¹He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood . It was square . Its length was five cubits , its width was five cubits , and its height was three cubits .[#38:1 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.]

²He made its horns on its four corners . Its horns were of one piece with it , and he overlaid it with bronze .

³He made all the vessels of the altar : the pots , the shovels , the basins , the forks , and the fire pans . He made all its vessels of bronze .

⁴He made for the altar a grating of a network of bronze , under the ledge around it beneath , reaching halfway up .

⁵He cast four rings for the four corners of bronze grating , to be places for the poles.

⁶He made the poles of acacia wood , and overlaid them with bronze .

⁷He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar , with which to carry it . He made it hollow with planks .

⁸He made the basin of bronze , and its base of bronze , out of the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the Tent of Meeting .

⁹He made the court : for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen , one hundred cubits;

¹⁰their pillars were twenty , and their sockets twenty , of bronze ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver .

¹¹For the north side one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty , and their sockets twenty , of bronze ; the hooks of the pillars , and their fillets , of silver .

¹²For the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten , and their sockets ten ; the hooks of the pillars , and their fillets , of silver .

¹³For the east side eastward fifty cubits,

¹⁴the hangings for the one side were fifteen cubits ; their pillars three , and their sockets three ;

¹⁵and so for the other side : on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits ; their pillars three , and their sockets three .

¹⁶All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen .

¹⁷The sockets for the pillars were of bronze . The hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver . Their capitals were overlaid with silver . All the pillars of the court had silver bands .

¹⁸The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer , of blue , purple , scarlet , and fine twined linen . Twenty cubits was the length , and the height along the width was five cubits , like the hangings of the court .

¹⁹Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of bronze ; their hooks of silver , and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets , of silver .

²⁰All the pins of the tabernacle , and around the court , were of bronze .

²¹These are the amounts of materials used for the tabernacle , even the Tabernacle of the Testimony , as they were counted , according to the commandment of Moses , for the service of the Levites , by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest .

²²Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur , of the tribe of Judah , made all that the LORD commanded Moses .

²³With him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan , an engraver , and a skilful workman , and an embroiderer in blue , in purple , in scarlet , and in fine linen .

²⁴All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary , even the gold of the offering , was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary .[#38:24 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces.; #38:24 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces.]

²⁵The silver of those who were counted of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand and seven hundred and seventy-five shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary :[#38:25 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds; #38:25 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.]

²⁶a beka a head , that is , half a shekel , according to the shekel of the sanctuary , for everyone who passed over to those who were counted , from twenty years old and upward , for six hundred and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men .[#38:26 a beka is about 5 grams or about 0.175 ounces; #38:26 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.]

²⁷The one hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil : one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents , one talent per socket.[#38:27 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.]

²⁸From the one thousand and seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars , overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them .[#38:28 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1775 shekels is about 17.75 kilograms or about 39 pounds.]

²⁹The bronze of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels .[#38:29 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds; #38:29 70 talents + 2400 shekels is about 2124 kilograms, or 2.124 metric tonnes.]

³⁰With this he made the sockets to the door of the Tent of Meeting , the bronze altar , the bronze grating for it , all the vessels of the altar ,

³¹the sockets around the court , the sockets of the gate of the court , all the pins of the tabernacle , and all the pins around the court .