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 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.”
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 moved him to come to the work to do it:
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.
3 And they received from Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it with. And they brought yet to him free offerings every morning.
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.
4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
So all the skilled people working on the holy place came from the work that they had been doing.
5 And they spoke to Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
The craftsmen told Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for doing the work that Yahweh has commanded 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.
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.
7 For the things they had were sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
They had more than enough materials for all the work.
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: he made them with cherubim of skilful work.
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.
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.
The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, the width four cubits. All the curtains were of the same size.
10 And he coupled the five curtains one to another: and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.
Bezalel joined five curtains to each other, and the other five curtains he also joined to each other.
11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the extremity of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
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.
12 Fifty loops he made in one curtain, and fifty loops he made in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
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.
13 And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps: so it became one tabernacle.
He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains together with them so that the tabernacle became united.
14 And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
Bezalel made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven of these curtains.
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.
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.
16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
He joined five curtains to each other and the other six curtains to each other.
17 And he made fifty loops upon the outer edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
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.
18 And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
Bezalel made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together so that it might be one piece.
19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above that.
He made for the tabernacle a covering of ram skins dyed red, another covering of fine leather to go above that.
20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
Bezalel made vertical frames out 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.
The length of each frame was ten cubits, and the width of each frame was one and a half cubits.
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 wooden pegs for joining the frames together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.
23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:
He made the frames for the tabernacle in this way: twenty frames for the south side.
24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
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.
25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames
26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
and their forty silver bases. There were two bases under the first frame, two bases under the next frame, and so on.
27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
For the back of the tabernacle on the west, Bezalel made six frames.
28 And two boards he made for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
He made two frames for the back corners of the tabernacle.
29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at its head, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
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.
30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
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.
31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
Bezalel made crossbars of acacia wood—five for the frames of the one 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 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.
33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
He made the crossbar in the center of the frames, that is, halfway up, to reach from end to end.
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.
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.
35 And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim he made it of skilful work.
Bezalel made the curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet wool, and of fine linen, with designs of cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
36 And he made for it four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
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.
37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
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.
38 And its five pillars with their hooks: and he overlaid their tops and their bands with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
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.
