International Children’s Bible

Exodus 38:14-28 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

14. On one side of the entry there was a wall of curtains that was 22½ feet long. It was held up by 3 posts and 3 bases.

15. On the other side of the entry there was a wall of curtains 22½ feet long. It was held up by 3 posts and 3 bases.

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

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

18. The curtain for the entry of the courtyard was made of blue, purple and red thread, and fine linen. It was sewn by a person who could sew well. The curtain was 30 feet long and 7½ feet high. It was the same height as the curtains around the courtyard.

19. The curtain was held up by 4 posts and 4 bronze bases. The hooks and bands on the posts were made of silver. The tops on the posts were covered with silver.

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

21. This is a list of the metals used to make the Holy Tent. This is where the two flat stones with the Ten Commandments are kept. Moses ordered the Levites to make this list. Ithamar son of Aaron was in charge of keeping the list.

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

23. Oholiab son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan helped him. Oholiab could cut designs into metal and stone. He was a designer. He was also skilled at sewing the blue, purple and red thread, and fine linen.

24. The total amount of gold used to build the Holy Tent was presented to the Lord. It weighed over 2,000 pounds, as set by the Holy Place measure.

25. The silver was given by the members of the community who were counted. It weighed 7,550 pounds, as set by the Holy Place measure.

26. All the men 20 years old or older were counted. There were 603,550 men, and each man had to pay 1/5 ounce of silver. This is the weight as set by the Holy Place measure.

27. Of this silver, 7,500 pounds was used to make the 100 bases. These bases were for the Holy Tent and for the curtain. There was 75 pounds of silver in each base.

28. The other 50 pounds of silver was used to make the hooks for the posts. It was also used to cover the tops of the posts and to make the bands on the posts.