Exodus 36

1 Thus shall Bezaleel and Oholiab work, and every man that is wise-hearted, in whom Yahweh hath put wisdom and understanding, to know how to work any manner of workmanship for the holy service, —according to all that Yahweh hath 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 So then Moses called upon Bezaleel, and upon Oholiab, and upon every man that was wise-hearted, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, —every one whose heart lifted him up, to draw near unto 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 took, from the presence of Moses, all the heave-offering which the sons of Israel had brought in for the work of the holy service to do it, —howbeit, they, brought in unto him yet more free-will offerings, 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 Then came in all the wise men who were doing all the holy work, —man by man from his work which, they, were doing;

The artisans were compelled by this to go

5 and spake unto Moses, saying, More than enough, are the people bringing in, —[more] than is needed for the service pertaining to the work; which Yahweh hath commanded to be done.

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

6 So Moses gave commandment and they passed a proclamation throughout the camp, saying, Let, neither man nor woman, make any more material for the holy heave-offering. So the people were restrained from bringing in.

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 For the material was enough for all the work, to make it, —and to spare.

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

8 Then did all the wise-hearted among the workers of the material make the habitation of ten curtains, of fine-twined linen, and blue and purple and crimson, with cherubim the work of the skilful weaver, did he make them.

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 each curtain, was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth four cubits, for each curtain, —one measure, had 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 joined the [first] five curtains, one to another, —and the [other] five curtains, joined he one to another,

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

11 And he made loops of blue upon the border of the first curtain, at the edge of the set, —thus, made he in the border of the other curtain at the edge of the second set:

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 Fifty loops, made he in the first curtain, and fifty loops, made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second set, —the loops being, opposite, one to another.

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

13 And he made fifty clasps of gold, —and joined the curtains one to another with the clasps, and so the habitation became, 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 made curtains of goat’s-hair, for the tent over the habitation, eleven curtains, did he make them:

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

15 the length of each curtain, was thirty cubits, and, four cubits, was the breath of each curtain, —one measure, had 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 joined five of the curtains by themselves, —and the six curtains, by themselves.

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

17 And he made fifty loops upon the border of the curtain that was outmost in the one set and fifty loops, made he upon the border of the curtain of the second set.

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 made fifty clasps of bronze, —to join together the tent, that it might become 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 made a covering to the tent, of rams’ skins dyed red, —and a covering of badgers’ 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 made the boards for the habitation, of acacia wood, for standing up:

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

21 ten cubits, the length of each board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board:

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

22 two tenons to each board, united one to another, —thus, made he for all the boards of the habitation.

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 made the boards for the habitation, twenty boards, for the south side southwards;

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

24 and, forty sockets of silver, made he, under the twenty boards, two sockets, under the first board, for its two tenons, and, two sockets, under the next board for its two tenons.

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 habitation to the north quarter, made he 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 the first board, and, two sockets, under the next board.

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

27 And, for the hinder part of the habitation westward, made he 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 two boards, made he for the corners of the habitation, —in the hinderpart.

and two others at each corner of the tabernacle at the back,

29 Thus were they to be double beneath, and at the same time, should they be entire, at the top thereof, into each ring, thus, did he for them both, for 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 Thus were there to be eight boards, and, their sockets of silver, were sixteen sockets, two sockets apiece under each 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 made bars of acacia wood, —five, for the boards of the first side of the habitation,

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 other side of the habitation, and, five bars, for the boards of the habitation at the hinderpart 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 made the middle bar, —to run along in 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 the boards, overlaid he with gold and their rings, made he of gold, as receptacles for the bars, and he overlaid 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 made the veil, of blue and purple and crimson and fine-twined linen, —of the work of a skilful weaver, made he it, with cherubim.

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

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

37 And he made a screen for the opening of the tent, of blue and purple and crimson and fine 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 and the five pillars thereof and their hooks, and he overlaid their capitals and their cross-rods, with gold, but, their five sockets, were of bronze.

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