Exodus 36
1 So Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom Yahweh has given skill and ability to know how to do any work in the construction of the holy place are to do the work according to all that Yahweh has commanded.”
So let Bezalel and Oholiab get to work, with every wise-hearted man to whom the Lord has given wisdom and knowledge, to do whatever is necessary for the ordering of the holy place, as the Lord has given orders.
2 Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skillful person in whose mind Yahweh had given skill, and whose heart stirred within him to come and do the work.
Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab, and for all the wise-hearted men to whom the Lord had given wisdom, even everyone who was moved by the impulse of his heart to come and take part in the work:
3 They received from Moses all the offerings that the Israelites had brought for constructing the holy place. The people were still bringing freewill offerings every morning to Moses.
And they took from Moses all the offerings which the children of Israel had given for the building of the holy place. And still they went on giving him more free offerings every morning.
4 So all the skilled people working on the holy place came from the work that they had been doing.
Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;
5 The craftsmen told Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for doing the work that Yahweh has commanded us to do.”
And said to Moses, The people are giving much more than is needed for the work which the Lord has given us orders to do.
6 So Moses instructed that no one in the camp should bring any more offerings for the construction of the holy place. Then the people stopped bringing these gifts.
So Moses made an order and had it given out through all the tents, saying, Let no man or woman make any more offerings for the holy place. So the people were kept from giving more.
7 They had more than enough materials for all the work.
For the material they had was enough and more than enough for all the work which had to be done.
8 So all the craftsmen among them constructed the tabernacle with ten curtains made from fine linen and blue, purple, and scarlet wool with the designs of cherubim. This was the work of Bezalel, the very skilled craftsman.
Then all the expert workmen among them made the House with its ten curtains; of the best linen, blue and purple and red, they made them, with winged ones worked by expert designers.
9 The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, the width four cubits. All the curtains were of the same size.
Every curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.
10 Bezalel joined five curtains to each other, and the other five curtains he also joined to each other.
And five curtains were joined together, and the other five curtains were joined together.
11 He made loops of blue along the outer edge of the end curtain of one set, and he did the same along the outer edge of the end curtain in the second set.
And they put twists of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and in the same way on the outside curtain of the second group.
12 He made fifty loops on the first curtain and fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in the second set. So the loops were opposite to each another.
Fifty twists on the one curtain and fifty on the edge of the curtain of the other group; the twists being opposite to one another.
13 He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains together with them so that the tabernacle became united.
And they made fifty hooks of gold, joining the curtains one to another with the hooks; and so the House was made.
14 Bezalel made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven of these curtains.
And they made curtains of goats' hair for the tent; eleven curtains were made.
15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain was four cubits. Each of the eleven curtains was of the same size.
Every curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.
16 He joined five curtains to each other and the other six curtains to each other.
Five curtains were joined together to make one group, and six curtains were joined together to make the other group.
17 He made fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain of the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain that joined the second set.
And they put fifty twists of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group,
18 Bezalel made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together so that it might be one piece.
And fifty hooks of brass for joining them together to make the tent.
19 He made for the tabernacle a covering of ram skins dyed red, another covering of fine leather to go above that.
And they made a cover of sheepskins coloured red, to go over the tent, and a cover of leather over that.
20 Bezalel made vertical frames out of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
And for the uprights of the House they made boards of hard wood.
21 The length of each frame was ten cubits, and the width of each frame was one and a half cubits.
The boards were ten cubits long and one cubit and a half wide.
22 Each frame had two wooden pegs for joining the frames together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.
Every board had two tongues fixed into it; all the boards were made in this way.
23 He made the frames for the tabernacle in this way: twenty frames for the south side.
They made twenty boards for the south side of the House:
24 Bezalel made forty silver bases to go under the twenty frames. There were two bases under one frame to join the frames together, and also two bases under each of the other frames to join frames together.
And for these twenty boards, forty silver bases, two bases under every board, to take its tongues.
25 For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames
And for the second side of the House, on the north, they made twenty boards,
26 and their forty silver bases. There were two bases under the first frame, two bases under the next frame, and so on.
With their forty silver bases, two bases for every board.
27 For the back of the tabernacle on the west, Bezalel made six frames.
And for the west side of the House, at the back, they made six boards,
28 He made two frames for the back corners of the tabernacle.
And two boards for the angles at the back.
29 These frames were separate at the bottom, but joined at the top in one ring. He made two of them in this way for the two corners.
These were joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, so forming the two angles.
30 There were eight frames, together with their silver bases. There were sixteen bases in all, two bases under the first frame, two bases under the next frame, and so on.
So there were eight boards with sixteen bases of silver, two bases under every board.
31 Bezalel made crossbars of acacia wood—five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,
And they made rods of hard wood; five for the boards on one side of the House,
32 five crossbars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for the frames for the back side of the tabernacle to the west.
And five for the boards on the other side of the House, and five for the boards at the back, on the west.
33 He made the crossbar in the center of the frames, that is, halfway up, to reach from end to end.
The middle rod was made to go right through the rings of all the boards from one end to the other.
34 He covered the frames with gold. He made their rings of gold, for them to serve as holders for the crossbars, and he covered the bars with gold.
All the boards were plated with gold, and the rings through which the rods went were of gold, and the rods were plated with gold.
35 Bezalel made the curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet wool, and of fine linen, with designs of cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
And he made the veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with winged ones designed by expert workmen.
36 He made for the curtain four pillars of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold. He also made gold hooks for the pillars, and he cast for them four silver bases.
And they made four pillars for it of hard wood plated with gold: they had hooks of gold and four silver bases.
37 He made a hanging for the tent entrance. It was made of blue, purple, and scarlet wool, using fine linen, the work of an embroiderer.
And they made a curtain for the door of the tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red;
38 He also made the hanging's five pillars with hooks. He covered their tops and their rods with gold. Their five bases were made of bronze.
And five pillars for the curtain, with their hooks; the heads of the pillars were of gold and they were circled with bands of gold; and their five bases were of brass.
