Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Exodus 38:15-31 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

15. The wall of curtains on the other side of the entrance was also 15 cubits long. There were three posts and three bases on that side.

16. All the curtains around the courtyard were made from fine linen.

17. The bases for the posts were made from bronze. The hooks and the curtain rods were made from silver. The tops of the posts were covered with silver also. All the posts in the courtyard had silver curtain rods.

18. The curtain for the entrance of the courtyard was made from fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn. Designs were woven into that curtain. The curtain was 20 cubits long and 5 cubits high. It was the same height as the curtains around the courtyard.

19. The curtain was supported by four posts and four bronze bases. The hooks on the posts were made from silver. The tops on the posts were covered with silver, and the curtain rods were also made from silver.

20. All the tent pegs for the Holy Tent and for the curtains around the courtyard were made from bronze.

21. Moses commanded the Levites to write down everything that was used to make the Holy Tent, that is, the Tent of the Agreement. Ithamar son of Aaron was in charge of keeping the list.

22. Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, made everything the Lord commanded Moses.

23. Also Oholiab son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, helped him. Oholiab was a skilled worker and designer. He was skilled at weaving fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn.

24. The people gave over a ton of gold as an offering to the Lord for his holy place. (This was weighed using the official measure.)

25-26. All the men 20 years old or older were counted. Each man had to pay a tax of 1 beka of silver. (Using the official measure, 1 beka is 1/2 shekel.) There were 603,550 men. So they collected about 7550 pounds of silver.

27. They used most of the silver to make 100 bases for the Holy Tent and its curtains, 75 pounds for each base.

28. They used the remaining 44 pounds of silver to make the hooks, the curtain rods, and the silver covers for the posts.

29. They gave more than 2 1/2 tons of bronze.

30. That bronze was used to make the bases at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. They also used the bronze to make the altar and the bronze grating. And the bronze was used to make all the tools and dishes for the altar.

31. It was also used to make the bases for the curtains around the courtyard and the bases for the curtains at the entrance. And the bronze was used to make the tent pegs for the Holy Tent and for the curtains around the courtyard.