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.”
“Bezalel and Oholiab, and all the other men to whom Yahweh has given ability and enabled them to understand how to do all the work to make the Sacred Tent, must make everything just as Yahweh has 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.
So Moses/I summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and all the other skilled men to whom Yahweh had given special ability and who wanted to do some of the work.
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,
Moses/I gave them all the things that the people had brought as offerings to Yahweh for making the Sacred Tent. But the people continued bringing more things every morning.
4 so that all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work
As a result, the skilled men who were doing various things to make the Sacred Tent came to Moses/me
5 and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”
and said, “The people are bringing more than we need to do the work that Yahweh has commanded us!”
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,
So Moses/I gave the skilled men this message that was proclaimed throughout the camp: “No one should bring anything more as an offering to make the Sacred Tent!” When the people [heard that], they did not bring anything more.
7 since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.
What they had already brought was enough to do all the work. [In fact], it was more than was needed!
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.
All the most skilled men among the workmen made the Sacred Tent. They made it from ten strips of fine linen, and carefully embroidered it using blue, purple, and red yarn/thread to make figures that resembled the winged creatures.
9 Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size.
Each strip was (14 yards/twelve meters) long and (2 yards/1.8 meters) wide.
10 And he joined five of the curtains together, and the other five he joined as well.
They sewed five strips together to make one set, and they sewed the other five strips together to make the other set.
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.
For each set, they made loops of blue [cloth] and fastened them on the outer edge of the strip, at the end of each set.
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.
They put 50 loops on the edge of the first set, and 50 loops on the edge of the second set.
13 He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.
They made 50 gold clasps/fasteners, to fasten both of the sets together. In that way, the inside of the Sacred Tent was [as though it was] one piece.
14 He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.
They made a cover for the Sacred Tent from eleven pieces of cloth made from goats’ hair.
15 Each of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
Each piece of cloth was (15 yards/13.5 meters) long and (2 yards/1.8 meters) wide.
16 He joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another.
They sewed five of these pieces of cloth together to make one set, and they sewed the other six pieces of cloth together to make another set.
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.
They made 100 loops [of blue cloth]. They fastened 50 of them to the outer edge of the one set and they fastened 50 to the outer edge of the other set.
18 He also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a unit.
They made 50 bronze clasps/fasteners and joined the two sets together with them. In that way it formed one cover.
19 Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
They made two more covers for the Sacred Tent. They made one from rams’ skins that had been (tanned/dyed red), and they made the top cover from goatskin leather.
20 Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
They made frames from acacia wood and set them up [to support the covers for the Sacred Tent].
21 Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Each frame was (15 feet/4.5 meters) long and (27 in./66 cm.) wide.
22 Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
They made two projections at the bottom of each frame. These were for fastening the frames to the bases underneath them. Each frame had these projections.
23 He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,
The skilled workmen made twenty frames for the south side of the Sacred Tent.
24 with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
They made 40 silver bases to go underneath them. Two bases went under each frame. The projections on each frame fit into these bases.
25 For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames
[Similarly], they made 20 frames for the north side of the Sacred Tent.
26 and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.
They made 40 silver bases for them also, with two bases for under each frame.
27 He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,
For the rear of the Sacred Tent, on the west side, they made six frames.
28 and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,
They also made two extra frames, one for each corner of the rear of the Sacred Tent, [to provide extra support].
29 coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.
The two corner frames were joined from the bottom to the top (OR, joined at both the bottom and the top). At the top of each of the two corner frames they fastened a gold ring for holding the crossbar.
30 So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
In that way, [for the rear of the Sacred Tent] there were eight frames, and there were 16 bases, two bases under each frame.
31 He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
The workmen made 15 crossbars from acacia wood.
32 five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.
Five of them were for the frames on the north side of the Sacred Tent, five for the south side, and five for the frames at the rear of the Sacred Tent, the west side.
33 He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other.
The crossbars on the north, south, and west sides of the Sacred Tent were fastened to the middle of the frames. The two long crossbars extended from one end of the Sacred Tent to the other, and the crossbar on the west side extended from one side of the Sacred Tent to the other side.
34 And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
The workmen covered the frames with gold and fastened gold rings to the poles. The crossbars [were put] into the rings. The crossbars were [also] covered with gold.
35 Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
They made a curtain from fine white linen. Skilled craftsmen embroidered it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread, making designs [that resembled] the winged creatures.
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.
They suspended/hung the curtain from four posts that were made from acacia [wood] and covered with gold. They set [each] post in a silver base.
37 For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,
They made a curtain to [cover] the entrance of the Sacred Tent. They made it from fine linen, and a skilled weaver embroidered it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread.
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.
[To support this curtain], they also made five posts from acacia wood and fastened gold clasps/fasteners to them. They completely covered the posts with gold. They also made a bronze base for each of those posts.
