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.”

“So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”

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.

Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.

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 contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning,

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

so that all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work

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

and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”

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,

After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more,

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

since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.

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 skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

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

Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size.

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

And he joined five of the curtains together, and the other five he joined as well.

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

He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and also on the end curtain in the second set.

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 on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite 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 also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.

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

He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.

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

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

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

He joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another.

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 along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.

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

He also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as 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.

Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.

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

Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

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

Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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.

Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

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

He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

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

with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.

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

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

26 and forty silver stands, two stands per frame.

and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.

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

He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

28 along with two frames for its two back corners.

and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

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.

coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.

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

So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

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

He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on 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.

five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.

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

He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from 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.

And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars 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.

Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

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 also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts.

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.

For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,

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.

together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.