Exodus 36

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

So Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom Yahweh has given skill and ability to know how to do any work in the construction of the holy place are to do the work according to all that Yahweh has commanded.”

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

Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skillful person in whose mind Yahweh had given skill, and whose heart stirred within him to come and do the work.

3 and 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 brought yet to him freewill offerings every morning.

They received from Moses all the offerings that the Israelites had brought for constructing the holy place. The people were still bringing freewill offerings every morning to Moses.

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

So all the skilled people working on the holy place came from the work that they had been doing.

5 They spoke to Moses, saying, "The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Jehovah commanded to make."

The craftsmen told Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for doing the work that Yahweh has commanded us to do.”

6 Moses gave 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.

So Moses instructed that no one in the camp should bring any more offerings for the construction of the holy place. Then the people stopped bringing these gifts.

7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

They had more than enough materials for all the work.

8 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, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them.

So all the craftsmen among them constructed the tabernacle with ten curtains made from fine linen and blue, purple, and scarlet wool with the designs of cherubim. This was the work of Bezalel, the very skilled craftsman.

9 The length of each curtain was forty-eight feet three inches, and the breadth of each curtain six feet eleven inches. All the curtains were the same size.

The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, the width four cubits. All the curtains were of the same size.

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

Bezalel joined five curtains to each other, and the other five curtains he also joined to each other.

11 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 outmost in the second coupling.

He made loops of blue along the outer edge of the end curtain of one set, and he did the same along the outer edge of the end curtain in the second set.

12 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 one to another.

He made fifty loops on the first curtain and fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in the second set. So the loops were opposite to each another.

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

He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains together with them so that the tabernacle became united.

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

Bezalel made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven of these curtains.

15 The length of each curtain was fifty-one feet eight inches, and six feet eleven inches the breadth of each curtain. The eleven curtains were the same size.

The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain was four cubits. Each of the eleven curtains was of the same size.

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

He joined five curtains to each other and the other six curtains to each other.

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

He made fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain of the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain that joined the second set.

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

Bezalel made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together so that it might be one piece.

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

He made for the tabernacle a covering of ram skins dyed red, another covering of fine leather to go above that.

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

Bezalel made vertical frames out of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

21 Seventeen feet three inches was the length of a board, and two feet seven inches the breadth of each board.

The length of each frame was ten cubits, and the width of each frame was one and a half cubits.

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

Each frame had two wooden pegs for joining the frames together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.

23 He made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward.

He made the frames for the tabernacle in this way: twenty frames for the south side.

24 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.

Bezalel made forty silver bases to go under the twenty frames. There were two bases under one frame to join the frames together, and also two bases under each of the other frames to join frames together.

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

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

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

and their forty silver bases. There were two bases under the first frame, two bases under the next frame, and so on.

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

For the back of the tabernacle on the west, Bezalel made six frames.

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

He made two frames for the back corners of the tabernacle.

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

These frames were separate at the bottom, but joined at the top in one ring. He made two of them in this way for the two corners.

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

There were eight frames, together with their silver bases. There were sixteen bases in all, two bases under the first frame, two bases under the next frame, and so on.

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

Bezalel made crossbars of acacia wood—five for the frames 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 at the rear westward.

five crossbars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for the frames for the back side of the tabernacle to the west.

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

He made the crossbar in the center of the frames, that is, halfway up, to reach from end to end.

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

He covered the frames with gold. He made their rings of gold, for them to serve as holders for the crossbars, and he covered the bars with gold.

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

Bezalel made the curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet wool, and of fine linen, with designs of cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.

36 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.

He made for the curtain four pillars of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold. He also made gold hooks for the pillars, and he cast for them four silver bases.

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

He made a hanging for the tent entrance. It was made of blue, purple, and scarlet wool, using fine linen, the work of an embroiderer.

38 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.

He also made the hanging's five pillars with hooks. He covered their tops and their rods with gold. Their five bases were made of bronze.