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.”

Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding, to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had 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.

And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, [even] every one whose heart excited him 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,

And they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it. And they brought yet to him free-offerings every morning.

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

And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made.

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

And they spoke to Moses, saying, The people bring 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,

And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of 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 for all the work to make it, 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.

And every wise-hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: he made them [with] cherubim of curious work.

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

The length of one curtain [was] twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains [were] all of one size.

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

And he coupled the five curtains one to another: and [the other] five curtains he coupled one to another.

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

And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the extremity of [another] curtain, in the coupling of the second.

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 loops he made in one curtain, and fifty loops he made in the edge of the curtain which [was] in the coupling of the second: the loops held one [curtain] to 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 he made fifty buttons of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the buttons. So it became one tabernacle.

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

And he made curtains [of] goats' [hair] for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.

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

The length of one curtain [was] thirty cubits, and four cubits [was] the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains [were] of one size.

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

And 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.

And he made fifty loops upon the outermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

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

And he made fifty buttons [of] brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

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 he made a covering for the tent [of] rams' skins dyed red, and a covering [of] badgers' skins above [that].

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

And he made boards for the tabernacle [of] shittim wood, standing up.

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

The length of a board [was] ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.

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.

One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another; thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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

And he made 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.

And forty sockets of silver he made 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

And for the other side of the tabernacle [which is] towards the north corner, 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,

And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

28 along with two frames for its two back corners.

And two boards he made for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

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.

And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.

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

And there were eight boards; and their sockets [were] sixteen sockets of silver, 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,

And he made bars of shittim 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 sides westward.

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

And he made the middle bar to shoot through 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.

And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings [of] gold [to be] 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.

And he made a vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: [with] cherubim he made it of curious work.

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 he made to it four pillars [of] shittim [wood], and overlaid them with gold: their hooks [were of] gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

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 he made a hanging for the tabernacle-door [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needle-work;

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: and he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets [were of] brass.