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Exodus 38

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1 καὶ ἐποίησεν Βεσελεηλ τὴν κιβωτὸν 2 καὶ κατεχρύσωσεν αὐτὴν χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ ἔσωθεν καὶ ἔξωθεν 3 καὶ ἐχώνευσεν αὐτῇ τέσσαρας δακτυλίους χρυσοῦς δύο ἐπὶ τὸ κλίτος τὸ ἓν καὶ δύο ἐπὶ τὸ κλίτος τὸ δεύτερον 4 εὐρεῖς τοῖς διωστῆρσιν ὥστε αἴρειν αὐτὴν ἐν αὐτοῖς 5 καὶ ἐποίησεν τὸ ἱλαστήριον ἐπάνωθεν τῆς κιβωτοῦ ἐκ χρυσίου 6 καὶ τοὺς δύο χερουβιμ χρυσοῦς 7 χερουβ ἕνα ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου τὸ ἓν καὶ χερουβ ἕνα ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τὸ δεύτερον τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου

1 He made another altar, too, of acacia wood, for burnt-sacrifice, with a surface five cubits square, and a height of three cubits; 2 it had horns at the corners, and it was plated with bronze. 3 And he provided it with appurtenances all of bronze, ash-pans, tongs, forks, hooks and braziers; 4 and made it a bronze grating of network, and a hearth under this, in the middle of the altar. 5 He also cast four rings, to go at the four extreme ends of the grating; through these, poles were to be passed, to carry the altar. 6 The poles themselves he made of acacia wood, covered with a plating of bronze, 7 and set them in the rings that stood out from the sides of the altar. This altar was not solid, but hollow, made of frames with an empty space between them.

1 Fecit et altare holocausti de lignis setim, quinque cubitorum per quadrum, et trium in altitudine: 2 cujus cornua de angulis procedebant, operuitque illum laminis æneis. 3 Et in usus ejus paravit ex ære vasa diversa, lebetes, forcipes, fuscinulas, uncinos, et ignium receptacula. 4 Craticulamque ejus in modum retis fecit æneam, et subter eam in altaris medio arulam, 5 fusis quatuor annulis per totidem retiaculi summitates, ad immittendos vectes ad portandum: 6 quos et ipsos fecit de lignis setim, et operuit laminis æneis: 7 induxitque in circulos, qui in lateribus altaris eminebant. Ipsum autem altare non erat solidum, sed cavum ex tabulis, et intus vacuum.

8 σκιάζοντα ταῖς πτέρυξιν αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὸ ἱλαστήριον

8 Then he made a washing-basin and a stand for it, out of bronze from the mirrors of the women who used to keep watch at the door of the tabernacle.

8 Fecit et labrum æneum cum basi sua de speculis mulierum, quæ excubabant in ostio tabernaculi.

9 καὶ ἐποίησεν τὴν τράπεζαν τὴν προκειμένην ἐκ χρυσίου καθαροῦ 10 καὶ ἐχώνευσεν αὐτῇ τέσσαρας δακτυλίους δύο ἐπὶ τοῦ κλίτους τοῦ ἑνὸς καὶ δύο ἐπὶ τοῦ κλίτους τοῦ δευτέρου εὐρεῖς ὥστε αἴρειν τοῖς διωστῆρσιν ἐν αὐτοῖς 11 καὶ τοὺς διωστῆρας τῆς κιβωτοῦ καὶ τῆς τραπέζης ἐποίησεν καὶ κατεχρύσωσεν αὐτοὺς χρυσίῳ 12 καὶ ἐποίησεν τὰ σκεύη τῆς τραπέζης τά τε τρυβλία καὶ τὰς θυίσκας καὶ τοὺς κυάθους καὶ τὰ σπονδεῖα ἐν οἷς σπείσει ἐν αὐτοῖς χρυσᾶ 13 καὶ ἐποίησεν τὴν λυχνίαν ἣ φωτίζει χρυσῆν στερεὰν τὸν καυλόν 14 καὶ τοὺς καλαμίσκους ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν μερῶν αὐτῆς 15 ἐκ τῶν καλαμίσκων αὐτῆς οἱ βλαστοὶ ἐξέχοντες τρεῖς ἐκ τούτου καὶ τρεῖς ἐκ τούτου ἐξισούμενοι ἀλλήλοις 16 καὶ τὰ λαμπάδια αὐτῶν ἅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῶν ἄκρων καρυωτὰ ἐξ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ἐνθέμια ἐξ αὐτῶν ἵνα ὦσιν ἐ{P'} αὐτῶν οἱ λύχνοι καὶ τὸ ἐνθέμιον τὸ ἕβδομον ἀ{P'} ἄκρου τοῦ λαμπαδίου ἐπὶ τῆς κορυφῆς ἄνωθεν στερεὸν ὅλον χρυσοῦν 17 καὶ ἑπτὰ λύχνους ἐ{P'} αὐτῆς χρυσοῦς καὶ τὰς λαβίδας αὐτῆς χρυσᾶς καὶ τὰς ἐπαρυστρίδας αὐτῶν χρυσᾶς 18 οὗτος περιηργύρωσεν τοὺς στύλους καὶ ἐχώνευσεν τῷ στύλῳ δακτυλίους χρυσοῦς καὶ ἐχρύσωσεν τοὺς μοχλοὺς χρυσίῳ καὶ κατεχρύσωσεν τοὺς στύλους τοῦ καταπετάσματος χρυσίῳ καὶ ἐποίησεν τὰς ἀγκύλας χρυσᾶς 19 οὗτος ἐποίησεν καὶ τοὺς κρίκους τῆς σκηνῆς χρυσοῦς καὶ τοὺς κρίκους τῆς αὐλῆς καὶ κρίκους εἰς τὸ ἐκτείνειν τὸ κατακάλυμμα ἄνωθεν χαλκοῦς 20 οὗτος ἐχώνευσεν τὰς κεφαλίδας τὰς ἀργυρᾶς τῆς σκηνῆς καὶ τὰς κεφαλίδας τὰς χαλκᾶς τῆς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς καὶ τὴν πύλην τῆς αὐλῆς καὶ ἀγκύλας ἐποίησεν τοῖς στύλοις ἀργυρᾶς ἐπὶ τῶν στύλων οὗτος περιηργύρωσεν αὐτάς

9 He made a court, too, at the south side of which there were hangings of twisted linen thread, a hundred cubits long, 10 and twenty posts, with brazen sockets,[1] with their capitals and all their chased work of silver. 11 On the north side, too, there were hangings, and posts with their sockets and capitals, all of the same measurement, workmanship, and material. 12 But on the side which looked westwards the hangings were only fifty cubits long, and the posts, with their brazen sockets, their silver capitals, and chased work, were only ten in number. 13 For the eastern side, it was fifty cubits long; 14 fifteen cubits occupied the space at one end, in which there were three sockets and three posts, 15 and at the other end (leaving room in between for the entrance which led to the tabernacle) there were again hangings fifteen cubits long, three posts, and three sockets. 16 All these hangings for the court he had made out of twisted linen thread. 17 The sockets for the posts were of bronze; the capitals were of silver, in chased work; the posts of the court he plated with silver. 18 At the entrance, he made a hanging of twisted linen threads, embroidered with threads of blue and purple and scarlet twice-dyed, twenty cubits long, and, like all the hangings of the court, five cubits high. 19 There were four posts at the entrance, with sockets of bronze and capitals of chased silver. 20 The pegs which kept the tabernacle and the court in place, all round, were made of bronze.

9 Fecit et atrium, in cujus australi plaga erant tentoria de bysso retorta, cubitorum centum, 10 columnæ æneæ viginti cum basibus suis, capita columnarum, et tota operis cælatura, argentea. 11 Æque ad septentrionalem plagam tentoria columnæ, basesque et capita columnarum ejusdem mensuræ, et operis ac metalli, erant. 12 In ea vero plaga, quæ ad occidentem respicit, fuerunt tentoria cubitorum quinquaginta, columnæ decem cum basibus suis æneæ, et capita columnarum, et tota operis cælatura, argentea. 13 Porro contra orientem quinquaginta cubitorum paravit tentoria: 14 e quibus, quindecim cubitos columnarum trium, cum basibus suis, unum tenebat latus: 15 et in parte altera (quia inter utraque introitum tabernaculi fecit) quindecim æque cubitorum erant tentoria, columnæque tres, et bases totidem. 16 Cuncta atrii tentoria byssus retorta texuerat. 17 Bases columnarum fuere æneæ, capita autem earum cum cunctis cælaturis suis argentea: sed et ipsas columnas atrii vestivit argento. 18 Et in introitu ejus opere plumario fecit tentorium ex hyacintho, purpura, vermiculo, ac bysso retorta, quod habebat viginti cubitos in longitudine, altitudo vero quinque cubitorum erat juxta mensuram, quam cuncta atrii tentoria habebant. 19 Columnæ autem in ingressu fuere quatuor cum basibus æneis, capitaque earum et cælaturæ argenteæ. 20 Paxillos quoque tabernaculi et atrii per gyrum fecit æneos.

21 οὗτος ἐποίησεν καὶ τοὺς πασσάλους τῆς σκηνῆς καὶ τοὺς πασσάλους τῆς αὐλῆς χαλκοῦς 22 οὗτος ἐποίησεν τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ χαλκοῦν ἐκ τῶν πυρείων τῶν χαλκῶν ἃ ἦσαν τοῖς ἀνδράσιν τοῖς καταστασιάσασι μετὰ τῆς Κορε συναγωγῆς 23 οὗτος ἐποίησεν πάντα τὰ σκεύη τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ τὸ πυρεῖον αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν βάσιν καὶ τὰς φιάλας καὶ τὰς κρεάγρας χαλκᾶς 24 οὗτος ἐποίησεν τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ παράθεμα ἔργον δικτυωτόν κάτωθεν τοῦ πυρείου ὑπὸ αὐτὸ ἕως τοῦ ἡμίσους αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπέθηκεν αὐτῷ τέσσαρας δακτυλίους ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων μερῶν τοῦ παραθέματος τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου χαλκοῦς τοῖς μοχλοῖς εὐρεῖς ὥστε αἴρειν τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐν αὐτοῖς 25 οὗτος ἐποίησεν τὸ ἔλαιον τῆς χρίσεως τὸ ἅγιον καὶ τὴν σύνθεσιν τοῦ θυμιάματος καθαρὸν ἔργον μυρεψοῦ 26 οὗτος ἐποίησεν τὸν λουτῆρα χαλκοῦν καὶ τὴν βάσιν αὐτοῦ χαλκῆν ἐκ τῶν κατόπτρων τῶν νηστευσασῶν αἳ ἐνήστευσαν παρὰ τὰς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἐν ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἔπηξεν αὐτήν 27 καὶ ἐποίησεν τὸν λουτῆρα ἵνα νίπτωνται ἐξ αὐτοῦ Μωυσῆς καὶ Ααρων καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς πόδας εἰσπορευομένων αὐτῶν εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἢ ὅταν προσπορεύωνται πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον λειτουργεῖν ἐνίπτοντο ἐξ αὐτοῦ καθάπερ συνέταξεν κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ 28 29 30 31

21 Here is an account, drawn up at Moses’ command by the priest Ithamar, son of Aaron, with the help of the Levites. It shews what was spent on the tabernacle that bears record of the Lord, 22 when all the work was completed, at the Lord’s command given through Moses, by Beseleel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Juda. 23 (He had Oöliab, too, son of Achisamech, of the tribe of Dan, to help him; he too was a famous craftsman in wood, he too could make tapestry and embroidery from threads of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and lawn.) 24 The sum of gold spent in building the sanctuary, provided by the contribution, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty sicles, by sanctuary reckoning. 25 Offerings, too, were made by those who were registered, six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty men under arms, from the age of twenty upwards; 26 thus there were also a hundred talents of silver, from which they made the sockets of the holy place, and those of the entrance, where the veil hangs; 27 a hundred sockets were made out of a hundred talents, one talent for each socket. 28 They used besides a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five sicles over the capitals of the posts, and the posts themselves where these were plated with silver. 29 Seventy-two thousand talents and four hundred sicles of bronze were offered,[2] 30 and of these they made the sockets of the approach to the tabernacle that bears record of the Lord, and the brazen altar with its grating, and all the appurtenances used at it; 31 and the sockets round the court and at the entrance to the court, and the pegs which held up the tabernacle and the enclosure round about.

21 Hæc sunt instrumenta tabernaculi testimonii, quæ enumerata sunt juxta præceptum Moysi in cæremoniis Levitarum per manum Ithamar filii Aaron sacerdotis: 22 quæ Beseleel filius Uri filii Hur de tribu Juda, Domino per Moysen jubente, compleverat, 23 juncto sibi socio Ooliab filio Achisamech de tribu Dan: qui et ipse artifex lignorum egregius fuit, et polymitarius atque plumarius ex hyacintho, purpura, vermiculo et bysso. 24 Omne aurum quod expensum est in opere sanctuarii, et quod oblatum est in donariis, viginti novem talentorum fuit, et septingentorum triginta siclorum ad mensuram sanctuarii. 25 Oblatum est autem ab his qui transierunt ad numerum a viginti annis et supra, de sexcentis tribus millibus et quingentis quinquaginta armatorum. 26 Fuerunt præterea centum talenta argenti e quibus conflatæ sunt bases sanctuarii, et introitus, ubi velum pendet. 27 Centum bases factæ sunt de talentis centum, singulis talentis per bases singulas supputatis. 28 De mille autem septingentis et septuaginta quinque, fecit capita columnarum, quas et ipsas vestivit argento. 29 Æris quoque oblata sunt talenta septuaginta duo millia, et quadringenti supra sicli, 30 ex quibus fusæ sunt bases in introitu tabernaculi testimonii, et altare æneum cum craticula sua, omniaque vasa quæ ad usum ejus pertinent, 31 et bases atrii tam in circuitu quam in ingressu ejus, et paxilli tabernaculi atque atrii per gyrum.

[1] ‘The Latin version here seems to imply that the posts themselves were made of bronze. But there is no such indication in 27.10, and verse 17 below tells us that the posts were plated with silver, and therefore probably made of wood. It seems possible therefore that the Latin text is only an awkward rendering of the Hebrew, which clearly says that the sockets were of bronze.

[2] The Hebrew text has ‘seventy talents and two thousand four hundred sicles’, a much more likely figure. It is probable that the talent represents about half a hundredweight, and the sicle about half an ounce; but the figures, according to others, should be considerably lower.

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Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
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