Exodus 38

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1They built the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, three cubits high; it was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.

2They made a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar were of one piece, and they overlaid the altar with bronze.

3They made all its utensils of bronze–its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans.

4They made a grating for the altar, a bronze network, to be under its ledge, halfway up the altar.

5They cast bronze rings to hold the poles for the four corners of the bronze grating.

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

7They inserted the poles into the rings so they would be on the sides of the altar for carrying it. They made it hollow, out of boards.

8They made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

9Next they made the courtyard. The south side was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely twisted linen,

10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

11The north side was also a hundred cubits long and had twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

12The west end was fifty cubits wide and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

13The east end, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits wide.

14Curtains fifteen cubits long were on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases,

15and curtains fifteen cubits long were on the other side of the entrance to the courtyard, with three posts and three bases.

16All the curtains around the courtyard were of finely twisted linen.

17The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks and bands on the posts were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver; so all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.

18The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen–the work of an embroiderer. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,

19with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks and bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver.

20All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

21These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, which were recorded at Moses' command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.

22(Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything the Lord commanded Moses;

23with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan–a craftsman and designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen.)

24The total amount of the gold from the wave offering used for all the work on the sanctuary was 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

25The silver obtained from those of the community who were counted in the census was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel–

26one beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more, a total of 603,550 men.

27The 100 talents of silver were used to cast the bases for the sanctuary and for the curtain–100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent for each base.

28They used the 1,775 shekels to make the hooks for the posts, to overlay the tops of the posts, and to make their bands.

29The bronze from the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

30They used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all its utensils,

31the bases for the surrounding courtyard and those for its entrance and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and those for the surrounding courtyard.

Commentary

38:1 The altar of burnt - offering - On this all their sacrifices were offered. Christ was himself the altar to his own sacrifice of atonement, and so he is to all our sacrifices of acknowledgment. We must have an eye to him in offering them, as God hath in accepting them.

Chapter 38 Here is an account, I. Of the making of the brazen altar (v. 1-7), and the laver (v. 8). II. The preparing of the hangings for the enclosing of the court in which the tabernacle was to stand (v. 9–20). III. A summary of the gold, silver, and brass, that was contributed to, and used in, the preparing of the tabernacle (v. 21, etc.).Verses 1-8 Bezaleel having finished the gold-work, which, though the richest, yet was ordered to lie most out of sight, in the tabernacle itself, here goes on to prepare the court, which lay open to the view of all. Two things the court was furnished with, and both made of brass:—I. An altar of burnt-offering, v. 1-7. On this all their sacrifices were offered, and it was this which, being sanctified itself for this purpose by the divine appointment, sanctified the gift that was in faith offered on it. Christ was himself the altar to his own sacrifice of atonement, and so he is to all our sacrifices of acknowledgment. We must have an eye to him in offering them, as God has in accepting them.II. A laver, to hold water for the priests to wash in when they went in to minister, v. 8. This signified the provision that is made in the gospel of Christ for the cleansing of our souls from the moral pollution of sin by the merit and grace of Christ, that we may be fit to serve the holy God in holy duties. This is here said to be made of the looking-glasses (or mirrors) of the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle.1. It should seem these women were eminent and exemplary for devotion, attending more frequently and seriously at the place of public worship than others did; and notice is here taken of it to their honour. Anna was such a one long afterwards, who departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day, Lu. 2:37. It seems in every age of the church there have been some who have thus distinguished themselves by their serious zealous piety, and they have thereby distinguished themselves; for devout women are really honourable women (Acts 13:50), and not the less so for their being called, by the scoffers of the latter days, silly women. Probably these women were such as showed their zeal upon this occasion, by assisting in the work that was now going on for the service of the tabernacle. They assembled by troops, so the word is; a blessed sight, to see so many, and those so zealous and so unanimous, in this good work.2. These women parted with their mirrors (which were of the finest brass, burnished for that purpose) for the use of the tabernacle. Those women that admire their own beauty, are in love with their own shadow, and make the putting on of apparel their chief adorning by which they value and recommend themselves, can but ill spare their looking-glasses; yet these women offered them to God, either, (1.) In token of their repentance for the former abuse of them, to the support of their pride and vanity; now that they were convinced of their folly, and had devoted themselves to the service of God at the door of the tabernacle, they thus threw away that which, though lawful and useful in itself, yet had been an occasion of sin to them. Thus Mary Magdalene, who had been a sinner, when she became a penitent wiped Christ’s feet with her hair. Or, (2.) In token of their great zeal for the work of the tabernacle; rather than the workmen should want brass, or not have of the best, they would part with their mirrors, though they could not do well without them. God’s service and glory must always be preferred by us before any satisfactions or accommodations of our own. Let us never complain of the want of that which we may honour God by parting with.3. These mirrors were used for the making of the laver. Either they were artfully joined together, or else molten down and cast anew; but it is probable that the laver was so brightly burnished that the sides of it still served for mirrors, that the priests, when they came to wash, might there see their faces, and so discover the spots, to wash them clean. Note, In the washing of repentance, there is need of the looking-glass of self-examination. The word of God is a glass, in which we may see our own faces (see Jam. 1:23); and with it we must compare our own hearts and lives, that, finding out our blemishes, we may wash with particular sorrow, and application of the blood of Christ to our souls. Usually the more particular we are in the confession of sin the more comfort we have in the sense of the pardon.

38:1-8 In all ages of the church there have been some persons more devoted to God, more constant in their attendance upon his ordinances, and more willing to part even with lawful things, for his sake, than others. Some women, devoted to God and zealous for the tabernacle worship, expressed zeal by parting with their mirrors, which were polished plates of brass. Before the invention of looking-glasses, these served the same purposes.

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AMHEVG ርዝመቱ አምስት ክንድ፥ ወርዱም አምስት ክንድ ለሚቃጠል መሥዋዕት የሚሆን መሠዊያን ከግራር እንጨት አደረገ፤ አራት ማዕዘንም ነበረ፤ ከፍታው ሦስት ክንድ ነበረ። አማርኛ BCV ብዕንፀይቲ ሰራው ገይሩ፥ ሓሙሽተ እመት ዝምንዋሑ፥ ሓሙሽተ እመት ዝምግፋሑ፥ መስዋእቲ ዝቃፀለሉ መሰውኢ ገበረ። እቲ መሰውኢ ኣርባዕተ መኣዝን ነበረ፤ ምብራኹ ድማ ሰለስተ እመት ነበረ። ትግርኛ GAZBIB Bazaali'el itti fufee muka laaftoo irraa iddoo aarsaa dheerinni isaa dhundhuma shan, bal'inni isaa dhundhuma shan, irra… Afaan Oromoo BCV GIZ ወገብረ ምሥዋዐ ለመሥዋዕት እምዕፅ ዘኢይነቅዝ ዘኅምስቱ በእመት ኑኁ፡ ወኅምስቱ ራኅቡ፡ ርቡዐ ኮነ፡ ወሥልሰ በእመት ቆመ። giz GAZGAZ Bazaali'el itti fufee muka laaftoo irraa iddoo aarsaa dheerinni isaa dhundhuma shan, bal'inni isaa dhundhuma shan, irra… Afaan Oromoo BCV aksum ብዕንፀይቲ ሰራው ገይሩ፥ ሓሙሽተ እመት ዝምንዋሑ፥ ሓሙሽተ እመት ዝምግፋሑ፥ መስዋእቲ ዝቃፀለሉ መሰውኢ ገበረ። እቲ መሰውኢ ኣርባዕተ መኣዝን ነበረ፤ ምብራኹ ድማ ሰለስተ እመት ነበረ። ትግርኛ AMHNIV ከፍታው ሦስት ክንድ የሆነ የሚቃጠል መሥዋዕት መሠዊያ ከግራር ዕንጨት ሠሩ፤ ርዝመቱ አምስት ክንድ፣ ወርዱ አምስት ክንድ የሆነ ባለ ዐራት ማእዘን ነበረ። አማርኛ SWAHSUV Kisha akafanya hiyo madhabahu ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa, ya mti wa mshita urefu wake ulikuwa dhiraa tano, na upana wake … Kiswahili