Metals Used in the Tent of the Lord's Presence (EXO 38:21-31)

[38:21] Here is a list of the amounts of the metals used in the Tent of the Lord's presence, where the two stone tablets were kept on which the Ten Commandments were written. The list was ordered by Moses and made by the Levites who worked under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

[38:22] Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur from the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord had commanded.

[38:23] His helper, Oholiab son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, was an engraver, a designer, and a weaver of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool.

[38:24] All the gold that had been dedicated to the Lord for the sacred Tent weighed 2,195 pounds, weighed according to the official standard.

[38:25] The silver from the census of the community weighed 7,550 pounds, weighed according to the official standard.

[38:26] This amount equaled the total paid by all persons enrolled in the census, each one paying the required amount, weighed according to the official standard. There were 603,550 men twenty years old or older enrolled in the census.

[38:27] Of the silver, 7,500 pounds were used to make the hundred bases for the sacred Tent and for the curtain, 75 pounds for each base.

[38:28] With the remaining 50 pounds of silver Bezalel made the rods, the hooks for the posts, and the covering for their tops.

[38:29] The bronze which was dedicated to the Lord amounted to 5,310 pounds.

[38:30] With it he made the bases for the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence, the bronze altar with its bronze grating, all the equipment for the altar,

[38:31] the bases for the surrounding enclosure and for the entrance of the enclosure, and all the pegs for the Tent and the surrounding enclosure.

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