Exo 38.1-31 is a continuation of the making of the items for the Mishkan
v 1…Then he made the altar of burnt offering (Mizbeach ha Oah-Exo 27.1-8) of acacia wood five cubits long and fie cubits wide, square, and three cubits high.
v 2…And he made its horns (power) on its four corners (God’s power to save covers the four corners of the earth), its horns being of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze (this altar is a picture of the cross and judgment).
v 3…And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pails and the shovels and the basins (for the blood), the flesh hooks and the firepans (for the coals); he made all the utensils of bronze (everything outside of the tent was bronze, everything inside was gold).
v 4…And he made for the altar a grating of bronze network beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway up.
v 5…And he cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze grating as holders for the poles.
v 6…And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
v 7…And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.
v 8…Moreover, he made the laver (Exo 30.18-21) of bronze with its base of bronze from the mirrors (the Torah is like a mirror where we look and judge ourselves-Jam 1.23-25; 2 Cor 3.18) of the serving (“tzava” or warfare) women who served (came to pray, etc) at the door of the tent of meeting (there seems to be a group of women who served here and were dedicated to the Lord-JUdges 11..31-40; 1 Sam 2.22; Luke 2.37; men did this also, as in the case with Samuel in 1 Sam1.22).
v 9…Then he made the court (Exo 27.9-19): the south side (the direction of faith, the start of everything) the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen (shesh) one hundred cubits;
v 10…their twenty pillars and their twenty sockets, made of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and the bands (connecting rods joining the tops of the pillars from where the curtains were hung) were of silver.
v 11…For the north side (the direction of intelligence and reason) there were one hundred cubits ; their twenty pillars and their twenty sockets were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands (connecting rods) were of silver.
v 12…And for the west side (approaching God) there were hangings of fifty cubits; with their ten pillars and ten sockets; the hooks of the pillars and the bands were of silver.
v 13…And for the east side (moving away from God) fifty cubits.
v 14…The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets,
v 15…and so for the other side. On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.
v 16…All the hangings of the court all around were of fine twisted linen (shesh).
v 17…And the sockets for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands, of silver; and the overlaying of their tops, of silver, and all the pillars of the court were furnished with silver bands (silver is the metal of redemption).
v 18…And the screen of the gate of the court was the work of the weaver; of blue and purple and scarlet, and fine twisted linen. And the length was twenty cubits and the height five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.
v 19…And their four pillars and their four sockets were of bronze; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their bands were of silver.
v 20…And all the pegs (“yotaid” and a type of the Messiah-Isa 22.15-25) of the tabernacle and of the court all around were of bronze.
v 21…This is the number of the things for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony (“edut” meaning the ten commandments that were deposited there), as they were numbered according to the command of Moses, for the service (avodat) of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar (who was the superintendent of the Mishkan-Num 4.28), the son of Aaron the priest (this will teach us about the accountability of those who serve God and for a public servant and the anticipation of accusations).
v 22…Now Bezalel, the son of Uri the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah (see 35.30 for the name meanings), made all that the Lord had commanded Moses.
v 23…And with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan (see 35.34 for the meaning of these names), an engraver and a skillful (wise) workman and a weaver in blue and in purple and in scarlet and in fine linen.
v 24…All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary (ha kodesh), even the gold of the offering (that the people brought-35.22), was 29 talents (a talent was 3000 shekels) and 730 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
v 25…And the silver of those of the congregation who were numbered (mustered for war) was 100 talents and 1775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
v 26…a beka a head, that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for each one who passed over to those who were numbered (mustered for war), from twenty years old upward, 603, 550 men-Num 1.46).
v 27…And the hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets for the veil: a hundred talents for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket (there were 96 sockets for the sanctuary and four for the veil).
v 28…And of the 1775 shekels, he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their tops and made bands (connecting rods) for them.
v 29…And the bronze of the offering was twenty talents (about three tons), was 70 talents, and 2400 shekels.
v 30…And with it he made the sockets to the doorway of the tent of meeting, and the bronze altar and its bronze grating, and all the utensils (the evidence that the fire has done its work) of the altar;
v 31…and the sockets of the court all around and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pegs of the tabernacle and all the pegs of the court all around.
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