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

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

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

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

The craftsmen told Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for doing the work that Yahweh 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,

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

They had more than enough materials for 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bezalel made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven of these 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 the width of each curtain was four cubits. Each of the eleven curtains was of the same size.

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

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

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

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

Bezalel made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together so that it might be one piece.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 frames

26 and forty silver stands, two stands per frame.

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

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

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

28 along with two frames for its two back corners.

He made two frames for the 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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 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 hanging for the tent entrance. It was made of blue, purple, and scarlet wool, using fine 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.

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.