1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it wasfoursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

2And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.

3And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.

4And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.

5And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to beplaces for the staves.

6And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.

7And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

8And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

9And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

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

11And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

12And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets ofsilver.

13And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.

14The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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

16All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

17And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters ofsilver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

18And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

19And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.

20And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

21This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.

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

23And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

24All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

25And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation wasan hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

26A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

27And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

28And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.

29And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

30And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

31And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

1 And he made the Altar of burnt offring of Shittim wood: fiue cubits was the length thereof, and fiue cubits the breadth thereof: it was foure square, and three cubits the height thereof.

2And hee made the hornes thereof on the foure corners of it: the hornes thereof were of the same, and he ouerlayed it with brasse.

3And he made all the vessels of the Altar, the pots and the shouels, and the basons, and the fleshhookes, and the firepannes: all the vessels thereof made he of brasse.

4And he made for the Altar a brasen grate of networke, vnder the compasse thereof, beneath vnto the midst of it.

5And hee cast foure rings for the foure ends of the grate of brasse, to bee places for the staues.

6And he made the staues of Shittim wood, and ouerlayed them with brasse.

7And hee put the staues into the rings on the sides of the Altar, to beare it withall; hee made the Altar hollow with boards.

8 And hee made the Lauer of brasse, and the foot of it of brasse, of the looking glasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

9 And he made the Court: on the Southside Southward, the hangings of the Court were of fine twined linnen, a hundred cubits.

10Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twentie: the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets were of siluer.

11And for the North side, the hangings were an hundred cubites, their pillars were twentie, and their sockets of brasse twentie: the hoopes of the pillars, and their fillets of siluer.

12And for the West side were hangings of fiftie cubites, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten: the hookes of the pillars, and their fillets of siluer.

13And for the East side Eastward fiftie cubites.

14The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteene cubites, their pillars three, and their sockets three.

15And for the other side of the court gate on this hand and that hand were hangings of fifteene cubites, their pillars three, and their sockets three.

16All the hangings of the court round about, were of fine twined linnen.

17And the sockets for the pillars were of brasse, the hookes of the pillars, and their fillets of siluer, and the ouerlaying of their chapiters of siluer, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with siluer.

18And the hanging for the gate of the Court was needle worke, of blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linnen: and twentie cubites was the length, and the height in the breadth was fiue cubites, answerable to the hangings of the Court.

19And their pillars were foure, and their sockets of brasse foure, their hookes of siluer, and the ouerlaying of their chapiters, & their fillets of siluer.

20And all the pinnes of the Tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brasse.

21 This is the summe of the Tabernacle, euen of the Tabernacle of Testimonie, as it was counted, according to the commaundement of Moses, for the seruice of the Leuites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the Priest.

22And Bezaleel the sonne of Uri, the sonne of Hur, of the tribe of Iudah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses.

23And with him was Aholiab, sonne of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engrauer, and a cunning workeman, and an embroiderer in blew, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linnen.

24All the gold that was occupied for the worke in all the worke of the holy place, euen the gold of the offring, was twentie and nine talents, and seuen hundred and thirtie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary.

25And the siluer of them that were numbred of the Congregation, was an hundred talents, and a thousand, seuen hundred and threescore and fifteene shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary.

26A Bekah for euery man, that is, halfe a shekel, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, for euery one that went to be numbred, from twentie yeeres olde and vpward, for sixe hundred thousand, and three thousand, and fiue hundred, and fiftie men.

27And of the hundred talents of siluer, were cast the sockets of the Sanctuary, and the sockets of the vaile: an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

28And of the thousand, seuen hundred, seuentie and fiue shekels, he made hookes for the pillars, and ouerlaide their chapiters, and filleted them.

29And the brasse of the offring was seuentie talents, and two thousand and foure hundred shekels.

30And therewith he made the sockets to the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the brasen Altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the Altar,

31And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pinnes of the Tabernacle, and all the pinnes of the court round about.

I == Ex 27:1

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIII == Ex 30:18 ; 1st Sam 2:22

 

 

 

IX == Ex 27:9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XX == Ex 27:19

 

XXI == Num 1:50 , 53 ; 4:28 , 33 ; 9:15 ; 10:11 ; 17:7-8 ; 18:2 ; 2nd Chr 24:6 ; Acts 7:44 ; Rev 15:5

 

XXII == Ex 31:2 , 6

 

 

 

 

 

XXIV == Ex 30:13 , 24 ; Lev 5:15 ; 27:3 , 25 ; Num 3:47 ; 18:16

 

 

 

 

 

 

XXVI == Ex 30:13 , 15 ; Num 1:46 ; Mt 17:24

 

 

 

 

XXVII == Ex 26:19 , 21 , 25 , 32

 

 

1 The altar of holocausts was made of acacia wood, on a square, five cubits long and five cubits wide; its height was three cubits.

2 At the four corners horns were made that sprang directly from the altar. The whole was plated with bronze.

3 All the utensils of the altar, the pots, shovels, basins, forks and fire pans, were likewise made of bronze.

4 A grating of bronze network was made for the altar and placed round it, on the ground, half as high as the altar itself.

5 Four rings were cast for the four corners of the bronze grating, as holders for the poles,

6 which were made of acacia wood and plated with bronze.

7 The poles were put through the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. The altar was made in the form of a hollow box.

8 The bronze laver, with its bronze base, was made from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance of the meeting tent.

9 The court was made as follows. On the south side of the court there were hangings, woven of fine linen twined, a hundred cubits long,

10 with twenty columns and twenty pedestals of bronze, the hooks and bands of the columns being of silver.

11 On the north side there were similar hangings, one hundred cubits long, with twenty columns and twenty pedestals of bronze, the hooks and bands of the columns being of silver.

12 On the west side there were hangings, fifty cubits long, with ten columns and ten pedestals, the hooks and bands of the columns being of silver.

13 On the east side the court was fifty cubits long.

14 Toward one side there were hangings to the extent of fifteen cubits, with three columns and three pedestals; toward the other side,

15 beyond the entrance of the court, there were likewise hangings to the extent of fifteen cubits, with three columns and three pedestals.

16 The hangings on all sides of the court were woven of fine linen twined.

17 The pedestals of the columns were of bronze, while the hooks and bands of the columns were of silver; the capitals were silver-plated, and all the columns of the court were banded with silver.

18 At the entrance of the court there was a variegated curtain, woven of violet, purple and scarlet yarn and of fine linen twined, twenty cubits long and five cubits wide, in keeping with the hangings of the court.

19 There were four columns and four pedestals of bronze for it, while their hooks were of silver.

20 All the tent pegs for the Dwelling and for the court around it were of bronze.

21 The following is an account of the various amounts used on the Dwelling, the Dwelling of the commandments, drawn up at the command of Moses by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

22 However, it was Bezalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, who made all that the Lord commanded Moses,

23 and he was assisted by Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, who was an engraver, an embroiderer, and a weaver of variegated cloth of violet, purple and scarlet yarn and of fine linen.

24 All the gold used in the entire construction of the sanctuary, having previously been given as an offering, amounted to twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel.

25 The amount of the silver received from the community was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel;

26 one bekah apiece, that is, a half-shekel apiece, according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel, was received from every man of twenty years or more who entered the registered group; the number of these was six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty men.

27 One hundred talents of silver were used for casting the pedestals of the sanctuary and the pedestals of the veil, one talent for each pedestal, or one hundred talents for the one hundred pedestals.

28 The remaining one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels were used for making the hooks on the columns, for plating the capitals, and for banding them with silver.

29 The bronze, given as an offering, amounted to seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.

30 With this were made the pedestals at the entrance of the meeting tent, the bronze altar with its bronze gratings and all the appurtenances of the altar,

31 the pedestals around the court, the pedestals at the entrance of the court, and all the tent pegs for the Dwelling and for the court around it.

v 1-7. The altar of burnt offering was of the same insect resistant long lasting acacia wood from the desert tree as used in other construction, and was seven and one half feet square and four and one half feet high. It was overlaid with bronze to show the judgment brought upon Christ. The fire burning in it also spoke of judgment. It was hollow for air current and for the ashes to fall into the ash pans of 27:3, so it was not filled with earth or rocks as some think. The grate was in the midst of the altar, probably in some type of slots rather than at the top. I reject the view that the grate is a network on the sides with rings fastened to it, because 35:16 lists the grate separate from the altar. Also 39:39 and 38:4 indicate the grate is separate from the altar. The rings are fastened to the grate for carrying while it was in the altar. The altar would have been very heavy, over 500 pounds, and the four staves were probably strong enough for eight men to carry. The brass utensils were also piled on the grate for carrying. By rings and staves the entire grate could be removed, possibly to carry the “whole bullock” of Lev. 4:12 outside the camp. The fire pans were to carry the fire when they were moving, and possibly when the grate was removed. The four horns were essential to tie the sacrificial animal while it was killed and the blood caught, Ps. 118:27. Horns in Scripture represented power, and showed that the power of the gospel of Christ’s sacrifice reached out to every one in the four corners of the world, Jn. 3:16. The sacrifice had to be lifted up on the altar, and Christ said if He was lifted up He would draw all men to Him, Jn. 12:32. Later some people fled to the altar in the hope of receiving mercy, and unsaved who flee to the cross will obtain mercy.

v 8. It was a real act of separation for the women to part with their mirrors, their most valued possession brought from Egypt. The laver and the foot are two separate items and are listed so seven times, but must be used together. Water defiled from washing went into the foot. Being reflective, the priest could see himself every one of the dozens of times a day he came to wash. They could not come to the laver until they had been first to the altar. After we are saved, we need to see ourselves as God’s sees us through His Word, 1 Cor. 11:28, and ask for forgiveness and cleansing, 1 Jn. 1:9. Both for salvation and after we need the washing of water by the Word, Eph. 5:26. The laver was useless without the water, and the Word is useless to us without the washing action of the Holy Spirit. There were no measurements given for the laver, which indicates there is no limit to the forgiveness of God.

v 9-20. The court and court gate are handled 27:9-16.

v 21-23. These men gave account for the materials used in constructing the tabernacle, it’s furnishings, and all things connected with it.

 

v 24-31. The measurements of that day are not precise to us, and the value of precious metals and stones is not such that we can come up with a true picture of the monetary value of all the things. Roughly, some feel that there was at least a ton of gold used, perhaps four tons of silver, and three ton’s of bronze. All the materials were offered willingly till there was too much, and the people were told to stop giving.