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For burning offerings, he made an altar out of acacia wood. It was square, 7½ feet long and 7½ feet wide, and it was 4½ feet high.

He also made all the equipment for the altar: the pans, the shovels, the bowls, the hooks, and the fire pans. All this equipment was made of bronze.

For the Tent of the Lord 's presence he made the enclosure out of fine linen curtains. On the south side the curtains were 50 yards long,

The bases for the posts were made of bronze, and the hooks, the rods, and the covering of the tops of the posts were made of silver. All the posts around the enclosure were connected with silver rods.

The curtain for the entrance of the enclosure was made of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and decorated with embroidery. It was 10 yards long and 2½ yards high, like the curtains of the enclosure.

All the pegs for the Tent and for the surrounding enclosure were made of bronze.

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

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.

With the remaining 50 pounds of silver Bezalel made the rods, the hooks for the posts, and the covering for their tops.

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,

the bases for the surrounding enclosure and for the entrance of the enclosure, and all the pegs for the Tent and the surrounding enclosure.

With the blue, purple, and red wool they made the magnificent garments which the priests were to wear when they served in the Holy Place. They made the priestly garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

They made two shoulder straps for the ephod and attached them to its sides, so that it could be fastened.

For the breastpiece they made chains of pure gold, twisted like cords.

The hole for the head was reinforced with a woven binding to keep it from tearing.

They made the shirts for Aaron and his sons,

the lampstand of pure gold, its lamps, all its equipment, and the oil for the lamps;

the gold altar; the anointing oil; the sweet-smelling incense; the curtain for the entrance of the Tent;

the curtains for the enclosure and its posts and bases; the curtain for the entrance of the enclosure and its ropes; the Tent pegs; all the equipment to be used in the Tent;

and the magnificent garments the priests were to wear in the Holy Place—the sacred clothes for Aaron the priest and for his sons.