20. All the tent pegs for the Holy Tent and for the curtains around the courtyard were made from bronze.
21. Moses commanded the Levites to write down everything that was used to make the Holy Tent, that is, the Tent of the Agreement. Ithamar son of Aaron was in charge of keeping the list.
22. Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, made everything the Lord commanded Moses.
23. Also Oholiab son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, helped him. Oholiab was a skilled worker and designer. He was skilled at weaving fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn.
24. The people gave over a ton of gold as an offering to the Lord for his holy place. (This was weighed using the official measure.)
25-26. All the men 20 years old or older were counted. Each man had to pay a tax of 1 beka of silver. (Using the official measure, 1 beka is 1/2 shekel.) There were 603,550 men. So they collected about 7550 pounds of silver.
27. They used most of the silver to make 100 bases for the Holy Tent and its curtains, 75 pounds for each base.
28. They used the remaining 44 pounds of silver to make the hooks, the curtain rods, and the silver covers for the posts.
29. They gave more than 2 1/2 tons of bronze.
30. That bronze was used to make the bases at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. They also used the bronze to make the altar and the bronze grating. And the bronze was used to make all the tools and dishes for the altar.
31. It was also used to make the bases for the curtains around the courtyard and the bases for the curtains at the entrance. And the bronze was used to make the tent pegs for the Holy Tent and for the curtains around the courtyard.