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38:20 All <03605> the tent pegs <03489> of the tabernacle <04908> and of the courtyard <02691> all around <05439> were bronze <05178>. 38:21 This <0428> is the inventory <06485> of the tabernacle <04908>, the tabernacle <04908> of the testimony <05715>, which <0834> was counted <06485> by <05921> the order <06310> of Moses <04872>, being the work <05656> of the Levites <03881> under the direction <03027> of Ithamar <0385>, son <01121> of Aaron <0175> the priest <03548>. 38:22 Now Bezalel <01212> son <01121> of Uri <0221>, the son <01121> of Hur <02354>, of the tribe <04294> of Judah <03063>, made <06213> everything <03605> that <0834> the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> Moses <04872>; 38:23 and with <0854> him was Oholiab <0171> son <01121> of Ahisamach <0294>, of the tribe <04294> of Dan <01835>, an artisan <02796>, a designer <02803>, and an embroiderer <07551> in blue <08504>, purple <0713>, and scarlet <08438> yarn <08144> and fine linen <08336>. 38:24 All <03605> the gold <02091> that was used <06213> for the work <04399>, in all <03605> the work <04399> of the sanctuary <06944> (namely <01961>, the gold <02091> of the wave offering <08573>) was twenty-nine <06242> <08672> talents <03603> and 730 <07970> <03967> <07651> shekels <08255>, according to the sanctuary <06944> shekel <08255>. 38:25 The silver <03701> of those who were numbered <06485> of the community <05712> was one hundred <03967> talents <03603> and 1,775 <07657> <02568> <03967> <07651> <0505> shekels <08255>, according to the sanctuary <06944> shekel <08255>, 38:26 one beka <01235> per person <01538>, that is, a half <04276> shekel <08255>, according to the sanctuary <06944> shekel <08255>, for everyone <03605> who crossed <05674> over <05921> to those numbered <06485>, from twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> or older <04605>, 603,550 <02572> <03967> <02568> <0505> <07969> <0505> <03967> <08337> in all. 38:27 The one hundred <03967> talents <03603> of silver <03701> were <01961> used for casting <03332> the bases <0134> of the sanctuary <06944> and the bases <0134> of the special curtain <06532>– one hundred <03967> bases <0134> for one hundred <03967> talents <03603>, one talent <03603> per base <0134>. 38:28 From the remaining 1,775 <07657> <02568> <03967> <07651> <0505> shekels he made <06213> hooks <02053> for the posts <05982>, overlaid <06823> their tops <07218>, and made bands <02836> for them. 38:29 The bronze <05178> of the wave offering <08573> was seventy <07657> talents <03603> and 2,400 <03967> <0702> <0505> shekels <08255>. 38:30 With it he made <06213> the <0853> bases <0134> for the door <06607> of the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>, the <0853> bronze <05178> altar <04196>, the bronze <05178> grating <04345> for it, and all <03605> the utensils <03627> of the altar <04196>, 38:31 the bases <0134> for the courtyard <02691> all around <05439>, the bases <0134> for the gate <08179> of the courtyard <02691>, all <03605> the tent pegs <03489> of the tabernacle <04908>, and all <03605> the tent pegs <03489> of the courtyard <02691> all around <05439>.

• Exo 38:21-31 -- The Materials of the Construction

• Tabernacle

  [ebd] (1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.). (2.) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., "Siccuth"). (3.) The human body (2 Cor. 5:1, 4); a tent, as opposed ...
  [nave] TABERNACLE One existed before Moses received the pattern authorized on Mount Sinai, Ex. 33:7-11. The one instituted by Moses was called Sanctuary, Ex. 25:8; Tabernacle, Ex. 27:21; 33:7; 2 Chr. 5:5; of Testimony, Ex. 38:21; ...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Weights

  [ebd] Reduced to English troy-weight, the Hebrew weights were: (1.) The gerah (Lev. 27:25; Num. 3:47), a Hebrew word, meaning a grain or kernel, and hence a small weight. It was the twentieth part of a shekel, and equal to 12 grai...
  

• Talent

  [ebd] of silver contained 3,000 shekels (Ex. 38:25, 26), and was equal to 94 3/7 lbs. avoirdupois. The Greek talent, however, as in the LXX., was only 82 1/4 lbs. It was in the form of a circular mass, as the Hebrew name kikkar de...
  [nave] TALENT, 1 Kin. 9:14, 28; 10:10, 14. A weight equal to three thousand shekels - about 75 to 125 pounds. Ex. 38:25, 26. In the New Testament, a talent weight is calculated at 58 to 80 lbs. The value would differ according t...
  

• Bronze

  [nave] BRONZE or more probably Copper. Smelted, Ezek. 22:20; Job 28:2. A mineral of Canaan, Deut. 8:9; Josh. 22:8; of Syria, 2 Sam. 8:8. Tyrians traded in, Ezek. 27:13. Abundance of, for the temple, 1 Kin. 7:47; 1 Chr. 22:14. A...
  

• Ithamar

  [isbe] ITHAMAR - ith'-a-mar ('ithamar, "land" or "island of palms": Gesenius; or "father of Tamar," 'i, being perhaps for 'abhi: Cook in Encyclopedia Biblica--though both derivations are uncertain): The 4th son of Aaron (Ex 6:23; 2...
  [smith] (land of palms), the youngest son of Aaron. (Exodus 6:23) (B.C. 1491.) After the death of Nadab and Abihu, (Leviticus 10:1) Eleazar and Ithamar were appointed to succeed to their places in the priestly office. (Exodus 28:1,40...
  [nave] ITHAMAR Son of Aaron, Ex. 6:23; 28:1; 1 Chr. 6:3. Intrusted with moneys of the tabernacle, Ex. 38:21. Charged with duties of the tabernacle, Num. 4:28; 7:8. Forbidden to lament the death of his brothers, Nadab and Abihu, ...
  

• Embroidery

  [isbe] EMBROIDERY - em-broid'-er-i (riqrnah; the King James Version Needlework): Riqmah was applied to any kind of cloth which showed designs in variegated colors. The method of manufacture is unknown. The designs may have been wov...
  [nave] EMBROIDERY In blue and purple and scarlet on the curtains of the tabernacle, Ex. 26:1, 36; 27:16; on the girdle and coat of the high priest, mingled with gold, Ex. 28:4, 39. On the garments of Sisera, Judg. 5:30. On the ga...
  

• Uri

  [isbe] URI - u'-ri, oo'-ri (uri (uwri in 1 Ki 4:19), "fiery," unless the word be contracted for 'uriyah, "Uriah"): (1) Son of Hur, and father of Bezalel (Ex 31:2; 35:30; 38:22; 1 Ch 2:20; 2 Ch 1:5). (2) Father of Geber, one of Solo...
  [smith] (fiery). The father of Bezaleel, one of the architects of the tabernacle. (Exodus 31:2; 35:30; 38:22; 1 Chronicles 2:20; 2 Chronicles 1:5) He was of the tribe of Judah, and grandson of Caleb ben-Hezron. (B.C. 1491.) Th...
  [nave] URI Ex. 31:2; 35:30; 38:22; 1 Kin. 4:19; 1 Chr. 2:20; 2 Chr. 1:5; Ezra 10:24
  

• Ahisamach

  [isbe] AHISAMACH - a-his'-a-mak ('achicamakh, "my brother supports"): A man of the tribe of Dan, father of Oholiab, who was the assistant of Bezalel in the building of the tent of meeting and preparing its furniture (Ex 31:6; 35:34...
  [smith] (brother of help), a Danite, father of Aholiab one of the architects of the tabernacle. (Exodus 31:6; 35:34; 38:23) (B.C. 1490)
  [nave] AHISAMACH, father of Aholiab, Ex. 31:6; 35:34; 38:23.
  

• TABERNACLE, A

  [isbe] TABERNACLE, A - tab'-er-na-k'l ('ohel mo`edh "tent of meeting," mishkan, "dwelling"; skene): A. STRUCTURE AND HISTORY I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Earlier "Tent of Meeting" 2. A Stage in Revelation 3. The Tabernacle Proper II. STRUCTU...
  

• PIN

  [isbe] PIN - (yathedh, from yathadh, "to drive in a peg"(?)): A cylindrical piece of wood or metal (e.g. brass, Ex 27:19) such as that used by weavers in beating up the woof in the loom (Jdg 16:14, where Delilah fastened Samson's h...
  

• WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

  [isbe] WEIGHTS AND MEASURES - wats me'-zhur : The system of weights and measures in use among the Hebrews was derived from Babylonia and Egypt, especially from the former. The influence of these countries upon Palestine has long be...
  

• Aholiab

  [ebd] tent of the father, an artist of the tribe of Dan, appointed to the work of preparing materials for the tabernacle (Ex. 31:6; 35:34; 36:1, 2; 38:23).
  [nave] AHOLIAB, an artificer of the tabernacle, Ex. 31:6; 35:34; 36:1, 2; 38:23.
  

• Hur

  [isbe] HUR - hur (chur): (1) A prominent official in Israel. With Aaron he held up Moses' hands during the battle against the Amalekites (Ex 17:10,12) and assisted him as judicial head of the people during Moses' stay in the mount ...
  [nave] HUR 1. An Israelite who assisted in supporting Moses's hands during battle, Ex. 17:10, 12; 24:14. 2. A son of Caleb, Ex. 31:2; 35:30; 38:22; 1 Chr. 2:19, 20; 2 Chr. 1:5. 3. A king of Midian, Num. 31:8; Josh. 13:21. 4. Cal...
  

• Census

  [ebd] There are five instances of a census of the Jewish people having been taken. (1.) In the fourth month after the Exodus, when the people were encamped at Sinai. The number of men from twenty years old and upward was then 603,...
  [nave] CENSUS Numbering of Israel by Moses, Ex. 38:26; Num. 1; 3:14-43; 26; by David, 2 Sam. 24:1-9; 1 Chr. 21:1-8; 27:24. A poll tax to be levied at each, Ex. 30:12-16; 38:26. of citizens, Isa. 4:3. Of the Roman Empire, by Caes...
  

• Bekah

  [ebd] Both the name and its explanation, "a half shekel," are given in Ex. 38:26. The word properly means a "division," a "part." (R.V., "beka.")
  [nave] BEKAH, a half shekel, about 31 cents, Ex. 38:26.
  

• Bezaleel

  [ebd] in the shadow of God; i.e., "under his protection", the artificer who executed the work of art in connection with the tabernacle in the wilderness (Ex. 31:2; 35:30). He was engaged principally in works of metal, wood, and st...
  [nave] BEZALEEL 1. A divinely inspired mechanic and master workman, who built the tabernacle, Ex. 31:2; 35:30-35; 36:1; 37:1; 38:1-7, 22. 2. Son of Pahath-moab, Ezra 10:30.
  

• NAIL

  [ebd] for fastening. (1.) Hebrew yathed, "piercing," a peg or nail of any material (Ezek. 15:3), more especially a tent-peg (Ex. 27:19; 35:18; 38:20), with one of which Jael (q.v.) pierced the temples of Sisera (Judg. 4:21, 22). T...
  [smith] Of finger. (a) A nail or claw of man or animal. (b) A point or style e.g. for writing; see (Jeremiah 17:1) (a) A nail, (Isaiah 11:7) a stake, (Isaiah 33:20) also a tent-peg. Tent-pegs were usually of wood and of large size; ...
  

• ALTAR

  [smith] The first altar of which we have any account is that built by Noah when he left the ark. (Genesis 8:20) In the early times altars were usually built in certain spots hallowed by religious associations, e.g., where God appeare...
  

• Chapiter

  [ebd] the ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered. (1.) Cothereth (1 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 25:17; 2 Chr. 4:12), meaning a "diadem" or "crown." (2.) Tzepheth (2 Chr. 3:15). (3.) Rosh (Ex. 36:38; 38:...
  

• The Courtyard

  

• How Many of the Children of Israel Entered Canaan?
  The number of adults over twenty years of age who left Egypt is stated in Exodus 12:37, at about six hundred thousand. Allowing the normal proportion of children to such a host we may infer that the total number was probably ...

The Structure of the Tabernacle

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