Exodus 36

1 And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom the Lord hath put wisdom and understanding to know how to do every manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall make all, just as the Lord hath commanded.

“Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom the LORD has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD has commanded.”

2 And Moses called for Bezalel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, every one whose heart stirred him up to come near unto the work to do it:

Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it.

3 And they received from Moses the whole of the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it; and these brought unto him yet more free-will offerings morning after morning.

They received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. They kept bringing free will offerings to him every morning.

4 And then came all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, every man from his own work which they were doing.

All the wise men, who performed all the work of the sanctuary, each came from his work which he did.

5 And they said unto Moses, thus, The people bring more than is required for the service of the work, which the Lord hath commanded to make.

They spoke to Moses, saying, “The people have brought much more than enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded to make.”

6 And Moses gave the command, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary: so the people were restrained from bringing [more].

Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman make anything else for the offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing.

7 And the stuff prepared was sufficient for all the work to make it, and there was some over.

For the stuff they had was sufficient to do all the work, and too much.

8 And all the wise-hearted men, among those who wrought the work, made the tabernacle of ten curtains; of twisted linen thread, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn; with cherubim, of weaver's work, made he them.

All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet. They made them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.

9 The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: there was one measure for all the curtains.

The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure.

10 And he coupled together five of the curtains one to another: and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.

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

11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, which was the outside in the coupling: the like he made on the border of the curtain, which was the outmost on the second coupling.

He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second coupling.

12 Fifty loops made he on the one curtain, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain which was in the second coupling: the loops were fixed opposite to each other.

He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite to one another.

13 And he made fifty hooks of gold; and he coupled the curtains together one unto the other with the hooks, and the tabernacle became thus one piece.

He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps: so the tabernacle was a unit.

14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains made he the same.

He made curtains of goats’ hair for a covering over the tabernacle. He made them eleven curtains.

15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of each curtain: there was one measure for the eleven curtains.

The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the width of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.

16 And he coupled five of the curtains by themselves, and six of the curtains by themselves.

He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

17 And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was the outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain of the second coupling.

He made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was outermost in the second coupling.

18 And he made fifty hooks of copper, to couple the tent together that it might be one piece.

He made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together, that it might be a unit.

19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above.

He made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.

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

He made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.

21 Ten cubits was the length of each board, and one cubit and a half was the breadth of each one board.

Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the width of each board.

22 There were two tenons for every board, fitted in, one against the other: the like made he for all the boards of the tabernacle.

Each board had two tenons, joined to one another. He made all the boards of the tabernacle this way.

23 And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side, on the right.

He made the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward.

24 And forty sockets of silver made he under the twenty boards; two sockets under the one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under the other board for its two tenons.

He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.

25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, for the north side, he made twenty boards:

For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards

26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board.

and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

27 And for the back wall of the tabernacle, westward, he made six boards.

For the far part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the back wall.

He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far part.

29 And they were closely fitting beneath, and they were closely joined together on the top, by means of one ring; thus he did to both of them, for both the corners.

They were double beneath, and in the same way they were all the way to its top to one ring. He did this to both of them in the two corners.

30 And so there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two sockets under every board.

There were eight boards and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets—under every board two sockets.

31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five, for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle;

He made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the back wall, westward.

and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward.

33 And he made the middle bar to pass through the midst of the boards from the one end to the other end.

He made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards from the one end to the other.

34 And the boards he overlaid with gold, and their rings he made of gold, as receptacles for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.

He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold as places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

35 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; of weaver's work made he it, with cherubim.

He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.

36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, their hooks also were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them.

37 And he made a hanging for the door of the tabernacle, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; the work of the embroiderer;

He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;

38 And its five pillars with their hooks: and he overlaid their tops and made their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of copper.

and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of bronze.