Exodus 36
1 Beseleel, therefore, and Ooliab, and every wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and understanding, to know how to work artificially, made the things that are necessary for the uses of the sanctuary, and which the Lord commanded.
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 when Moses had called them, and every skillful man, to whom the Lord had given wisdom, and such as of their own accord had offered themselves to the making of the work,
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 He delivered all the offerings of the children of Israel unto them. And while they were earnest about the work, the people daily in the morning offered their vows.
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 Whereupon the workmen being constrained to come,
so much so that all the craftsmen who were working on the sanctuary stopped what they were doing
5 Said to Moses: The people offereth more than is necessary.
and went and told Moses, “The people have already brought enough to complete the work the Lord has ordered us to do.”
6 Moses therefore commanded proclamation to be made by the crier’s voice: Let neither man nor woman offer any more for the work of the sanctuary. And so they ceased from offering gifts,
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 Because the things that were offered did suffice, and were too much.
since there was already more than enough to do all the work necessary.
8 And all the men that were wise of heart, to accomplish the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of twisted fine linen, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, with varied work, and the art of embroidering:
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 The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth four: all the curtains were of the same size.
Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long by four cubits wide, and they were all the same size.
10 And he joined five curtains, one to another, and the other five he coupled one to another.
They joined together five of the curtains as one set, and the other five he joined as a second set.
11 He made also loops of violet in the edge of the curtain on both sides, and in the edge of the other curtain in like manner,
They used blue material to make loops on the edge of the last curtain of both sets.
12 That the loops might meet on against another, and might be joined each with the other.
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 Whereupon also he cast fifty rings of gold, that might catch the loops of the curtains, and they might be made one tabernacle.
They also made fifty gold clips and joined the curtains together with the clips, so that the Tabernacle was a single structure.
14 He made also eleven curtains of goats’ hair, to cover the roof of the tabernacle:
They made eleven curtains of goat hair as a tent to cover the Tabernacle.
15 One curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits broad: all the curtains were of one measure.
Each of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long by four cubits wide.
16 Five of which he joined apart, and the other six apart.
They joined five of the curtains together as one set and the other six as another set.
17 And he made fifty loops in the edge of one curtain, and fifty in the edge of another curtain, that they might be joined one to another.
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 fifty buckles of brass wherewith the roof might be knit together, that of all the curtains there might be made one covering.
They made fifty bronze clips to join the tent together as a single cover.
19 He made also a cover for the tabernacle of rams’ skins dyed red: and another cover over that of violet skins.
They made a covering for the goat hair tent from tanned ram skins, and placed an extra covering of fine leather over that.
20 He made also the boards of the tabernacle of setim wood standing.
They made an upright framework of acacia wood for the Tabernacle.
21 The length of one board was ten cubits: and the breadth was one cubit and a half.
Each frame was ten cubits long by one and a half cubits wide.
22 There were two mortises throughout every board, that one might be joined to the other. And in this manner he made for all the boards of the tabernacle.
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 Of which twenty were at the south side southward,
They made twenty frames for the south side of the Tabernacle.
24 With forty sockets of silver, two sockets were put under one board on the two sides of the corners, where the mortises of the sides end in the corners.
They made forty silver stands as supports for the twenty frames using two stands per frame, one under every frame peg.
25 At that side also of the tabernacle, that looketh toward the north, he made twenty boards.
Similarly for the north side of the Tabernacle, they made twenty frames
26 With forty sockets of silver, two sockets for every board.
and forty silver stands, two stands per frame.
27 But against the west, to wit, at that side of the tabernacle, which looketh to the sea, he made six boards,
They made six frames for the back (west side) of the Tabernacle,
28 And two others at each corner of the tabernacle behind:
along with two frames for its two back corners.
29 Which were also joined from beneath unto the top, and went together into one joint. Thus he did on both sides at the corners:
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 So there were in all eight boards and they had sixteen sockets of silver, to wit, two sockets under every board.
In total there were eight frames and sixteen silver stands, two under each frame.
31 He made also bars of setim wood, five to hold together the boards of one side of the tabernacle,
They made five crossbars of acacia wood to hold together the frames on the south side of the Tabernacle,
32 And five others to join together the boards of the other side: and besides these, five other bars at the west side of the tabernacle towards the sea.
five for those on the north, and five for those at the back of the Tabernacle, to the west.
33 He made also another bar, that might come by the midst of the boards from corner to corner.
They made the central crossbar which was placed halfway up the frames and ran from one end to the other.
34 And the board works themselves he overlaid with gold, casting for them sockets of silver. And their rings he made of gold, through which the bars might be drawn: and he covered the bars themselves with plates of gold.
They covered the frames with gold, and made gold rings to hold the crossbars in place. They covered the crossbars with gold too.
35 He made also a veil of violet, and purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, varied and distinguished with embroidery:
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 four pillars of setim wood, which with their heads be overlaid with gold, casting for them sockets of silver.
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 He made also a hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, with the work of an embroiderer.
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 five pillars with their heads, which he covered with gold, and their sockets he cast of brass.
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.
