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.”

Beseleel, therefore, and Ooliab, and every wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and understanding, to know how to work artificially, made the things that are necessary for the uses of the sanctuary, and which the Lord commanded.

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 skillful man, to whom the Lord had given wisdom, and such as of their own accord had offered themselves to the making of 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.

He delivered all the offerings of the children of Israel unto them. And while they were earnest about the work, the people daily in the morning offered their vows.

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

Whereupon the workmen being constrained to come,

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

Said to Moses: The people offereth more than is necessary.

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.

Moses therefore commanded proclamation to be made by the crier’s voice: Let neither man nor woman offer any more 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 the things that were offered did suffice, and were too much.

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 the men that were wise of heart, to accomplish the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of twisted fine linen, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, with varied work, and the art of embroidering:

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

The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth four: all the curtains were of the same size.

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, one to another, and the other five he coupled one to 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 made also loops of violet in the edge of the curtain on both sides, and in the edge of the other curtain in like manner,

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

That the loops might meet on against another, and might be joined each with the other.

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.

Whereupon also he cast fifty rings of gold, that might catch the loops of the curtains, and they might be made one tabernacle.

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

He made also eleven curtains of goats’ hair, 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 curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits broad: all the curtains 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 which he joined apart, and the other six apart.

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 in the edge of one curtain, and fifty in the edge of another curtain, that they might be joined one to 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 wherewith the roof might be knit together, that of all the curtains there might 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 made also a cover for the tabernacle of rams’ skins dyed red: and another cover over that of violet skins.

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

He made also the boards of the tabernacle of setim wood standing.

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

The length of one board was ten cubits: and the breadth was one cubit and a half.

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 mortises throughout every board, that one might be joined to the other. And in this manner he made for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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

Of which twenty were at the south side southward,

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 sockets of silver, two sockets were put under one board on the two sides of the corners, where the mortises of the sides end in the corners.

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

At that side also of the tabernacle, that looketh toward the north, he made twenty boards.

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

With forty sockets of silver, two sockets for every board.

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

But against the west, to wit, at that side of the tabernacle, which looketh to the sea, he 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 others at each corner of the tabernacle behind:

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 also joined from beneath unto the top, and went together into one joint. Thus he did on both sides at the corners:

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 in all eight boards and they had sixteen sockets of silver, to wit, two sockets under every board.

31 The workmen made 15 crossbars from acacia wood.

He made also bars of setim wood, five to hold together the boards of 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 join together the boards of the other side: and besides these, five other bars at the west side of the tabernacle towards 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 made also another bar, that might come by the midst of the boards 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.

And the board works themselves he overlaid with gold, casting for them sockets of silver. And their rings he made of gold, through which the bars might be drawn: and he covered the bars themselves with plates 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 made also a veil of violet, and purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, varied and distinguished with 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 pillars of setim wood, which with their heads be overlaid with gold, casting for them sockets of silver.

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 made also a hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, with the work of an embroiderer.

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 with their heads, which he covered with gold, and their sockets he cast of brass.