Exodus 38, side by side

Two versions of the same chapter. Each row is one verse, so you can see how the wording changes.

Modern

1Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

Classic

1And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

Modern

2He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.

Classic

2And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.

Modern

3He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.

Classic

3And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.

Modern

4He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.

Classic

4And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.

Modern

5At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles.

Classic

5And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.

Modern

6And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

Classic

6And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.

Modern

7Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow.

Classic

7And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

Modern

8Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Classic

8And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Modern

9Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,

Classic

9And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

Modern

10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

Classic

10Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

Modern

11The north side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

Classic

11And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

Modern

12The west side was fifty cubits long and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

Classic

12And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

Modern

13And the east side, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits long.

Classic

13And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.

Modern

14The curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.

Classic

14The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Modern

15And the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well.

Classic

15And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Modern

16All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen.

Classic

16All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

Modern

17The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.

Classic

17And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

Modern

18The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,

Classic

18And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

Modern

19with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.

Classic

19And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.

Modern

20All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

Classic

20And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

Modern

21This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

Classic

21This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.

Modern

22Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.

Classic

22And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.

Modern

23With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen.

Classic

23And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

Modern

24All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

Classic

24All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

Modern

25The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—

Classic

25And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

Modern

26a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.

Classic

26A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

Modern

27The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base.

Classic

27And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

Modern

28With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.

Classic

28And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.

Modern

29The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

Classic

29And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

Modern

30He used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grating, all the utensils for the altar,

Classic

30And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

Modern

31the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard.

Classic

31And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

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