Exodus 36

1 And Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom YHWH has given wisdom and understanding to know to do every work of the service of the holy place, have done according to all that YHWH commanded.

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 And Moses calls to Bezaleel, and to Aholiab, and to every wise-hearted man in whose heart YHWH has given wisdom, everyone whom his heart lifted up, to come near to the work to do it.

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 And they take from before Moses all the raised-offering which the sons of Israel have brought in for the work of the service of the holy place to do it; and still they have brought to him a willing-offering morning by 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 And all the wise men, who are doing all the work of the holy place, each come from his work which they are doing,

Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;

5 and speak to Moses, saying, “The people are multiplying to bring in more than sufficient for the service of the work which YHWH commanded [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 And Moses commands, and they cause a voice to pass over through the camp, saying, “Do not let man or woman make anymore work for the raised-offering of the holy place”; and the people are restrained from bringing,

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 and the work has been sufficient for them, for all the work, to do it, and to leave.

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

8 And all the wise-hearted ones among the doers of the work make the Dwelling Place; he has made them [with] ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, [with] cherubim, the work of a designer.

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 The length of one curtain [is] twenty-eight by the cubit, and the breadth of one curtain [is] four by the cubit; one measure [is] for all the curtains.

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

10 And he joins the five curtains to one another, and the [other] five curtains he has joined to one another;

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

11 and he makes loops of blue on the edge of one curtain, at the end, in the joining; so he has made in the edge of the outmost curtain, in the joining of the second;

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 he has made fifty loops in the first curtain, and he has made fifty loops in the end of the curtain which [is] in the joining of the second; the loops are taking hold on one 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 And he makes fifty hooks of gold, and joins the curtains to one another by the hooks, and the Dwelling Place is one.

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

14 And he makes curtains of goats’ [hair] for a tent over the Dwelling Place; eleven curtains he has made them;

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

15 the length of one curtain [is] thirty by the cubit, and the breadth of one curtain [is] four cubits; one measure [is] for the eleven curtains;

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

16 and he joins the five curtains apart, and the six curtains apart.

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

17 And he makes fifty loops on the outer edge of the curtain, in the joining; and he has made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is joining the second;

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 and he makes fifty hooks of bronze to join the tent—to be one;

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

19 and he makes a covering for the tent of rams’ skins made red, and a covering of tachashim skins above.

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

20 And he makes the boards for the Dwelling Place of shittim wood, standing up;

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

21 ten cubits [is] the length of the [one] board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of the [one] board;

The boards were ten cubits long and one cubit and a half wide.

22 two handles [are] to one board, joined to one another; so he has made for all the boards of the Dwelling Place.

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

23 And he makes the boards for the Dwelling Place; twenty boards for the south side southward;

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

24 and he has made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two handles, and two sockets under the other board for its two handles.

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

25 And for the second side of the Dwelling Place, for the north side, he has made twenty boards,

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

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

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

27 and for the sides of the Dwelling Place westward, he has made six boards;

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

28 and he has made two boards for the corners of the Dwelling Place, in the two sides;

And two boards for the angles at the back.

29 and they have been twins below, and together they are twins at its head, at one ring; so he has done to both of them at the two corners;

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

30 and there have been eight boards; and their sockets of silver [are] sixteen sockets, two sockets under one board.

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

31 And he makes bars of shittim wood: five for the boards of the first side of the Dwelling Place,

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

32 and five bars for the boards of the second side of the Dwelling Place, and five bars for the boards of the Dwelling Place, for the sides westward;

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

33 and he makes the middle bar to enter into the midst of the boards from end to end;

The middle rod was made to go right through the rings of all the boards from one end to the other.

34 and he has overlaid the boards with gold, and he has made their rings of gold, places for bars, and he overlays the bars with gold.

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 And he makes the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen; he has made it [with] cherubim—the work of a designer;

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

36 and he makes four pillars of shittim [wood] for it, and overlays them with gold; their pegs [are] of gold; and he casts four sockets of silver for them.

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

37 And he makes a covering for the opening of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, the work of an embroiderer,

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

38 also its five pillars, and their pegs; and he overlaid their tops and their fillets [with] gold, and their five sockets [are] 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.