Exodus 36
1 THEN wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had 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 Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:
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 of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every 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 all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
so much so that all the craftsmen who were working on the sanctuary stopped what they were doing
5 And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make.
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 gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
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 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
since there was already more than enough to do all the work necessary.
8 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
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 and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.
Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long by four cubits wide, and they were all the same size.
10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.
They joined together five of the curtains as one set, and the other five he joined as a second set.
11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
They used blue material to make loops on the edge of the last curtain of both sets.
12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
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 he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became 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 And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
They made eleven curtains of goat hair as a tent to cover the Tabernacle.
15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
Each of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long by four cubits wide.
16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
They joined five of the curtains together as one set and the other six as another set.
17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
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 he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
They made fifty bronze clips to join the tent together as a single cover.
19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above that.
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 he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
They made an upright framework of acacia wood for the Tabernacle.
21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.
Each frame was ten cubits long by one and a half cubits wide.
22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make 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 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:
They made twenty frames for the south side of the Tabernacle.
24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
They made forty silver stands as supports for the twenty frames using two stands per frame, one under every frame peg.
25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
Similarly for the north side of the Tabernacle, they made twenty frames
26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
and forty silver stands, two stands per frame.
27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
They made six frames for the back (west side) of the Tabernacle,
28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
along with two frames for its two back corners.
29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both 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 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
In total there were eight frames and sixteen silver stands, two under each frame.
31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the 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 bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.
five for those on the north, and five for those at the back of the Tabernacle, to the west.
33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
They made the central crossbar which was placed halfway up the frames and ran from one end to the other.
34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with 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 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
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 he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four 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 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
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 the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were 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.
