Exodus 38:1-21-23 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1. Bezalel built an altar of acacia wood for offering sacrifices. It was two and a quarter metres square and one and a third metres high

2. with each of its four corners sticking up like the horn of a bull, and it was completely covered with bronze.

18-19. For the entrance to the courtyard, Bezalel made a curtain nine metres long, which he hung on four bronze posts that were set on bronze stands. This curtain was the same height as the one for the rest of the courtyard and was made of fine linen embroidered and woven with blue, purple, and red wool. He hung the curtain on the four posts, using silver hooks and rods.

20. The pegs for the tent and for the curtain around the tent were made of bronze.

21-23. Bezalel had worked closely with Oholiab, who was an expert at designing and engraving, and at embroidering blue, purple, and red wool. The two of them completed the work that the Lord had commanded.Moses made Aaron's son Ithamar responsible for keeping record of the metals used for the sacred tent.

Exodus 38