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 Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom Yahweh has given skill and ability to know how to do any work in the construction of the holy place are to do the work according to all that Yahweh has 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,

Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skillful person in whose mind Yahweh had given skill, and whose heart stirred within him to come and do 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.

They received from Moses all the offerings that the Israelites had brought for constructing the holy place. The people were still bringing freewill offerings every morning to Moses.

4 The artisans were compelled by this to go

So all the skilled people working on the holy place came from the work that they had been doing.

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

The craftsmen told Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for doing the work that Yahweh has commanded us 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 instructed that no one in the camp should bring any more offerings for the construction of the holy place. Then the people stopped bringing these gifts.

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

They had more than enough materials for all the work.

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.

So all the craftsmen among them constructed the tabernacle with ten curtains made from fine linen and blue, purple, and scarlet wool with the designs of cherubim. This was the work of Bezalel, the very skilled craftsman.

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, the width four cubits. All the curtains were of the same size.

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

Bezalel joined five curtains to each other, and the other five curtains he also joined to each other.

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,

He made loops of blue along the outer edge of the end curtain of one set, and he did the same along the outer edge of the end curtain in the second set.

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

He made fifty loops on the first curtain and fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in the second set. So the loops were opposite to each another.

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

He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains together with them so that the tabernacle became united.

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

Bezalel made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven of these curtains.

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 the width of each curtain was four cubits. Each of the eleven curtains was of the same size.

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

He joined five curtains to each other and the other six curtains to each other.

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,

He made fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain of the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain that joined the second set.

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.

Bezalel made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together so 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.

He made for the tabernacle a covering of ram skins dyed red, another covering of fine leather to go above that.

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

Bezalel made vertical frames out of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

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

The length of each frame was ten cubits, and the width of each frame was one and a half cubits.

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.

Each frame had two wooden pegs for joining the frames together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.

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

He made the frames for the tabernacle in this way: twenty frames for the south side.

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.

Bezalel made forty silver bases to go under the twenty frames. There were two bases under one frame to join the frames together, and also two bases under each of the other frames to join frames together.

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

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

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

and their forty silver bases. There were two bases under the first frame, two bases under the next frame, and so on.

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

For the back of the tabernacle on the west, Bezalel made six frames.

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

He made two frames for the back corners of the tabernacle.

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

These frames were separate at the bottom, but joined at the top in one ring. He made two of them in this way for the two corners.

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

There were eight frames, together with their silver bases. There were sixteen bases in all, two bases under the first frame, two bases under the next frame, and so on.

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

Bezalel made crossbars of acacia wood—five for the frames 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.

five crossbars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for the frames for the back side of the tabernacle to the west.

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

He made the crossbar in the center of the frames, that is, halfway up, to reach from end to 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.

He covered the frames with gold. He made their rings of gold, for them to serve as holders for the crossbars, and he covered 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,

Bezalel made the curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet wool, and of fine linen, with designs of cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.

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

He made for the curtain four pillars of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold. He also made gold hooks for the pillars, and he cast for them 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,

He made a hanging for the tent entrance. It was made of blue, purple, and scarlet wool, using fine linen, the work of an embroiderer.

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

He also made the hanging's five pillars with hooks. He covered their tops and their rods with gold. Their five bases were made of bronze.