Exodus 36

1 “So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”

And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom the Lord hath put wisdom and understanding to know how to do every manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall make all, just as the Lord hath commanded.

2 Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.

And Moses called for Bezalel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, every one whose heart stirred him up to come near unto the work to do it:

3 They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning,

And they received from Moses the whole of the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it; and these brought unto him yet more free-will offerings morning after morning.

4 so that all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work

And then came all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, every man from his own work which they were doing.

5 and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”

And they said unto Moses, thus, The people bring more than is required for the service of the work, which the Lord hath commanded to make.

6 After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more,

And Moses gave the command, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary: so the people were restrained from bringing [more].

7 since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.

And the stuff prepared was sufficient for all the work to make it, and there was some over.

8 All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

And all the wise-hearted men, among those who wrought the work, made the tabernacle of ten curtains; of twisted linen thread, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn; with cherubim, of weaver's work, made he them.

9 Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size.

The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: there was one measure for all the curtains.

10 And he joined five of the curtains together, and the other five he joined as well.

And he coupled together five of the curtains one to another: and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.

11 He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and also on the end curtain in the second set.

And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, which was the outside in the coupling: the like he made on the border of the curtain, which was the outmost on the second coupling.

12 He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite one another.

Fifty loops made he on the one curtain, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain which was in the second coupling: the loops were fixed opposite to each other.

13 He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.

And he made fifty hooks of gold; and he coupled the curtains together one unto the other with the hooks, and the tabernacle became thus one piece.

14 He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.

And he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains made he the same.

15 Each of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of each curtain: there was one measure for the eleven curtains.

16 He joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another.

And he coupled five of the curtains by themselves, and six of the curtains by themselves.

17 He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.

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

18 He also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a unit.

And he made fifty hooks of copper, to couple the tent together that it might be one piece.

19 Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.

And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above.

20 Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

And he made the boards for the tabernacle, of shittim wood, standing up.

21 Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

Ten cubits was the length of each board, and one cubit and a half was the breadth of each one board.

22 Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

There were two tenons for every board, fitted in, one against the other: the like made he for all the boards of the tabernacle.

23 He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side, on the right.

24 with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.

And forty sockets of silver made he under the twenty boards; two sockets under the one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under the other board for its two tenons.

25 For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames

And for the other side of the tabernacle, for the north side, he made twenty boards:

26 and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.

And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board.

27 He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

And for the back wall of the tabernacle, westward, he made six boards.

28 and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the back wall.

29 coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.

And they were closely fitting beneath, and they were closely joined together on the top, by means of one ring; thus he did to both of them, for both the corners.

30 So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

And so there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two sockets under every board.

31 He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

And he made bars of shittim wood; five, for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle;

32 five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.

And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the back wall, westward.

33 He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other.

And he made the middle bar to pass through the midst of the boards from the one end to the other end.

34 And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

And the boards he overlaid with gold, and their rings he made of gold, as receptacles for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.

35 Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; of weaver's work made he it, with cherubim.

36 He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts.

And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, their hooks also were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

37 For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,

And he made a hanging for the door of the tabernacle, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; the work of the embroiderer;

38 together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.

And its five pillars with their hooks: and he overlaid their tops and made their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of copper.