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.”

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 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 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 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.

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

The artisans were compelled by this to go

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Each of these was twenty-eight cubits in length, and in width, four. All the curtains were of one 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 he joined five curtains to one another, and the other five he coupled to one another.

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.

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

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

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.

For these, he also cast fifty gold rings, which would retain the loops of the curtains and so make the tabernacle one.

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

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

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

one canopy held in length thirty cubits, and in width four cubits. All the canopies were of one 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 of these he joined by themselves, and the other six separately.

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

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 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.

He also made a covering for the tabernacle from the skins of rams, dyed-red; and another cover above it, from violet skins.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Likewise, at that side of the tabernacle which looks toward the north, he made twenty panels,

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

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

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

Yet truly, opposite the west, that is, toward that part of the tabernacle which looks out toward the sea, he made six panels,

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

and two others at each corner of the tabernacle 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.

which were joined from bottom to top and held together by one joint. So did he make both corners on that side.

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 then, there were altogether eight panels, and they had sixteen bases of silver, with, of course, two bases under each panel.

31 The workmen made 15 crossbars from acacia wood.

He also made bars from setim wood: five to hold together the panels at one side of the tabernacle,

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 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 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.

He also made another bar, which came through the middle of the panels from corner to corner.

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.

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 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.

He also made a veil from hyacinth, and purple, from vermillion as well as fine twisted linen, with varied and distinctive embroidery,

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

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.

He also made a tent at the entrance of the tabernacle from hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine twisted linen, wrought with embroidery,

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