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 let Bezalel and Oholiab get to work, with every wise-hearted man to whom the Lord has given wisdom and knowledge, to do whatever is necessary for the ordering of the holy place, as the Lord has given orders.

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 sent for Bezalel and Oholiab, and for all the wise-hearted men to whom the Lord had given wisdom, even everyone who was moved by the impulse of his heart to come and take part in 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,

And they took from Moses all the offerings which the children of Israel had given for the building of the holy place. And still they went on giving him more free offerings every morning.

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

Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from 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 giving much more than is needed for the work which the Lord has given us orders 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,

So Moses made an order and had it given out through all the tents, saying, Let no man or woman make any more offerings for the holy place. So the people were kept from giving more.

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

For the material they had was enough and more than enough for all the work which had to be done.

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.

Then all the expert workmen among them made the House with its ten curtains; of the best linen, blue and purple and red, they made them, with winged ones worked by expert designers.

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

Every curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.

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

And five curtains were joined together, and the other five curtains were joined together.

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

And they put twists of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and in the same way on the outside curtain of the second group.

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.

Fifty twists on the one curtain and fifty on the edge of the curtain of the other group; the twists being 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.

And they made fifty hooks of gold, joining the curtains one to another with the hooks; and so the House was made.

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

And they made curtains of goats' hair for the tent; eleven curtains were made.

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

Every curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.

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

Five curtains were joined together to make one group, and six curtains were joined together to make the other group.

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.

And they put fifty twists of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group,

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

And fifty hooks of brass for joining them together to make the tent.

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

And they made a cover of sheepskins coloured red, to go over the tent, and a cover of leather over that.

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

And for the uprights of the House they made boards of hard wood.

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

The boards were ten cubits long and one 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.

Every board had two tongues fixed into it; all the boards were made in this way.

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

They made twenty boards for the south side of the House:

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

And for these twenty boards, forty silver bases, two bases under every board, to take its tongues.

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

And for the second side of the House, on the north, they made twenty boards,

26 and forty silver stands, two stands per frame.

With their forty silver bases, two bases for every board.

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

And for the west side of the House, at the back, they made six boards,

28 along with two frames for its two back corners.

And two boards for the angles at the back.

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.

These were joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, so forming the two angles.

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

So there were eight boards with sixteen bases of silver, two bases under every board.

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

And they made rods of hard wood; five for the boards on one side of the House,

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

And five for the boards on the other side of the House, and five for the boards at the back, on the west.

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

The middle rod was made to go right through the rings of all the boards 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.

All the boards were plated with gold, and the rings through which the rods went were of gold, and the rods were plated 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.

And he made the veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with winged ones designed by expert workmen.

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.

And they made four pillars for it of hard wood plated with gold: they had hooks of gold and four silver bases.

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.

And they made a curtain for the door of the tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red;

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 five pillars for the curtain, with their hooks; the heads of the pillars were of gold and they were circled with bands of gold; and their five bases were of brass.