This verse is similar to 27.3, listing the five utensils in the same order. Note here, however, that the word utensils is used twice, and the five items all have the definite article the, which is not used in 27.3. Similarly the possessive pronoun “its,” used for each item in 27.3 (but not translated in Revised Standard Version), is used here only in the final clause, all its utensils. The word for utensils is the general term that may be translated in many different ways, such as “equipment” (Good News Translation), “accessories” (New Jerusalem Bible), or “vessels” (American Standard Version).

Quoted with permission from Osborn, Noel D. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Exodus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1999. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .