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.”

THEN wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had 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 Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:

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 of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him 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

And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;

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

And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make.

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 gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.

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

For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and 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 every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.

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

The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one 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 coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto 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.

And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

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

Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to 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 he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.

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

And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.

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

The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.

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.

And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

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 upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

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

And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

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 he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above that.

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

And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.

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

The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board 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.

One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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

And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for 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.

And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.

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

And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,

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

And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

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

And for the sides of the tabernacle westward 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 boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

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 they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both 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.

And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.

31 The workmen made 15 crossbars from acacia wood.

And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the 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 bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.

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 he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the 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.

And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars 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 a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

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 he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four 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.

And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

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 the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.