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 Bezalel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom the Lord hath put wisdom and understanding to know how to do every manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall make all, just as the Lord hath 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 for Bezalel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, every one whose heart stirred him up to come near 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 from Moses the whole of the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it; and these brought unto him yet more free-will offerings morning after morning.

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

And then came all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, every man from his own work which they were doing.

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

And they said unto Moses, thus, The people bring more than is required for the service of the work, which the Lord hath 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 the command, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary: so the people were restrained from bringing [more].

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

And the stuff prepared was sufficient for all the work to make it, and there was some over.

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 wise-hearted men, among those who wrought the work, made the tabernacle of ten curtains; of twisted linen thread, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn; with cherubim, of weaver's work, made he them.

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

The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: there was one measure for all the curtains.

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 together five of the curtains one to another: and the other five curtains 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.

And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, which was the outside in the coupling: the like he made on the border of the curtain, which was the outmost on the second coupling.

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 on the one curtain, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain which was in the second coupling: the loops were fixed opposite to each 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.

And he made fifty hooks of gold; and he coupled the curtains together one unto the other with the hooks, and the tabernacle became thus one piece.

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 a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains made he the same.

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

The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of each curtain: there was one measure for the eleven curtains.

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 of the curtains by themselves, and six of the 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 on the edge of the curtain that was the outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain of the second coupling.

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 hooks of copper, to couple the tent together that it might be one piece.

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.

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

And he made the 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.

Ten cubits was the length of each board, and one cubit and a half was the breadth of each one board.

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 tenons for every board, fitted in, one against the other: the like made he 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 the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side, on the right.

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 made he under the twenty boards; two sockets under the one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under the other board for its two tenons.

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

And for the other side of the tabernacle, for the north side, 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 the one board, and two sockets under the other board.

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

And for the back wall 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 back wall.

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 closely fitting beneath, and they were closely joined together on the top, by means of one ring; thus he did to both of them, for 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 so there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two sockets under every board.

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 back wall, 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 pass through the midst of the boards from the one end to the other end.

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 boards he overlaid with gold, and their rings he made of gold, as receptacles for the bars, and he 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 the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; of weaver's work made he it, with cherubim.

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 also 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 a hanging for the door of the tabernacle, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; the work of the 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 its five pillars with their hooks: and he overlaid their tops and made their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of copper.