Exodus 36

1 And Beseleel wrought, and Eliab and every one wise in understanding, to whom was given wisdom and knowledge, to understand to do all the works according to the holy offices, according to all things which the Lord appointed.

Beseleel, therefore, and Ooliab, and every wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and understanding, to know how to work artificially, made the things that are necessary for the uses of the sanctuary, and which the Lord commanded.

2 And Moses called Beseleel and Eliab, and all that had wisdom, to whom God gave knowledge in [their] heart, and all who were freely willing to come forward to the works, to perform them.

And when Moses had called them, and every skillful man, to whom the Lord had given wisdom, and such as of their own accord had offered themselves to the making of the work,

3 And they received from Moses all the offerings, which the children of Israel brought for all the works of the sanctuary to do them; and they continued to receive the gifts brought, from those who brought them in the morning.

He delivered all the offerings of the children of Israel unto them. And while they were earnest about the work, the people daily in the morning offered their vows.

4 And there came all the wise men who wrought the works of the sanctuary, each according to his own work, which they wrought.

Whereupon the workmen being constrained to come,

5 And one said to Moses, The people bring an abundance [too great] in proportion to all the works which the Lord has appointed [them] to do.

Said to Moses: The people offereth more than is necessary.

6 And Moses commanded, and proclaimed in the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman any longer labor for the offerings of the sanctuary; and the people were restrained from bringing any more.

Moses therefore commanded proclamation to be made by the crier’s voice: Let neither man nor woman offer any more for the work of the sanctuary. And so they ceased from offering gifts,

7 And they had materials sufficient for making the furniture, and they left some besides.

Because the things that were offered did suffice, and were too much.

8 And every wise one among those that wrought made the robes of the holy places, which belong to Aaron the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.

And all the men that were wise of heart, to accomplish the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of twisted fine linen, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, with varied work, and the art of embroidering:

9 And he made the ephod of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.

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

10 And the plates were divided, the threads of gold, so as to interweave with the blue and purple, and with the spun scarlet, and the fine linen twined, they made it a woven work;

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

11 shoulder-pieces joined from both sides, a work woven by mutual twisting of the parts into one another.

He made also loops of violet in the edge of the curtain on both sides, and in the edge of the other curtain in like manner,

12 They made it of the same material according to the making of it, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, as the Lord commanded Moses;

That the loops might meet on against another, and might be joined each with the other.

13 and they made the two emerald stones clasped together and set in gold, graven and cut after the cutting of a seal with the names of the children of Israel;

Whereupon also he cast fifty rings of gold, that might catch the loops of the curtains, and they might be made one tabernacle.

14 and he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, [as] stones of memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord appointed Moses.

He made also eleven curtains of goats’ hair, to cover the roof of the tabernacle:

15 And they made the oracle, a work woven with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.

One curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits broad: all the curtains were of one measure.

16 They made the oracle square [and] double, the length of a span, and the breadth of a span, —double.

Five of which he joined apart, and the other six apart.

17 And there was interwoven with it a woven work of four rows of stones, a series of stones, the first row, a sardius and topaz and emerald;

And he made fifty loops in the edge of one curtain, and fifty in the edge of another curtain, that they might be joined one to another.

18 and the second row, a carbuncle and sapphire and jasper;

And fifty buckles of brass wherewith the roof might be knit together, that of all the curtains there might be made one covering.

19 and the third row, a ligure and agate and amethyst;

He made also a cover for the tabernacle of rams’ skins dyed red: and another cover over that of violet skins.

20 and the fourth row a chrysolite and beryl and onyx set round about with gold, and fastened with gold.

He made also the boards of the tabernacle of setim wood standing.

21 And the stones were twelve according to the names of the children of Israel, graven according to their names like seals, each according to his own name for the twelve tribes.

The length of one board was ten cubits: and the breadth was one cubit and a half.

22 And they made on the oracle turned wreaths, wreathen work, of pure gold,

There were two mortises throughout every board, that one might be joined to the other. And in this manner he made for all the boards of the tabernacle.

23 and they made two golden circlets and two golden rings.

Of which twenty were at the south side southward,

24 And they put the two golden rings on both the [upper] corners of the oracle;

With forty sockets of silver, two sockets were put under one board on the two sides of the corners, where the mortises of the sides end in the corners.

25 and they put the golden wreaths on the rings on both sides of the oracle, and the two wreaths into the two couplings.

At that side also of the tabernacle, that looketh toward the north, he made twenty boards.

26 And they put them on the two circlets, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod opposite [each other] in front.

With forty sockets of silver, two sockets for every board.

27 And they made two golden rings, and put them on the two projections on the top of the oracle, and on the top of the hinder part of the ephod within.

But against the west, to wit, at that side of the tabernacle, which looketh to the sea, he made six boards,

28 And they made two golden rings, and put them on both the shoulders of the ephod under it, in front by the coupling above the connexion of the ephod.

And two others at each corner of the tabernacle behind:

29 And he fastened the oracle by the rings that were on it to the rings of the ephod, which were fastened with [a string] of blue, joined together with the woven work of the ephod; that the oracle should not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Which were also joined from beneath unto the top, and went together into one joint. Thus he did on both sides at the corners:

30 And they made the tunic under the ephod, woven work, all of blue.

So there were in all eight boards and they had sixteen sockets of silver, to wit, two sockets under every board.

31 And the opening of the tunic in the midst woven closely together, the opening having a fringe round about, that it might not be tore.

He made also bars of setim wood, five to hold together the boards of one side of the tabernacle,

32 And they made on the border of the tunic below pomegranates as of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.

And five others to join together the boards of the other side: and besides these, five other bars at the west side of the tabernacle towards the sea.

33 And they made golden bells, and put the bells on the border of the tunic round about between the pomegranates:

He made also another bar, that might come by the midst of the boards from corner to corner.

34 a golden bell and a pomegranate on the border of the tunic round about, for the ministration, as the Lord commanded Moses.

And the board works themselves he overlaid with gold, casting for them sockets of silver. And their rings he made of gold, through which the bars might be drawn: and he covered the bars themselves with plates of gold.

35 And they made vestments of fine linen, a woven work, for Aaron and his sons,

He made also a veil of violet, and purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, varied and distinguished with embroidery:

36 and the tires of fine linen, and the mitre of fine linen, and the drawers of fine linen twined;

And four pillars of setim wood, which with their heads be overlaid with gold, casting for them sockets of silver.

37 and their girdles of fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet spun, the work of an embroiderer, according as the Lord commanded Moses.

He made also a hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, with the work of an embroiderer.

38 And they made the golden plate, a dedicated thing of the sanctuary, of pure gold;

And five pillars with their heads, which he covered with gold, and their sockets he cast of brass.

39 and he wrote upon it graven letters [as] of a seal, Holiness to the Lord.

40 And they put it on the border of blue, so that it should be on the mitre above, as the Lord commanded Moses.