fall on the congregation of Israel. The descendants of Levi are to take care of the Tent of Meeting.”

²⁸ This is the work of the tribes of Gershon at the Tent of Meeting—their duties under the supervision of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
²⁹ Merarite Responsibilities“For the descendants of Merari, number them according to their tribes and ancestral houses ³⁰ from 30 to 50 years old as you count them, including everyone who can enter service and perform work at the Tent of Meeting. ³¹ This is to be their area of responsibility to carry out with respect to their service at the Tent of Meeting: the board of the tent, its bars, its crossbars, its sockets, ³² the pillars around the courtyard, their sockets, their pegs, their ropes, and all the utensils for all their services. Assign the utensils by name to each person whose responsibility it will be to carry them. ³³ This is the work of the tribes of the descendants of Merari with reference to their service at the Tent of Meeting under the supervision of Aaron the priest’s son Ithamar.”

¹⁵ The Fire Cloud over the TentOn the same morning that the tent was set up, a cloud covered the tent, that is, the Tent of Testimony, and in the evening fire appeared over the tent until morning.

¹¹ Order of Travel in the WildernessOn the twentieth day of the second month in the second year, the cloud was lifted up from the Tent of Meeting,

⁷ Then Moses laid out the rods in the LORD’S presence, inside the Tent of Testimony. ⁸ The next morning, Moses went to the Tent of Testimony and the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had burst into bloom! It sprouted buds, bloomed blossoms, and produced fully ripe almonds!

² Moreover, bring your brothers from your father’s tribe of Levi with you, so they may join you and minister to you while you and your sons with you stand in the presence of the Tent of Testimony.

⁵ Jacob, your tents are so fine, as well as your dwelling places, O Israel!

³ Amram’s descendants included Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Aaron’s sons included Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

⁶ so the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and asked him, “Why haven’t you required the descendants of Levi to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses, the LORD’s servant, and the assembly of Israel for the Tent of Testimony?”

²⁶ I divided among them 650 silver talents, silver utensils weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold, ²⁷ 20 gold basins weighing 1,000 darics each, and two vessels made of polished brass, as valuable as gold.
²⁸ I told them, “You are consecrated to the LORD, and the vessels are also consecrated. The silver and the gold are a freely given offering to the LORD God of your ancestors. ²⁹ Guard and protect them until you disperse them to the chief priests, the descendants of Levi, and to the family leaders of Israel at Jerusalem in the chambers of the Temple of the LORD.”
³⁰ So the priests and descendants of Levi took possession of the silver, the gold, and the vessels in order to bring them to Jerusalem, to the Temple of our God.

⁴ You’ve said, ‘My teaching is flawless; I’m clean in God’s sight.’

²³ “If you return to the Almighty you’ll be restored, as you remove iniquity from your household.

¹ Job Reasons with BildadIn reply, Job responded:

¹ A Davidic Psalm.
Welcomed into God’s Presence LORD, who may stay in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy mountain?

⁴ Then Peter told Jesus, “Lord, it’s good that we’re here! If you want, I’ll set up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

⁴⁴ “Our ancestors had the Tent of Testimony in the wilderness constructed, just as the one who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.

¹ We know that if the earthly tent we live in is torn down, we have a building in heaven that comes from God, an eternal house not built by human hands.

² and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tent set up by the Lord and not by any human.

² For a tent was set up, and in the first part were the lamp stand, the table, and the bread of the Presence. This was called the Holy Place. ³ Behind the second curtain was the part of the tent called the Most Holy Place,

¹¹ The Messiah Has Offered a Superior SacrificeBut when the Messiah came as a high priest of the good things that have come, he went through the greater and more perfect tent that was not made by human hands and that is not a part of this creation.

¹³ Yet I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I am living in this bodily tent,

¹⁹ Then the Temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen inside his Temple. There were flashes of lightning, noises, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

³ I heard a loud voice from the throne say, “See, the tent of God is among humans! He will make his home with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God.

¹ Craftsmen for the TentThe LORD told Moses, ² “Look, I’ve called Uri’s son Bezalel, grandson of Hur from Judah’s tribe ³ and I’ve filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and all kinds of craftsmanship ⁴ to create plans for work in gold, silver, and bronze, ⁵ and for cutting stones to set them, for carving wood, and for doing all kinds of craftsmanship.

³⁰ Craftsmen for Building the TentMoses told the Israelis, “Look, the LORD has called Uri’s son Bezalel, grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah,

⁶ Then I will not be ashamed, since my eyes will be fixed on all of your commands.

⁷ Then the LORD told me, “Don’t say, ‘I’m only a young man,’ for you will go everywhere I send you, and you will speak everything I command you.

²⁰ teaching them to obey everything that I’ve commanded you. And remember, I am with you each and every day until the end of the age.”

⁶ Along with him I’m appointing Ahisamach’s son Oholiab from the tribe of Dan, and I’ve given wisdom to all who are skilled so they can make everything that I’ve commanded you,

³⁴ And he has given both him and Ahisamach’s son Oholiab from the tribe of Dan the ability to teach.

² “Tell the Israelis to take an offering for me, and you are to accept my offering from every person whose heart moves him to give.

²⁴ You are to put all of these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and present them as a wave offering in the LORD’s presence.

¹³ This is what everyone who is registered is to give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel weighs 20 gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD. ¹⁴ All who are registered, 20 years of age and older, are to give a contribution to the LORD.

²⁴ 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the shekel of the sanctuary—and a hin of olive oil.

²² Both the men and women came—all whose hearts prompted them—and brought brooches, earrings, rings, pendants, and all kinds of gold jewelry. Every person presented a wave offering of gold to the LORD.

¹⁵ “When a person commits a truly treacherous act and sins inadvertently concerning the sacred things of the LORD, then he is to bring a trespass offering to the LORD from the flock as compensation for his guilt. It is to be a ram without defect, estimated as to its value in silver shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

³ if your valuation of the vow is for a male from 20 to 60 years old, the valuation is to be 50 shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

²⁵ Every valuation is to be according to the shekel of the sanctuary, evaluated at 20 gerahs to the shekel.

⁴⁷ so collect five shekels for each individual, denominated in shekels of the sanctuary, that is, the shekel that weighs 20 gerahs.

¹⁶ Those that can be redeemed, you are to redeem at the age of one month, based on your estimate—for five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, that is, for 20 gerahs.

¹⁴ At great effort I have provided for the Temple of the LORD 100,000 gold talents, 1,000,000 silver talents, as well as bronze and iron beyond calculation, since there is so much of it. I’ve also provided timber and stone, but you’ll need to obtain more. ¹⁵ You already have plenty of workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and an innumerable group of artisans who are skilled at working in ¹⁶ gold, silver, bronze, and iron. So begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”

² To the extent that I have been able to do so, I have provided supplies for the Temple of my God, including gold for what is to be made of gold, silver for what is to be made of silver, bronze for what is to be made of bronze, iron for what is to be made of iron, wood for what is to be made of wood, and great quantities of onyx, precious stones, antimony, colored stones, all types of other semi-precious stones, and plenty of marble.
³ “In addition to everything that I have supplied for the Temple, it pleases me to provide my own treasure of gold and silver, so because of my love for the Temple of my God I hereby give to the Temple of my God the following: ⁴ 3,000 gold talents imported from Ophir, 7,000 talents of refined silver for gilding the walls of the Temple ⁵ and for all the work to be undertaken by skilled artists, gold for what is to be made of gold, and silver for what is to be made of silver. Who then, will be dedicating the productivity of his own work to the LORD today?”
⁶ So the leaders of the ancestral households presented their voluntary offerings, as did the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s business. ⁷ They presented 5,000 gold talents and 10,000 gold darics for the work of the Temple of God, 10,000 silver talents, 18,000 bronze talents, and 100,000 iron talents.

⁸ “The silver belongs to me, as does the gold,” declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

¹² “When you take a census of the Israelis to register them, each is to give a ransom for himself to the LORD when they’re registered so there won’t be a plague among them when they’re registered.

³⁷ The Exodus BeginsAbout 600,000 Israeli men traveled from Rameses to Succoth on foot, not counting children.

¹³ This is what everyone who is registered is to give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel weighs 20 gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD.

¹⁵ The rich person is not to give more, nor is the poor person to give less than the half shekel, when you give a contribution to the LORD to make atonement for yourselves. ¹⁶ You are to take the atonement money from the Israelis and give it for the service of the Tent of Meeting, and it is to be a memorial for the Israelis in the LORD’s presence to make atonement for yourselves.”

⁴⁶ The total of all those who were numbered was 603,550.

¹⁹ And you are to make 40 silver sockets under the 20 boards: two sockets under the one board for its two pegs and two sockets under the next board for its two pegs.

²¹ and 40 silver sockets for them, two sockets under one board and two sockets under the next board.

²⁵ There is to be eight boards with their sixteen silver sockets, two sockets under one board and two sockets under the next board.

³² You are to hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, which have hooks of gold, and are set on four sockets of silver.

¹⁷ All the pillars around the court are to be banded with silver. Their hooks are to be made of silver and their sockets made of bronze.

³⁷ You are to make five pillars of acacia for the screens and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, and you are to cast five bronze sockets for them.”

¹⁰ It is to have 20 pillars, with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands are to be made of silver.