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.
“Bezalel and Oholiab, and all the other men to whom Yahweh has given ability and enabled them to understand how to do all the work to make the Sacred Tent, must make everything just as Yahweh has commanded.”
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.
So Moses/I summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and all the other skilled men to whom Yahweh had given special ability and who wanted to do some of the 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.
Moses/I gave them all the things that the people had brought as offerings to Yahweh for making the Sacred Tent. But the people continued bringing more things every 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;
As a result, the skilled men who were doing various things to make the Sacred Tent came to Moses/me
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.
and said, “The people are bringing more than we need to do the work that Yahweh has commanded us!”
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.
So Moses/I gave the skilled men this message that was proclaimed throughout the camp: “No one should bring anything more as an offering to make the Sacred Tent!” When the people [heard that], they did not bring anything more.
7 For the material was enough for all the work, to make it, —and to spare.
What they had already brought was enough to do all the work. [In fact], it was more than was needed!
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.
All the most skilled men among the workmen made the Sacred Tent. They made it from ten strips of fine linen, and carefully embroidered it using blue, purple, and red yarn/thread to make figures that resembled the winged creatures.
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 strip was (14 yards/twelve meters) long and (2 yards/1.8 meters) wide.
10 And he joined the [first] five curtains, one to another, —and the [other] five curtains, joined he one to another,
They sewed five strips together to make one set, and they sewed the other five strips together to make the other set.
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:
For each set, they made loops of blue [cloth] and fastened them on the outer edge of the strip, at the end of each set.
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.
They put 50 loops on the edge of the first set, and 50 loops on the edge of the second set.
13 And he made fifty clasps of gold, —and joined the curtains one to another with the clasps, and so the habitation became, one.
They made 50 gold clasps/fasteners, to fasten both of the sets together. In that way, the inside of the Sacred Tent was [as though it was] one piece.
14 And he made curtains of goat’s-hair, for the tent over the habitation, eleven curtains, did he make them:
They made a cover for the Sacred Tent from eleven pieces of cloth made from goats’ hair.
15 the length of each curtain, was thirty cubits, and, four cubits, was the breath of each curtain, —one measure, had the eleven curtains.
Each piece of cloth was (15 yards/13.5 meters) long and (2 yards/1.8 meters) wide.
16 And he joined five of the curtains by themselves, —and the six curtains, by themselves.
They sewed five of these pieces of cloth together to make one set, and they sewed the other six pieces of cloth together to make another set.
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.
They made 100 loops [of blue cloth]. They fastened 50 of them to the outer edge of the one set and they fastened 50 to the outer edge of the other set.
18 And he made fifty clasps of bronze, —to join together the tent, that it might become one.
They made 50 bronze clasps/fasteners and joined the two sets together with them. In that way it formed one cover.
19 And he made a covering to the tent, of rams’ skins dyed red, —and a covering of badgers’ skins, above.
They made two more covers for the Sacred Tent. They made one from rams’ skins that had been (tanned/dyed red), and they made the top cover from goatskin leather.
20 And he made the boards for the habitation, of acacia wood, for standing up:
They made frames from acacia wood and set them up [to support the covers for the Sacred Tent].
21 ten cubits, the length of each board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board:
Each frame was (15 feet/4.5 meters) long and (27 in./66 cm.) wide.
22 two tenons to each board, united one to another, —thus, made he for all the boards of the habitation.
They made two projections at the bottom of each frame. These were for fastening the frames to the bases underneath them. Each frame had these projections.
23 And he made the boards for the habitation, twenty boards, for the south side southwards;
The skilled workmen made twenty frames for the south side of the Sacred Tent.
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.
They made 40 silver bases to go underneath them. Two bases went under each frame. The projections on each frame fit into these bases.
25 And for the second side of the habitation to the north quarter, made he twenty boards;
[Similarly], they made 20 frames for the north side of the Sacred Tent.
26 and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets, under the first board, and, two sockets, under the next board.
They made 40 silver bases for them also, with two bases for under each frame.
27 And, for the hinder part of the habitation westward, made he six boards;
For the rear of the Sacred Tent, on the west side, they made six frames.
28 and two boards, made he for the corners of the habitation, —in the hinderpart.
They also made two extra frames, one for each corner of the rear of the Sacred Tent, [to provide extra support].
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.
The two corner frames were joined from the bottom to the top (OR, joined at both the bottom and the top). At the top of each of the two corner frames they fastened a gold ring for holding the crossbar.
30 Thus were there to be eight boards, and, their sockets of silver, were sixteen sockets, two sockets apiece under each board.
In that way, [for the rear of the Sacred Tent] there were eight frames, and there were 16 bases, two bases under each frame.
31 And he made bars of acacia wood, —five, for the boards of the first side of the habitation,
The workmen made 15 crossbars from acacia wood.
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.
Five of them were for the frames on the north side of the Sacred Tent, five for the south side, and five for the frames at the rear of the Sacred Tent, the west side.
33 And he made the middle bar, —to run along in the midst of the boards, from end to end.
The crossbars on the north, south, and west sides of the Sacred Tent were fastened to the middle of the frames. The two long crossbars extended from one end of the Sacred Tent to the other, and the crossbar on the west side extended from one side of the Sacred Tent to the other side.
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.
The workmen covered the frames with gold and fastened gold rings to the poles. The crossbars [were put] into the rings. The crossbars were [also] covered with 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.
They made a curtain from fine white linen. Skilled craftsmen embroidered it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread, making designs [that resembled] the winged creatures.
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.
They suspended/hung the curtain from four posts that were made from acacia [wood] and covered with gold. They set [each] post in a silver base.
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;
They made a curtain to [cover] the entrance of the Sacred Tent. They made it from fine linen, and a skilled weaver embroidered it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread.
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.
[To support this curtain], they also made five posts from acacia wood and fastened gold clasps/fasteners to them. They completely covered the posts with gold. They also made a bronze base for each of those posts.
