Exodus 36

1 And Beseleel wrought, and Eliab and every one wise in understanding, to whom was given wisdom and knowledge, to understand to do all the works according to the holy offices, according to all things which the Lord appointed.

“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.”

2 And Moses called Beseleel and Eliab, and all that had wisdom, to whom God gave knowledge in [their] heart, and all who were freely willing to come forward to the works, to perform them.

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.

3 And they received from Moses all the offerings, which the children of Israel brought for all the works of the sanctuary to do them; and they continued to receive the gifts brought, from those who brought them in the morning.

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,

4 And there came all the wise men who wrought the works of the sanctuary, each according to his own work, which they wrought.

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

5 And one said to Moses, The people bring an abundance [too great] in proportion to all the works which the Lord has appointed [them] to do.

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

6 And Moses commanded, and proclaimed in the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman any longer labour for the offerings of the sanctuary; and the people were restrained from bringing any more.

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,

7 And they had materials sufficient for making the furniture, and they left some besides.

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

8 And every wise one among those that wrought made the robes of the holy places, which belong to Aaron the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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.

9 And he made the ephod of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.

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

10 And the plates were divided, the threads of gold, so as to interweave with the blue and purple, and with the spun scarlet, and the fine linen twined, they made it a woven work;

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

11 shoulder-pieces joined from both sides, a work woven by mutual twisting of the parts into one another.

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.

12 They made it of the same material according to the making of it, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, as the Lord commanded Moses;

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.

13 and they made the two emerald stones clasped together and set in gold, graven and cut after the cutting of a seal with the names of the children of Israel;

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

14 and he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, [as] stones of memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord appointed Moses.

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

15 And they made the oracle, a work woven with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.

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

16 They made the oracle square [and] double, the length of a span, and the breadth of a span, —double.

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

17 And there was interwoven with it a woven work of four rows of stones, a series of stones, the first row, a sardius and topaz and emerald;

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.

18 and the second row, a carbuncle and sapphire and jasper;

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

19 and the third row, a ligure and agate and amethyst;

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

20 and the fourth row a chrysolite and beryl and onyx set round about with gold, and fastened with gold.

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

21 And the stones were twelve according to the names of the children of Israel, graven according to their names like seals, each according to his own name for the twelve tribes.

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

22 And they made on the oracle turned wreaths, wreathen work, of pure gold,

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

23 and they made two golden circlets and two golden rings.

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

24 And they put the two golden rings on both the [upper] corners of the oracle;

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

25 and they put the golden wreaths on the rings on both sides of the oracle, and the two wreaths into the two couplings.

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

26 And they put them on the two circlets, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod opposite [each other] in front.

and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.

27 And they made two golden rings, and put them on the two projections on the top of the oracle, and on the top of the hinder part of the ephod within.

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

28 And they made two golden rings, and put them on both the shoulders of the ephod under it, in front by the coupling above the connexion of the ephod.

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

29 And he fastened the oracle by the rings that were on it to the rings of the ephod, which were fastened with [a string] of blue, joined together with the woven work of the ephod; that the oracle should not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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

30 And they made the tunic under the ephod, woven work, all of blue.

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

31 And the opening of the tunic in the midst woven closely together, the opening having a fringe round about, that it might not be rent.

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

32 And they made on the border of the tunic below pomegranates as of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.

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

33 And they made golden bells, and put the bells on the border of the tunic round about between the pomegranates:

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

34 a golden bell and a pomegranate on the border of the tunic round about, for the ministration, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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

35 And they made vestments of fine linen, a woven work, for Aaron and his sons,

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

36 and the tires of fine linen, and the mitre of fine linen, and the drawers of fine linen twined;

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.

37 and their girdles of fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet spun, the work of an embroiderer, according as the Lord commanded Moses.

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

38 And they made the golden plate, a dedicated thing of the sanctuary, of pure gold;

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.

39 and he wrote upon it graven letters [as] of a seal, Holiness to the Lord.

40 And they put it on the border of blue, so that it should be on the mitre above, as the Lord commanded Moses.