Exodus 38:21

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ This 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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵ֣לֶּה פְקוּדֵ֤י הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן הָעֵדֻ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר פֻּקַּ֖ד עַל־פִּ֣י מֹשֶׁ֑ה עֲבֹדַת֙ הַלְוִּיִּ֔ם בְּיַד֙ אִֽיתָמָ֔ר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹ֖ן הַכֹּהֵֽן׃

Transliteration

ʾēlleh [These are] pəqûdê [accounts of] hammiškān [the tabernacle], miškan [tabernacle of] hāʿēdut [the testimony], ʾăšer [which] puqqad [were counted] ʿal-pî [according to command of] Mōšeh [Moses]; ʿăbōdat [service of] halwiyyîm [the Levites] bəyad [by hand of] ʾÎtāmār [Ithamar], ben-ʾAhărōn [son of Aaron] hakkōhēn [the priest].

Grammar Details

• *ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun common plural - these
• *pəqûdê*: construct state, masculine plural - accounts/inventories of
• *hammiškān*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the tabernacle
• *miškan*: construct state, masculine singular - tabernacle of
• *hāʿēdut*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the testimony
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which, that
• *puqqad*: Pual perfect 3rd masculine singular - was counted/numbered
• *ʿal*: preposition - according to
• *pî*: construct state, masculine singular - mouth/command of
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *ʿăbōdat*: construct state, feminine singular - service of
• *halwiyyîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the Levites
• *bəyad*: preposition + construct state, feminine singular - by hand of
• *ʾÎtāmār*: proper noun - Ithamar
• *ben*: construct state, masculine singular - son of
• *ʾAhărōn*: proper noun - Aaron
• *hakkōhēn*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the priest

Word Meanings

• *pəqûdê*: accounts, inventories, numberings
• *hammiškān*: the tabernacle, the dwelling place
• *hāʿēdut*: the testimony, the witness
• *puqqad*: was counted, was numbered, was appointed
• *ʿal-pî*: according to command of, by mouth of, at the order of

Referenced Verses

• Num 9:15 : 15 ¶ And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, [namely], the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
• Num 10:11 : 11 ¶ And it came to pass on the twentieth [day] of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
• Acts 7:44 : 44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
• 2 Chr 24:6 : 6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, [according to the commandment] of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
• Num 1:50 : 50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that [belong] to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
• Num 1:53 : 53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
• Num 17:7-8 : 7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. 8 ¶ And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
• Num 18:2 : 2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee [shall minister] before the tabernacle of witness.
• Exod 6:23 : 23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• Exod 25:16 : 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
• Exod 26:33 : 33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy [place] and the most holy.
• Exod 40:3 : 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
• Num 24:5 : 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, [and] thy tabernacles, O Israel!
• 1 Chr 6:3 : 3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 ¶ For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
• Heb 8:2 : 2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
• Heb 9:2-3 : 2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein [was] the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. 3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
• Heb 9:11 : 11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
• 2 Pet 1:13 : 13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance;
• Rev 11:19 : 19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
• Rev 21:3 : 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.
• Num 4:28-33 : 28 This [is] the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge [shall be] under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; 30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. 31 And this [is] the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, 32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden. 33 This [is] the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
• Ezra 8:26-30 : 26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, [and] of gold an hundred talents; 27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. 28 And I said unto them, Ye [are] holy unto the LORD; the vessels [are] holy also; and the silver and the gold [are] a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers. 29 Watch ye, and keep [them], until ye weigh [them] before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. 30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring [them] to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
• Job 11:4 : 4 For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
• Job 22:23 : 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
• Job 26:1 : 1 ¶ But Job answered and said,
• Ps 15:1 : 1 ¶ A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
• Matt 17:4 : 4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.