Exodus 36

1 And Beseleel wrought, and Eliab and every one wise in understanding, to whom was given wisdom and knowledge, to understand to do all the works according to the holy offices, according to all things which the Lord appointed.

So Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the other craftsmen with the necessary expertise and given the skill and ability by the Lord, are to work out how to accomplish all the work of constructing the sanctuary as commanded by the Lord.”

2 And Moses called Beseleel and Eliab, and all that had wisdom, to whom God gave knowledge in [their] heart, and all who were freely willing to come forward to the works, to perform them.

Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the skilled people who had been given special abilities by the Lord, everyone willing to come and do the work.

3 And they received from Moses all the offerings, which the children of Israel brought for all the works of the sanctuary to do them; and they continued to receive the gifts brought, from those who brought them in the morning.

Moses gave them everything the Israelites had contributed to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. In the meantime the people went on bringing freewill offerings every morning,

4 And there came all the wise men who wrought the works of the sanctuary, each according to his own work, which they wrought.

so much so that all the craftsmen who were working on the sanctuary stopped what they were doing

5 And one said to Moses, The people bring an abundance [too great] in proportion to all the works which the Lord has appointed [them] to do.

and went and told Moses, “The people have already brought enough to complete the work the Lord has ordered us to do.”

6 And Moses commanded, and proclaimed in the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman any longer labour for the offerings of the sanctuary; and the people were restrained from bringing any more.

Moses gave the order, and an announcement was made throughout the camp: “Men and women, don't bring anything more as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were stopped from bringing anything more,

7 And they had materials sufficient for making the furniture, and they left some besides.

since there was already more than enough to do all the work necessary.

8 And every wise one amongst those that wrought made the robes of the holy places, which belong to Aaron the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.

The skilled craftsmen among the workers made the ten curtains for the Tabernacle. They were made of finely-spun linen together with blue, purple, and crimson thread, embroidered with cherubim.

9 And he made the ephod of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.

Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long by four cubits wide, and they were all the same size.

10 And the plates were divided, the threads of gold, so as to interweave with the blue and purple, and with the spun scarlet, and the fine linen twined, they made it a woven work;

They joined together five of the curtains as one set, and the other five he joined as a second set.

11 shoulder-pieces joined from both sides, a work woven by mutual twisting of the parts into one another.

They used blue material to make loops on the edge of the last curtain of both sets.

12 They made it of the same material according to the making of it, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, as the Lord commanded Moses;

They made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the last curtain of the second set, lining up the loops with each another.

13 and they made the two emerald stones clasped together and set in gold, graven and cut after the cutting of a seal with the names of the children of Israel;

They also made fifty gold clips and joined the curtains together with the clips, so that the Tabernacle was a single structure.

14 and he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, [as] stones of memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord appointed Moses.

They made eleven curtains of goat hair as a tent to cover the Tabernacle.

15 And they made the oracle, a work woven with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.

Each of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long by four cubits wide.

16 They made the oracle square [and] double, the length of a span, and the breadth of a span, —double.

They joined five of the curtains together as one set and the other six as another set.

17 And there was interwoven with it a woven work of four rows of stones, a series of stones, the first row, a sardius and topaz and emerald;

They made fifty loops on the edge of the last curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the last curtain in the second set.

18 and the second row, a carbuncle and sapphire and jasper;

They made fifty bronze clips to join the tent together as a single cover.

19 and the third row, a ligure and agate and amethyst;

They made a covering for the goat hair tent from tanned ram skins, and placed an extra covering of fine leather over that.

20 and the fourth row a chrysolite and beryl and onyx set round about with gold, and fastened with gold.

They made an upright framework of acacia wood for the Tabernacle.

21 And the stones were twelve according to the names of the children of Israel, graven according to their names like seals, each according to his own name for the twelve tribes.

Each frame was ten cubits long by one and a half cubits wide.

22 And they made on the oracle turned wreaths, wreathen work, of pure gold,

Each frame had two pegs so the frames could be connected to each other. They made all the frames of the Tabernacle like this.

23 and they made two golden circlets and two golden rings.

They made twenty frames for the south side of the Tabernacle.

24 And they put the two golden rings on both the [upper] corners of the oracle;

They made forty silver stands as supports for the twenty frames using two stands per frame, one under every frame peg.

25 and they put the golden wreaths on the rings on both sides of the oracle, and the two wreaths into the two couplings.

Similarly for the north side of the Tabernacle, they made twenty frames

26 And they put them on the two circlets, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod opposite [each other] in front.

and forty silver stands, two stands per frame.

27 And they made two golden rings, and put them on the two projections on the top of the oracle, and on the top of the hinder part of the ephod within.

They made six frames for the back (west side) of the Tabernacle,

28 And they made two golden rings, and put them on both the shoulders of the ephod under it, in front by the coupling above the connexion of the ephod.

along with two frames for its two back corners.

29 And he fastened the oracle by the rings that were on it to the rings of the ephod, which were fastened with [a string] of blue, joined together with the woven work of the ephod; that the oracle should not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses.

They joined these corner frames at the bottom and at the top near to the first ring. This is how they made the two corner frames.

30 And they made the tunic under the ephod, woven work, all of blue.

In total there were eight frames and sixteen silver stands, two under each frame.

31 And the opening of the tunic in the midst woven closely together, the opening having a fringe round about, that it might not be tore.

They made five crossbars of acacia wood to hold together the frames on the south side of the Tabernacle,

32 And they made on the border of the tunic below pomegranates as of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.

five for those on the north, and five for those at the back of the Tabernacle, to the west.

33 And they made golden bells, and put the bells on the border of the tunic round about between the pomegranates:

They made the central crossbar which was placed halfway up the frames and ran from one end to the other.

34 a golden bell and a pomegranate on the border of the tunic round about, for the ministration, as the Lord commanded Moses.

They covered the frames with gold, and made gold rings to hold the crossbars in place. They covered the crossbars with gold too.

35 And they made vestments of fine linen, a woven work, for Aaron and his sons,

They made a veil out of blue, purple, and crimson thread, and finely-spun linen, embroidered with cherubim by someone who was skilled.

36 and the tires of fine linen, and the mitre of fine linen, and the drawers of fine linen twined;

They made four posts of acacia wood for it and covered them with gold. They made gold hooks for the posts and cast their four silver stands.

37 and their girdles of fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet spun, the work of an embroiderer, according as the Lord commanded Moses.

They made a screen for the entrance to the tent using blue, purple, and crimson thread, and finely-spun linen, and had it embroidered.

38 And they made the golden plate, a dedicated thing of the sanctuary, of pure gold;

They also made five posts of acacia wood with hooks to hang the screen. They covered the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five stands were made of bronze.

39 and he wrote upon it graven letters [as] of a seal, Holiness to the Lord.

40 And they put it on the border of blue, so that it should be on the mitre above, as the Lord commanded Moses.