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.

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 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 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 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 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 Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from 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 giving much more than is needed for the work which the Lord has given us orders 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

21 The boards were ten cubits long and one 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 Every board had two tongues fixed into it; all the boards were made 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 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, on the right.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28 And two boards for the angles at the back.

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

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

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 boards with sixteen bases of silver, two bases under every board.

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

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

And he made bars of shittim 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 for the back wall, 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 to pass through the midst of the boards from the one end to the other end.

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 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 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 vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; of weaver's work made he 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 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 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 hanging for the door of the tabernacle, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; the work of the embroiderer;

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 tops and made their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of copper.