Exodus 36

1 “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.”

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 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.

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 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.

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 As a result, the skilled men who were doing various things to make the Sacred Tent came to Moses/me

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

5 and said, “The people are bringing more than we need to do the work that Yahweh has commanded us!”

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 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.

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 What they had already brought was enough to do all the work. [In fact], it was more than was needed!

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

8 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.

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 Each strip was (14 yards/twelve meters) long and (2 yards/1.8 meters) wide.

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

10 They sewed five strips together to make one set, and they sewed the other five strips together to make the other set.

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

11 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.

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 They put 50 loops on the edge of the first set, and 50 loops on the edge of the second set.

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 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.

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

14 They made a cover for the Sacred Tent from eleven pieces of cloth made from goats’ hair.

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

15 Each piece of cloth was (15 yards/13.5 meters) long and (2 yards/1.8 meters) wide.

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

16 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.

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

17 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.

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 They made 50 bronze clasps/fasteners and joined the two sets together with them. In that way it formed one cover.

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

19 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.

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

20 They made frames from acacia wood and set them up [to support the covers for the Sacred Tent].

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

21 Each frame was (15 feet/4.5 meters) long and (27 in./66 cm.) wide.

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

22 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.

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

23 The skilled workmen made twenty frames for the south side of the Sacred Tent.

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

24 They made 40 silver bases to go underneath them. Two bases went under each frame. The projections on each frame fit into these bases.

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

25 [Similarly], they made 20 frames for the north side of the Sacred Tent.

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

26 They made 40 silver bases for them also, with two bases for under each frame.

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

27 For the rear of the Sacred Tent, on the west side, they made six frames.

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

28 They also made two extra frames, one for each corner of the rear of the Sacred Tent, [to provide extra support].

And two boards for the angles at the back.

29 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.

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

30 In that way, [for the rear of the Sacred Tent] there were eight frames, and there were 16 bases, two bases under each frame.

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

31 The workmen made 15 crossbars from acacia wood.

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

32 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.

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

33 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.

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

34 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.

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 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.

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

36 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.

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

37 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.

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

38 [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.

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.