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.
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.
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,
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.
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 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.
4 The artisans were compelled by this to go
And there came all the wise men who wrought the works of the sanctuary, each according to his own work, which they wrought.
5 to Moses and to say, “The people offer more than is needed.”
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.
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,
And Moses commanded, and proclaimed in the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman any longer labor for the offerings of the sanctuary; and the people were restrained from bringing any more.
7 because what was offered was sufficient and was more than an abundance.
And they had materials sufficient for making the furniture, and they left some besides.
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.
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.
9 Each of these was twenty-eight cubits in length, and in width, four. All the curtains were of one measure.
And he made the ephod of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.
10 And he joined five curtains to one another, and the other five he coupled to one another.
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;
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,
shoulder-pieces joined from both sides, a work woven by mutual twisting of the parts into one another.
12 so that the loops might meet against one another and might be joined together.
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;
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 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;
14 He also made eleven canopies from the hair of goats, in order to cover the roof of the tabernacle:
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.
15 one canopy held in length thirty cubits, and in width four cubits. All the canopies were of one measure.
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.
16 Five of these he joined by themselves, and the other six separately.
They made the oracle square [and] double, the length of a span, and the breadth of a span, —double.
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 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;
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 the second row, a carbuncle and sapphire and jasper;
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 the third row, a ligure and agate and amethyst;
20 He also made the standing panels of the tabernacle, from setim wood.
and the fourth row a chrysolite and beryl and onyx set round about with gold, and fastened with gold.
21 Ten cubits was the length of one panel, and one and one half cubits comprised the width.
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.
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.
And they made on the oracle turned wreaths, wreathen work, of pure gold,
23 Of these, twenty were toward the meridian area, opposite the south,
and they made two golden circlets and two golden rings.
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 they put the two golden rings on both the [upper] corners of the oracle;
25 Likewise, at that side of the tabernacle which looks toward the north, he made twenty panels,
and they put the golden wreaths on the rings on both sides of the oracle, and the two wreaths into the two couplings.
26 with forty bases of silver, two bases for each board.
And they put them on the two circlets, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod opposite [each other] in front.
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 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.
28 and two others at each corner of the tabernacle at the back,
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.
29 which were joined from bottom to top and held together by one joint. So did he make both corners on that side.
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.
30 So then, there were altogether eight panels, and they had sixteen bases of silver, with, of course, two bases under each panel.
And they made the tunic under the ephod, woven work, all of blue.
31 He also made bars from setim wood: five to hold together the panels at one side of the tabernacle,
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.
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 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.
33 He also made another bar, which came through the middle of the panels from corner to corner.
And they made golden bells, and put the bells on the border of the tunic round about between the pomegranates:
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.
a golden bell and a pomegranate on the border of the tunic round about, for the ministration, as the Lord commanded Moses.
35 He also made a veil from hyacinth, and purple, from vermillion as well as fine twisted linen, with varied and distinctive embroidery,
And they made vestments of fine linen, a woven work, for Aaron and his sons,
36 and four columns of setim wood, which, along with their heads, he overlaid with gold, casting silver bases for them.
and the tires of fine linen, and the mitre of fine linen, and the drawers of fine linen twined;
37 He also made a tent at the entrance of the tabernacle from hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine twisted linen, wrought with embroidery,
and their girdles of fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet spun, the work of an embroiderer, according as the Lord commanded Moses.
38 and five columns with their heads, which he covered with gold, and he cast their bases from brass.
And they made the golden plate, a dedicated thing of the sanctuary, of pure gold;
and he wrote upon it graven letters [as] of a seal, Holiness to the Lord.
And they put it on the border of blue, so that it should be on the mitre above, as the Lord commanded Moses.
