Exodus 36

1 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.

Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every man that was wise-hearted, in whom Jehovah had put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work of the service of the sanctuary — according to all that Jehovah had commanded.

2 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:

And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every man that was wise-hearted, in whose heart God had put wisdom, every one whose heart moved him to come to the work to do it.

3 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.

And they took from Moses every heave-offering that the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it. And they still brought him voluntary offerings morning by morning.

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

And all the wise men that wrought all the work of the sanctuary came, every man from his work which they wrought,

5 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.

and spoke to Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work that Jehovah commanded to be done.

6 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.

Then Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed through the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the heave-offering of the sanctuary! So the people were restrained from bringing;

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

for the work they had was sufficient for all the work to do it, and it was too much.

8 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.

And every wise-hearted man among those that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of twined byssus, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubim of artistic work did he make them.

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

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

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

And he coupled five of the curtains one to another, and [the other] five curtains coupled he one to another.

11 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.

And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain at the edge of the coupling; he did likewise in the edge of the outermost curtain in the other coupling.

12 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.

He made fifty loops in one curtain, and he made fifty loops at the end of the curtain that was in the other coupling: the loops were opposite to one another.

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

And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle became one.

14 And they made curtains of goats' hair for the tent; eleven curtains were made.

And he made curtains of goats' [hair] for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains did he make them.

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

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

16 Five curtains were joined together to make one group, and six curtains were joined together to make the other group.

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

17 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,

And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain in the other coupling.

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

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

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

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

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

And he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia-wood, standing up;

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

ten cubits the length of the boards, and one cubit and a half the breadth of one board;

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

two tenons in one board, connected one with the other: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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

And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward;

24 And for these twenty boards, forty silver bases, two bases under every board, to take its tongues.

and he made forty bases of silver under the twenty boards, two bases under one board, for its two tenons, and two bases under another board for its two tenons.

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

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

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

and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one board, and two bases under another board.

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

And at the rear of the tabernacle, westward, he made six boards;

28 And two boards for the angles at the back.

and he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear;

29 These were joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, so forming the two angles.

and they were joined beneath, and were coupled together at the top thereof into one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners;

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

and there were eight boards, and their silver bases: sixteen bases, under every board two bases.

31 And they made rods of hard wood; five for the boards on one side of the House,

— And he made bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

32 And five for the boards on the other side of the House, and five for the boards at the back, on the west.

and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle at the rear, westward.

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

And he made the middle bar in the midst of the boards reach from one end to the other.

34 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.

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

35 And he made the veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with winged ones designed by expert workmen.

And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus: of artistic work he made it [with] cherubim.

36 And they made four pillars for it of hard wood plated with gold: they had hooks of gold and four silver bases.

And he made four pillars of acacia[-wood] for it, and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four bases of silver.

37 And they made a curtain for the door of the tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red;

And he made a curtain for the entrance of the tent of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus, of embroidery;

38 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.

and its five pillars with their hooks; and he overlaid their capitals and their connecting-rods with gold; and their five bases were of copper.