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.

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

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.

And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart Yhwh had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:

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.

And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every 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.

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

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 they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which Yhwh commanded to make.

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.

And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.

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

For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

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

And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.

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

The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one 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 coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.

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

And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

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;

Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to 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;

And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.

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.

And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.

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.

The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.

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

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

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;

And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

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

And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

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

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

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

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

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.

The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.

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

One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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

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

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

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

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

And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,

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

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.

And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

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 boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

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.

And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.

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

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

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 tore.

And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the 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.

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

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

And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the 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 boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

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

And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

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

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

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.

And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

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

And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.

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.