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 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 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 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 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 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 The artisans were compelled by this to go

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

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

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

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 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 Each of these was twenty-eight cubits in length, and in width, four. All the curtains were of one 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 he joined five curtains to one another, and the other five he coupled to one another.

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

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

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

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

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

15 one canopy held in length thirty cubits, and in width four cubits. All the canopies were of one 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 of these he joined by themselves, and the other six separately.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ten cubits was the length of each board, and one cubit and a half was the breadth of each one board.

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.

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

And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side, on the right.

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

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

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

And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other 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 back wall of the tabernacle, westward, he made six boards.

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

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

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

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

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

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

And he made bars of shittim wood; five, for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle;

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

And he made the middle bar to pass through the midst of the boards from the one end to the other end.

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.

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 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 vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; of weaver's work made he it, with cherubim.

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

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

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