Exodus 36

1 So Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the other craftsmen with the necessary expertise and given the skill and ability by the Lord, are to work out how to accomplish all the work of constructing the sanctuary as commanded by the Lord.”

“Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom the LORD has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD has commanded.”

2 Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the skilled people who had been given special abilities by the Lord, everyone willing to come and do the work.

Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it.

3 Moses gave them everything the Israelites had contributed to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. In the meantime the people went on bringing freewill offerings every morning,

They received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. They kept bringing free will offerings to him every morning.

4 so much so that all the craftsmen who were working on the sanctuary stopped what they were doing

All the wise men, who performed all the work of the sanctuary, each came from his work which he did.

5 and went and told Moses, “The people have already brought enough to complete the work the Lord has ordered us to do.”

They spoke to Moses, saying, “The people have brought much more than enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded to make.”

6 Moses gave the order, and an announcement was made throughout the camp: “Men and women, don't bring anything more as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were stopped from bringing anything more,

Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman make anything else for the offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing.

7 since there was already more than enough to do all the work necessary.

For the stuff they had was sufficient to do all the work, and too much.

8 The skilled craftsmen among the workers made the ten curtains for the Tabernacle. They were made of finely-spun linen together with blue, purple, and crimson thread, embroidered with cherubim.

All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet. They made them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.

9 Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long by four cubits wide, and they were all the same size.

The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure.

10 They joined together five of the curtains as one set, and the other five he joined as a second set.

He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.

11 They used blue material to make loops on the edge of the last curtain of both sets.

He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second coupling.

12 They made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the last curtain of the second set, lining up the loops with each another.

He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite to one another.

13 They also made fifty gold clips and joined the curtains together with the clips, so that the Tabernacle was a single structure.

He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps: so the tabernacle was a unit.

14 They made eleven curtains of goat hair as a tent to cover the Tabernacle.

He made curtains of goats’ hair for a covering over the tabernacle. He made them eleven curtains.

15 Each of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long by four cubits wide.

The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the width of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.

16 They joined five of the curtains together as one set and the other six as another set.

He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

17 They made fifty loops on the edge of the last curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the last curtain in the second set.

He made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was outermost in the second coupling.

18 They made fifty bronze clips to join the tent together as a single cover.

He made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together, that it might be a unit.

19 They made a covering for the goat hair tent from tanned ram skins, and placed an extra covering of fine leather over that.

He made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.

20 They made an upright framework of acacia wood for the Tabernacle.

He made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.

21 Each frame was ten cubits long by one and a half cubits wide.

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

22 Each frame had two pegs so the frames could be connected to each other. They made all the frames of the Tabernacle like this.

Each board had two tenons, joined to one another. He made all the boards of the tabernacle this way.

23 They made twenty frames for the south side of the Tabernacle.

He made the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward.

24 They made forty silver stands as supports for the twenty frames using two stands per frame, one under every frame peg.

He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.

25 Similarly for the north side of the Tabernacle, they made twenty frames

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

26 and forty silver stands, two stands per frame.

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

27 They made six frames for the back (west side) of the Tabernacle,

For the far part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

28 along with two frames for its two back corners.

He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far part.

29 They joined these corner frames at the bottom and at the top near to the first ring. This is how they made the two corner frames.

They were double beneath, and in the same way they were all the way to its top to one ring. He did this to both of them in the two corners.

30 In total there were eight frames and sixteen silver stands, two under each frame.

There were eight boards and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets—under every board two sockets.

31 They made five crossbars of acacia wood to hold together the frames on the south side of the Tabernacle,

He made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

32 five for those on the north, and five for those at the back of the Tabernacle, to the west.

and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward.

33 They made the central crossbar which was placed halfway up the frames and ran from one end to the other.

He made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards from the one end to the other.

34 They covered the frames with gold, and made gold rings to hold the crossbars in place. They covered the crossbars with gold too.

He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold as places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

35 They made a veil out of blue, purple, and crimson thread, and finely-spun linen, embroidered with cherubim by someone who was skilled.

He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.

36 They made four posts of acacia wood for it and covered them with gold. They made gold hooks for the posts and cast their four silver stands.

He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them.

37 They made a screen for the entrance to the tent using blue, purple, and crimson thread, and finely-spun linen, and had it embroidered.

He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;

38 They also made five posts of acacia wood with hooks to hang the screen. They covered the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five stands were made of bronze.

and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of bronze.