Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Exodus 38:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “All the pegs were made of bronze right from those for stretching the Tent and the courtyard.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The pegs of the tent and the pegs of the courtyard were bronze.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “All the pegs that-support the Tent (were) pure bronze and the curtain around it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And they took bras for making the small holders for the shelter’s ropes and [for] the ropes of the fence also, and so later they pounded them into the ground.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And nail of tent and nail of fence all, they pound it with metal red.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “All the tent pegs to support the Sacred Tent and the curtains around the courtyard were made of bronze.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 38:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “This (place/record) shows the things which were used in/for the Tent of God. Moses is the one who ordered that these things were all written down and the Levites arranged/made it being headed by Ithamar the son of Aaron.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Bezalel finished the work with Oholiab who was skillful to embroider and to weave in the linen of blue, purple and red colour. Both of them accomplished the command that the Lord had given through Moses. Moses gave Ithamar the son of Aaron the responsibility of keeping an account of skin, gold, silver and bronze in the Tent of Meeting.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “These are the materials which was-used to built of the Place-of-Worship Tent where the Law was-put/placed-in-it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “For God’s shelter in which the two stones of the law were located, the workers took gol and silva and bras and then made it. And Moses said for the Livai people to count that gol and silva and bras, and so write its heaviness into a book. And Itamar, the child of Aron, the man of offerings, he lead in counting those things.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “This be weighing of many things which they make tent with it, tent-of-covenant-of-God. Moses say [to] Ithamar son of Aaron who be head of priests, he must write it for the Levites.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Here is a list of the amounts of metal used to make the Sacred Tent. Moses/I told some men from the tribe of Levi to count all the materials used and write down the amounts. Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest, supervised those men.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 38:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “Bezalel the son of Hur from the house of Juda did everything which God said.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Bezalel finished the work with Oholiab who was skillful to embroider and to weave in the linen of blue, purple and red colour. Both of them accomplished the command that the Lord had given through Moses. Moses gave Ithamar the son of Aaron the responsibility of keeping an account of skin, gold, silver and bronze in the Tent of Meeting.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The leader/one-who-in-charged in building the Tent was Bezalel son of Uri and grandson of Hur, which came from the tribe of Judah. He did all what God commanded Moises.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And Besalel, [who was] Uri’s son and Ur’s grandson in the clan [descended] from Iuda, he made all the shelter’s things as the Chief spoke to Moses about.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Be Bezalel Uri Hur who be man-of-Judah that make that which The Lord say Moses all,” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Bezalel the son of Uri and grandson of Hur made all the things that Yahweh commanded Moses/me to be made.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 38:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “And the person whom they were helping each other and who was engraving things and a skilled person who knows how to weave clothes in a very nice way which are blue, purple and red is/was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach from the house of Dan.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Bezalel finished the work with Oholiab who was skillful to embroider and to weave in the linen of blue, purple and red colour. Both of them accomplished the command that the Lord had given through Moses. Moses gave Ithamar the son of Aaron the responsibility of keeping an account of skin, gold, silver and bronze in the Tent of Meeting.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “His helper was Oholiab the child/(son) of Ahisamac, which came from the tribe of Dan. He is a very skilled-worker and designer, and embroiderer in fine linen and blue, purple and red yarn.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And Ooliap, Aisamak’s son in the clan [descended] from Dan, he was helping Besalel. And he had great knowledge in doing various kinds of work such as cutting talk onto shiny stones, and doing various kinds of artwork, and sewing good decorations with needle thread which is red and somewhat red and blue to go up onto good cloths.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “and be Oholiab Ahisamach who be man-of-Dan that help him, because he be wise for stone carving, and drawing of thing, and sewing of clothes with thread be good which be green/blue, and that which be purple, and red ones.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Bezalel’s helper was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. Oholiab was a skilled engraver who made artistic things. He made fine white linen, and he embroidered designs using blue, purple, and red yarn/thread. He also made other cloth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 38:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “And/But all the gold which had been set apart for the Tent of God was one thousand (1000) kilos according to the standard weight.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The amount of gold given as wave offering for the work of the tabernacle was about a thousand kilogram according to the measurement of the sanctuary.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The weight of all the gold which-was offered for used to work on-the Tent around 1,000 kilos according to-the weighed of the gold on the scale which-was used by the priests.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And all the gol which the Israel people offered for making God’s shelter, they waved it back and forth in God’s sight. And they counted that gol’s heaviness which amounted to nine hundred ninety-eight (998) kilos.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • English: “All the gold that was used to make the Sacred Tent weighed 2,195 pounds/1,000 kg.. They used the official standard when they weighed the gold.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 38:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “And silver which people gave was three thousand four hundred and thirty (3430) kilos according to the standard weight.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The amount of silver offered from counted people in census was about 3,520 kilogram according to the measurement of sanctuary.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The weight of all the silver that-was collected around 3,430 kilos according to-the weighed of-the silver on-the scale which-was used by the priests. It/This came from the people which-was listed in-the census. Each one of them gave six grams of silver according to-the weighed of-the silver on-the scale that-was used by the priests. It-has 603,550 people which is aged 20 years above that-was listed in-the census.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And the males whose years were twenty and above, they counted their number and when it was done, then each of them threw a silva coin to go for making God’s shelter. And the silva which they gathered, they counted its heaviness which amounted to three thousand four hundred thirty (3,430) kilos. The number of those males amounted to six hundred three thousand, five hundred fifty (603,550).” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And gold white which they take from place of they who they count in census, its weight be kilo which be 3,430 as they weigh thing in house of God.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “All the silver that the people contributed when the leaders took the census/counted the men weighed 7,500 pounds/3,400 kg.. They also used the official standard when they weighed the silver.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 38:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “The people who were counted were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty (603,550) people who had (were) twenty years and above. Everyone paid the required tax.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The counted men of twenty years old and more than that were 603,550 from each men half shekel according to the sanctuary shekel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The weight of all the silver that-was collected around 3,430 kilos according to-the weighed of-the silver on-the scale which-was used by the priests. It/This came from the people which-was listed in-the census. Each one of them gave six grams of silver according to-the weighed of-the silver on-the scale that-was used by the priests. It-has 603,550 people which is aged 20 years above that-was listed in-the census.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And the males whose years were twenty and above, they counted their number and when it was done, then each of them threw a silva coin to go for making God’s shelter. And the silva which they gathered, they counted its heaviness which amounted to three thousand four hundred thirty (3,430) kilos. The number of those males amounted to six hundred three thousand, five hundred fifty (603,550).” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And from they who they count in census, men who have years which be 20 and up all, one give his own. Together they be 603,550.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “All the men who were at least 20 years old were counted, and they each paid the required amount. That was a total of 603,550 men.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 38:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “Three thousand and four hundred (3400) kilos of silver were used to prepare 100 things on which the frames of the Tent of God and the pillars for the curtain that conceals the Inner Room stood on. Each thing (base) took thirty four kilos.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “3,500 kilograms in 100 bases-it means 35 kilograms in each base.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The 3,400 kilos of silver was-used to make 100 bases of-the Tent and the curtains. About 34 kilos each bases.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And they took some of that silva for making the shelter’s post-bases, and the post-bases for the interior cloth of the shelter. That silva’s heaviness amounted to three thousand four hundred (3,400) kilos. Each of the post-bases had a heaviness which amounted to thirty-four kilos.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “They pound planting-hole which be 100 with gold white which its weight be kilo which be 34,” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “They used 75 pounds/34 kg. of silver for making/casting each of the 100 bases to put under the posts to support the curtains of the Sacred Tent.” (Source: Translation for Translators)