Exodus 36

1 Therefore, Bezalel, and Oholiab, and every wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and intelligence, so as to know how to work skillfully, made that which was necessary for the uses of the Sanctuary and which the Lord had instructed.

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.

2 And when Moses had called them and every man of learning, to whom the Lord had given wisdom, and who, of their own accord, had offered themselves in order to accomplish this work,

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:

3 he handed over to them all the donations of the sons of Israel. And while they were pursuing this work, the people offered what they had vowed each day, in the morning.

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.

4 The artisans were compelled by this to go

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

5 to Moses and to say, “The people offer more than is needed.”

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.

6 Therefore, Moses ordered this to be recited, with a voice of proclamation: “Let neither man nor woman offer anything further for the work of the Sanctuary.” And so they ceased from offering gifts,

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.

7 because what was offered was sufficient and was more than an abundance.

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

8 And all those who were wise of heart, in order to accomplish the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, with diverse workmanship by the art of embroidery.

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.

9 Each of these was twenty-eight cubits in length, and in width, four. All the curtains were of one measure.

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

10 And he joined five curtains to one another, and the other five he coupled to one another.

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

11 He also made loops of hyacinth along the edge of one curtain on both sides, and similarly along the edge of the other curtain,

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.

12 so that the loops might meet against one another and might be joined together.

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.

13 For these, he also cast fifty gold rings, which would retain the loops of the curtains and so make the tabernacle one.

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

14 He also made eleven canopies from the hair of goats, in order to cover the roof of the tabernacle:

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

15 one canopy held in length thirty cubits, and in width four cubits. All the canopies were of one measure.

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

16 Five of these he joined by themselves, and the other six separately.

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

17 And he made fifty loops along the edge of one canopy, and fifty along the edge of the other canopy, so that they might be joined to one another,

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,

18 and fifty buckles of brass, with which the roof might be woven together, so that from all the canopies there would be made one covering.

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

19 He also made a covering for the tabernacle from the skins of rams, dyed-red; and another cover above it, from violet skins.

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

20 He also made the standing panels of the tabernacle, from setim wood.

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

21 Ten cubits was the length of one panel, and one and one half cubits comprised the width.

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

22 There were two dovetails along every panel, so that one might be joined to the other. Thus did he make all the panels of the tabernacle.

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

23 Of these, twenty were toward the meridian area, opposite the south,

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

24 with forty bases of silver. Two bases were set under one panel at each of two sides at the corners, where the joints of the sides terminate in corners.

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

25 Likewise, at that side of the tabernacle which looks toward the north, he made twenty panels,

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

26 with forty bases of silver, two bases for each board.

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

27 Yet truly, opposite the west, that is, toward that part of the tabernacle which looks out toward the sea, he made six panels,

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

28 and two others at each corner of the tabernacle at the back,

And two boards for the angles at the back.

29 which were joined from bottom to top and held together by one joint. So did he make both corners on that side.

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

30 So then, there were altogether eight panels, and they had sixteen bases of silver, with, of course, two bases under each panel.

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

31 He also made bars from setim wood: five to hold together the panels at one side of the tabernacle,

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

32 and five others to fit together the panels of the other side, and, in addition to these, five other bars toward the western area of the tabernacle, opposite the sea.

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

33 He also made another bar, which came through the middle of the panels from corner to corner.

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

34 But the panels themselves he overlaid with gold, casting silver bases for them. And he made their rings from gold, through which the bars might be able to be drawn. And he covered the bars themselves with layers of gold.

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.

35 He also made a veil from hyacinth, and purple, from vermillion as well as fine twisted linen, with varied and distinctive embroidery,

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

36 and four columns of setim wood, which, along with their heads, he overlaid with gold, casting silver bases for them.

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

37 He also made a tent at the entrance of the tabernacle from hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine twisted linen, wrought with embroidery,

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

38 and five columns with their heads, which he covered with gold, and he cast their bases from brass.

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.