Exodus 38:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of testimony, as it was reviewed, by the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, under the direction of Ithamar, son of 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  These are the accounts of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, recorded as Moses commanded, by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  This is the sum of [the things for] the tabernacle, even the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  This is the summe of the habitacyo of witnesse, whiche was counted at the commaundment of Moses: and was the office of the Leuites by the hande of Ithamar sonne to Aaron the preast.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  This is now the summe of the Habitacion of wytnesse (which was counted at the comaundemet of Moses to ye Gods seruice of the Leuites vnder the hade of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the prest)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  These are the parts of the Tabernacle, I meane, of the Tabernacle of the Testimonie, which was appovnted by the commandement of Moses for the office of the Leuites by the hande of Ithamar sonne to Aaron the Priest.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  This is the sume of the tabernacle euen of the tabernacle of ye congregation, as it was couted accordyng to the comaundement of Moyses, for the office of the Leuites by the hande of Ithamar, sonne to Aaron the priest.

• 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  This is the amount of material used for the tent, even the Tent of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  These are the numberings of the tabernacle (the tabernacle of testimony), which hath been numbered by the command of Moses, the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  This is the sum of `the things for' the tabernacle, even the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  This is the sum of [the things for] the tabernacle, even the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  This is the price of the making of the House, even the House of witness, as it was valued by the word of Moses, for the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

• World English Bible (2000)

  This is the amount of material used for the tabernacle, even the Tabernacle of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Materials of the Construction This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which was counted by the order of Moses, being the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

Referenced Verses

• Num 9:15 : 15 And on the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and in the evening there was over the tabernacle 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 above the tabernacle of the testimony.
• Acts 7:44 : 44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He had appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen,
• 2 Chr 24:6 : 6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why have you not required of the Levites to bring in from Judah and from 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 you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all things that belong to it: they shall carry the tabernacle, and all its vessels; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp around the tabernacle.
• Num 1:53 : 53 But the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of testimony, so that no wrath may come upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep 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 happened that on the next day Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded, brought forth buds, bloomed blossoms, and produced almonds.
• Num 18:2 : 2 And your brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring with you, that they may be joined to you and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
• Exod 6:23 : 23 And Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• Exod 25:16 : 16 And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I will give you.
• Exod 26:33 : 33 And you shall hang up the veil under the clasps, that you may bring in there within the veil the ark of the testimony; and the veil shall divide for you between the holy place and the most holy.
• Exod 40:3 : 3 And you shall put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the veil.
• Num 24:5 : 5 How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, and your tabernacles, O Israel!
• 1 Chr 6:3 : 3 And the children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if our earthly body, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a 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 set up, and not man.
• Heb 9:2-3 : 2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the lampstand, and the table, and the showbread; 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 came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;
• 2 Pet 1:13 : 13 Yes, I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you;
• Rev 11:19 : 19 Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, 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, you shall number them by their families, by the house of their fathers; 30 From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old you shall number them, every one that enters 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 its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, 32 And the pillars of the court all around, and their sockets, and their pegs, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you 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 weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels worth one hundred talents, and of gold one hundred talents; 27 Also twenty basins of gold, worth a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine copper, as precious as gold. 28 And I said to them, You are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD God of your fathers. 29 Guard and keep them, until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. 30 So the priests and the Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
• Job 11:4 : 4 For you have said, 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.'
• Job 22:23 : 23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, and you shall put away iniquity far from your tents.
• Job 26:1 : 1 But Job answered and said,
• Ps 15:1 : 1 LORD, who shall abide in Your tabernacle? Who shall dwell on Your holy hill?
• Matt 17:4 : 4 Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will, let us make here three tabernacles; one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.