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.

Therefore, Bezalel, and Oholiab, and every wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and intelligence, so as to know how to work skillfully, made that which was necessary for the uses of the Sanctuary and which the Lord had instructed.

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.

And when Moses had called them and every man of learning, to whom the Lord had given wisdom, and who, of their own accord, had offered themselves in order to accomplish this 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.

he handed over to them all the donations of the sons of Israel. And while they were pursuing this work, the people offered what they had vowed each day, in the 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,

The artisans were compelled by this to go

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.”

to Moses and to say, “The people offer more than is needed.”

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,

Therefore, Moses ordered this to be recited, with a voice of proclamation: “Let neither man nor woman offer anything further for the work of the Sanctuary.” And so they ceased from offering gifts,

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

because what was offered was sufficient and was more than an abundance.

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.

And all those who were wise of heart, in order to accomplish the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, with diverse workmanship by the art of embroidery.

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.

Each of these was twenty-eight cubits in length, and in width, four. All the curtains were of one measure.

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

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

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;

He also made loops of hyacinth along the edge of one curtain on both sides, and similarly along the edge of the other curtain,

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.

so that the loops might meet against one another and might be joined together.

13 And he makes fifty hooks of gold, and joins the curtains to one another by the hooks, and the Dwelling Place is one.

For these, he also cast fifty gold rings, which would retain the loops of the curtains and so make the tabernacle one.

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

He also made eleven canopies from the hair of goats, in order to cover the roof of the tabernacle:

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;

one canopy held in length thirty cubits, and in width four cubits. All the canopies were of one measure.

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

Five of these he joined by themselves, and the other six separately.

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 he made fifty loops along the edge of one canopy, and fifty along the edge of the other canopy, so that they might be joined to one another,

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

and fifty buckles of brass, with which the roof might be woven together, so that from all the canopies there would be made one covering.

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

He also made a covering for the tabernacle from the skins of rams, dyed-red; and another cover above it, from violet skins.

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

He also made the standing panels of the tabernacle, from setim wood.

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

Ten cubits was the length of one panel, and one and one half cubits comprised the width.

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

There were two dovetails along every panel, so that one might be joined to the other. Thus did he make all the panels of the tabernacle.

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

Of these, twenty were toward the meridian area, opposite the south,

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.

with forty bases of silver. Two bases were set under one panel at each of two sides at the corners, where the joints of the sides terminate in corners.

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

Likewise, at that side of the tabernacle which looks toward the north, he made twenty panels,

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

with forty bases of silver, two bases for each board.

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

Yet truly, opposite the west, that is, toward that part of the tabernacle which looks out toward the sea, he made six panels,

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

and two others at each corner of the tabernacle 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;

which were joined from bottom to top and held together by one joint. So did he make both corners on that side.

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

So then, there were altogether eight panels, and they had sixteen bases of silver, with, of course, two bases under each panel.

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

He also made bars from setim wood: five to hold together the panels at one side of the tabernacle,

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 others to fit together the panels of the other side, and, in addition to these, five other bars toward the western area of the tabernacle, opposite the sea.

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

He also made another bar, which came through the middle of the panels from corner to corner.

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.

But the panels themselves he overlaid with gold, casting silver bases for them. And he made their rings from gold, through which the bars might be able to be drawn. And he covered the bars themselves with layers of 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;

He also made a veil from hyacinth, and purple, from vermillion as well as fine twisted linen, with varied and distinctive embroidery,

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 four columns of setim wood, which, along with their heads, he overlaid with gold, casting silver bases for them.

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,

He also made a tent at the entrance of the tabernacle from hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine twisted linen, wrought with embroidery,

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 columns with their heads, which he covered with gold, and he cast their bases from brass.