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Text -- Exodus 38:10-31 (NET)
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38:10 with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases , with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver .
38:11 For the north side the hangings were one hundred fifty feet , with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases , with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver .
38:12 For the west side there were hangings seventy-five feet long, with their ten posts and their ten bases , with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver .
38:13 For the east side , toward the sunrise , it was seventy-five feet wide,
38:14 with hangings on one side of the gate that were twenty-two and a half feet long , with their three posts and their three bases ,
38:15 and for the second side of the gate of the courtyard , just like the other , the hangings were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases .
38:16 All the hangings around the courtyard were of fine twisted linen .
38:17 The bases for the posts were bronze . The hooks of the posts and their bands were silver , their tops were overlaid with silver , and all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands .
38:18 The curtain for the gate of the courtyard was of blue , purple , and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen , the work of an embroiderer . It was thirty feet long , and like the hangings in the courtyard , it was seven and a half feet high ,
38:19 with four posts and their four bronze bases . Their hooks and their bands were silver , and their tops were overlaid with silver .
38:20 All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the courtyard all around were bronze .
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38:21 This is the inventory of the tabernacle , the tabernacle of the testimony , which was counted by the order of Moses , being the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar , son of Aaron the priest .
38:22 Now Bezalel son of Uri , the son of Hur , of the tribe of Judah , made everything that the Lord had commanded Moses ;
38:23 and with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach , of the tribe of Dan , an artisan , a designer , and an embroiderer in blue , purple , and scarlet yarn and fine linen .
38:24 All the gold that was used for the work , in all the work of the sanctuary (namely , the gold of the wave offering ) was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels , according to the sanctuary shekel .
38:25 The silver of those who were numbered of the community was one hundred talents and 1,775 shekels , according to the sanctuary shekel ,
38:26 one beka per person , that is, a half shekel , according to the sanctuary shekel , for everyone who crossed over to those numbered , from twenty years old or older , 603,550 in all.
38:27 The one hundred talents of silver were used for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the special curtain – one hundred bases for one hundred talents , one talent per base .
38:28 From the remaining 1,775 shekels he made hooks for the posts , overlaid their tops , and made bands for them.
38:29 The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels .
38:30 With it he made the bases for the door of the tent of meeting , the bronze altar , the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils of the altar ,
38:31 the bases for the courtyard all around , the bases for the gate of the courtyard , all the tent pegs of the tabernacle , and all the tent pegs of the courtyard all around .
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NET Notes: Exo 38:10 While this verse could be translated as an independent sentence, it is probably to be subordinated as a circumstantial clause in line with Exod 27:10-...
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NET Notes: Exo 38:12 The text simply has “their posts ten and their bases ten”; this may be added here as a circumstantial clause with the main sentence in ord...
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NET Notes: Exo 38:14 The word literally means “shoulder.” The next words, “of the gate,” have been supplied here. The east end contained the courty...
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NET Notes: Exo 38:15 Heb “from this and from this” (cf, 17:12; 25:19; 26:13; 32:15; Josh 8:22, 33; 1 Kgs 10:19-20; Ezek 45:7).
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NET Notes: Exo 38:18 This word is different from the word for hangings; it has more of the idea of a screen, shielding or securing the area.
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NET Notes: Exo 38:24 There were 3000 shekels in a talent, and so the total weight here in shekels would be 87,730 shekels of gold. If the sanctuary shekel was 224 grs., th...
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NET Notes: Exo 38:25 This would be a total of 301,775 shekels (about 140,828 oz), being a half shekel exacted per person from 605,550 male Israelites 20 years old or more ...
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NET Notes: Exo 38:29 The total shekels would have been 212,400 shekels, which would be about 108,749 oz. This would make about 2.5 to 3 tons.
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