Exodus 36

1 “Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom the LORD has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD 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 called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it.

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 offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. They kept bringing free will offerings to him every morning.

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 All the wise men, who performed all the work of the sanctuary, each came from his work which he did.

Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;

5 They spoke to Moses, saying, “The people have brought much more than enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded to make.”

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 Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman make anything else for the offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing.

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 For the stuff they had was sufficient to do all the work, and too much.

For the material they had was enough and more than enough for all the work which had to be done.

8 All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet. They made them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.

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, and the width of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure.

Every curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.

10 He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.

And five curtains were joined together, and the other five curtains were joined together.

11 He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second coupling.

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 in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite to one 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 clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps: so the tabernacle was a unit.

And they made fifty hooks of gold, joining the curtains one to another with the hooks; and so the House was made.

14 He made curtains of goats’ hair for a covering over the tabernacle. He made them eleven 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 four cubits the width of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.

Every curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.

16 He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

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 curtain that was outermost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was outermost in the second coupling.

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 He made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together, that it might be a unit.

And fifty hooks of brass for joining them together to make the tent.

19 He made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.

And they made a cover of sheepskins coloured red, to go over the tent, and a cover of leather over that.

20 He made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.

And for the uprights of the House they made boards of hard wood.

21 Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the width of each board.

The boards were ten cubits long and one cubit and a half wide.

22 Each board had two tenons, joined to one another. He made all the boards of the tabernacle this way.

Every board had two tongues fixed into it; all the boards were made in this way.

23 He made the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward.

They made twenty boards for the south side of the House:

24 He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.

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 boards

And for the second side of the House, on the north, they made twenty boards,

26 and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

With their forty silver bases, two bases for every board.

27 For the far part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

And for the west side of the House, at the back, they made six boards,

28 He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far part.

And two boards for the angles at the back.

29 They were double beneath, and in the same way they were all the way to its top to one ring. He did this to both of them in 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 boards and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets—under every board two sockets.

So there were eight boards with sixteen bases of silver, two bases under every board.

31 He made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards 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 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward.

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 middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards from the one end to the other.

The middle rod was made to go right through the rings of all the boards from one end to the other.

34 He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold as places for the bars, and overlaid 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 He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. He made it 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 four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them.

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 screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined 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 and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were 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.