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Domenica, 28 aprile 2024 - San Luigi Maria Grignion da Montfort ( Letture di oggi)

Exodus 38


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NEW JERUSALEMDOUAI-RHEIMS
1 He made the altar of burnt offerings of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; it was squareand three cubits high.1 He made also the altar of holocaust of setim wood, five cubits square, and three in height:
2 At its four corners he made horns, the horns being of a piece with it, and overlaid it with bronze.2 The horns whereof went out from the corners, and he overlaid it with plates of brass.
3 He made all the altar accessories: the ash pans, shovels, sprinkling basins, hooks and fire pans; hemade al the altar accessories of bronze.3 And for the uses thereof, he prepared divers vessels of brass, cauldrons, tongs, fleshhooks, pothooks, and firepans.
4 He also made a grating for the altar of bronze network, below its ledge, underneath, coming halfwayup.4 And he made the grate thereof of brass, in manner of a net, and under it in the midst of the altar a hearth,
5 He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating to take the shafts.5 Casting four rings at the four ends of the net at the top, to put in bars to carry it.
6 He made the shafts of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.6 And he made the bars of setim wood, and overlaid them with plates of brass:
7 He passed the shafts through the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altarhollow, out of boards.7 And he drew them through the rings that stood out in the sides of the altar. And the altar itself was not solid, but hollow, of boards, and empty within.
8 He made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women who served at theentrance to the Tent of Meeting.8 He made also the laver of brass, with the foot thereof, of the mirrors of the women that watch at the door of the tabernacle.
9 He made the court. On the south side, on the south, the curtaining of the court was of finely wovenlinen a hundred cubits long.9 He made also the court, in the south side whereof were hangings of fine twisted linen, of a hundred cubits,
10 Its twenty poles and their sockets being of bronze, and their hooks and rods of silver;10 Twenty pillars of brass with their sockets, the heads of the pillars, and the whole graving of the work, of silver.
11 and on the north side, a hundred cubits of curtaining, its twenty poles and their twenty sockets beingof bronze, and their hooks and rods of silver.11 In like manner at the north side the hangings, the pillars, and the sockets and heads of the pillars were of the same measure, and work and metal.
12 On the west side there were fifty cubits of curtaining, with its ten poles and their ten sockets, thepoles' hooks and rods being of silver;12 But on that side that looketh to the west, there were hangings of fifty cubits, ten pillars of brass with their sockets, and the heads of the pillars, and all the graving of the work, of silver.
13 and on the east side on the east, there were fifty cubits.13 Moreover towards the east he prepared hangings of fifty cubits:
14 On the one side there were fifteen cubits of curtaining, with its three poles and their three sockets,14 Fifteen cubits of which were on one side with three pillars, and their sockets:
15 and on the other side -- either side of the gateway to the court -- there were fifteen cubits ofcurtaining with its three poles and their three sockets.15 And on the other side (for between the two he made the entry of the tabernacle) there were hangings equally of fifteen cubits, and three pillars, and as many sockets.
16 Al the curtaining round the court was of finely woven linen,16 All the hangings of the court were woven with twisted linen.
17 the sockets for the poles were of bronze, the poles' hooks and rods of silver, their capitals wereoverlaid with silver and al the poles of the court had silver rods.17 The sockets of the pillars were of brass, and their heads with all their gravings of silver: and he overlaid the pillars of the court also with silver.
18 The screen for the gateway to the court was of finely woven linen embroidered with violet-purple, red-purple and crimson, twenty cubits long and five cubits high (al the way along) like the curtaining of the court,18 And he made in the entry thereof an embroidered hanging of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, that was twenty cubits long, and five cubits high according to the measure of all the hangings of the court.
19 its four poles and their four sockets being of bronze, their hooks of silver, their capitals overlaid withsilver, and their rods of silver.19 And the pillars in the entry were four with sockets of brass, and their heads and gravings of silver.
20 Al the pegs round the Dwel ing and the court were of bronze.20 The pins also of the tabernacle and of the court round about he made of brass.
21 These are the accounts for the Dwelling -- the Dwel ing of the Testimony -- drawn up by order ofMoses, the work of Levites, produced by Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.21 These are the instruments of the tabernacle of the testimony, which were counted according to the commandment of Moses, in the ceremonies of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest:
22 Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that Yahweh ordered Moses tomake,22 Which Beseleel the son of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe of Juda had made as the Lord commanded by Moses,
23 his assistant being Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, embroiderer andneedleworker in violet-purple, red-purple and crimson materials and fine linen.23 Having for his companion Ooliab the son of Achisamech of the tribe of Dan: who also was an excellent artificer in wood, and worker in tapestry and embroidery in violet, purple, scarlet, and fine linen.
24 The amount of gold used for the work, for the entire work for the sanctuary (the gold consecrated forthe purpose) was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, reckoned by the sanctuary shekel.24 All the gold that was spent in the work of the sanctuary, and that was offered in gifts was nine and twenty talents, and seven hundred and thirty sicles according to the standard of the sanctuary.
25 The silver from the census of the community was one hundred talents and one thousand sevenhundred and seventy-five shekels, reckoned by the sanctuary shekel,25 And it was offered by them that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upwards, of six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty men able to bear arms.
26 one beqa per head, half a shekel reckoned by the sanctuary shekel, for everyone of twenty years andover included in the census, for six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty persons.26 There were moreover a hundred talents of silver, whereof were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and of the entry where the veil hangeth.
27 A hundred talents of silver were used for casting the sockets for the sanctuary and the sockets for thecurtain: a hundred sockets from a hundred talents, one talent per socket.27 A hundred sockets were made of a hundred talents, one talent being reckoned for every socket.
28 From the one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made the hooks for the poles,overlaid their capitals and made the rods for them.28 And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five he made the heads of the pillars, which also he overlaid with silver.
29 The bronze consecrated for the purpose amounted to seventy talents and two thousand four hundredshekels,29 And there were offered of brass also seventy-two thousand talents, and four hundred sicles besides.
30 and from it he made the sockets for the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar, its bronzegrating and al the altar accessories,30 Of which were cast the sockets in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony, and the altar of brass with the grate thereof, and all the vessels that belong to the use thereof.
31 the sockets al round the court, the sockets for the gateway to the court, all the pegs for the Dwel ingand all the pegs round the court.31 And the sockets of the court as well round about as in the entry thereof, and the pins of the tabernacle and of the court round about.