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.”
And Beseleel wrought, and Eliab and every one wise in understanding, to whom was given wisdom and knowledge, to understand to do all the works according to the holy offices, according to all things which the Lord appointed.
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.
And Moses called Beseleel and Eliab, and all that had wisdom, to whom God gave knowledge in [their] heart, and all who were freely willing to come forward to the works, to perform them.
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 received from Moses all the offerings, which the children of Israel brought for all the works of the sanctuary to do them; and they continued to receive the gifts brought, from those who brought them in the morning.
4 As a result, the skilled men who were doing various things to make the Sacred Tent came to Moses/me
And there came all the wise men who wrought the works of the sanctuary, each according to his own work, which they wrought.
5 and said, “The people are bringing more than we need to do the work that Yahweh has commanded us!”
And one said to Moses, The people bring an abundance [too great] in proportion to all the works which the Lord has appointed [them] 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.
And Moses commanded, and proclaimed in the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman any longer labour for the offerings of the sanctuary; and the people were restrained from bringing any more.
7 What they had already brought was enough to do all the work. [In fact], it was more than was needed!
And they had materials sufficient for making the furniture, and they left some besides.
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.
And every wise one among those that wrought made the robes of the holy places, which belong to Aaron the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.
9 Each strip was (14 yards/twelve meters) long and (2 yards/1.8 meters) wide.
And he made the ephod of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.
10 They sewed five strips together to make one set, and they sewed the other five strips together to make the other set.
And the plates were divided, the threads of gold, so as to interweave with the blue and purple, and with the spun scarlet, and the fine linen twined, they made it a woven work;
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.
shoulder-pieces joined from both sides, a work woven by mutual twisting of the parts into one another.
12 They put 50 loops on the edge of the first set, and 50 loops on the edge of the second set.
They made it of the same material according to the making of it, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, as the Lord commanded Moses;
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 the two emerald stones clasped together and set in gold, graven and cut after the cutting of a seal with the names of the children of Israel;
14 They made a cover for the Sacred Tent from eleven pieces of cloth made from goats’ hair.
and he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, [as] stones of memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord appointed Moses.
15 Each piece of cloth was (15 yards/13.5 meters) long and (2 yards/1.8 meters) wide.
And they made the oracle, a work woven with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.
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.
They made the oracle square [and] double, the length of a span, and the breadth of a span, —double.
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 there was interwoven with it a woven work of four rows of stones, a series of stones, the first row, a sardius and topaz and emerald;
18 They made 50 bronze clasps/fasteners and joined the two sets together with them. In that way it formed one cover.
and the second row, a carbuncle and sapphire and jasper;
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 the third row, a ligure and agate and amethyst;
20 They made frames from acacia wood and set them up [to support the covers for the Sacred Tent].
and the fourth row a chrysolite and beryl and onyx set round about with gold, and fastened with gold.
21 Each frame was (15 feet/4.5 meters) long and (27 in./66 cm.) wide.
And the stones were twelve according to the names of the children of Israel, graven according to their names like seals, each according to his own name for the twelve tribes.
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.
And they made on the oracle turned wreaths, wreathen work, of pure gold,
23 The skilled workmen made twenty frames for the south side of the Sacred Tent.
and they made two golden circlets and two golden rings.
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 they put the two golden rings on both the [upper] corners of the oracle;
25 [Similarly], they made 20 frames for the north side of the Sacred Tent.
and they put the golden wreaths on the rings on both sides of the oracle, and the two wreaths into the two couplings.
26 They made 40 silver bases for them also, with two bases for under each frame.
And they put them on the two circlets, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod opposite [each other] in front.
27 For the rear of the Sacred Tent, on the west side, they made six frames.
And they made two golden rings, and put them on the two projections on the top of the oracle, and on the top of the hinder part of the ephod within.
28 They also made two extra frames, one for each corner of the rear of the Sacred Tent, [to provide extra support].
And they made two golden rings, and put them on both the shoulders of the ephod under it, in front by the coupling above the connexion of the ephod.
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.
And he fastened the oracle by the rings that were on it to the rings of the ephod, which were fastened with [a string] of blue, joined together with the woven work of the ephod; that the oracle should not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses.
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.
And they made the tunic under the ephod, woven work, all of blue.
31 The workmen made 15 crossbars from acacia wood.
And the opening of the tunic in the midst woven closely together, the opening having a fringe round about, that it might not be rent.
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 they made on the border of the tunic below pomegranates as of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.
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.
And they made golden bells, and put the bells on the border of the tunic round about between the pomegranates:
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.
a golden bell and a pomegranate on the border of the tunic round about, for the ministration, as the Lord commanded Moses.
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 they made vestments of fine linen, a woven work, for Aaron and his sons,
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 the tires of fine linen, and the mitre of fine linen, and the drawers of fine linen twined;
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 their girdles of fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet spun, the work of an embroiderer, according as the Lord commanded Moses.
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 they made the golden plate, a dedicated thing of the sanctuary, of pure gold;
and he wrote upon it graven letters [as] of a seal, Holiness to the Lord.
And they put it on the border of blue, so that it should be on the mitre above, as the Lord commanded Moses.
