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 Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom YHWH has given wisdom and understanding to know to do every work of the service of the holy place, have done according to all that YHWH 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 calls to Bezaleel, and to Aholiab, and to every wise-hearted man in whose heart YHWH has given wisdom, everyone whom his heart lifted up, to come near to 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 take from before Moses all the raised-offering which the sons of Israel have brought in for the work of the service of the holy place to do it; and still they have brought to him a willing-offering morning by 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, who are doing all the work of the holy place, each come from his work which they are doing,

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

and speak to Moses, saying, “The people are multiplying to bring in more than sufficient for the service of the work which YHWH commanded [us] 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 commands, and they cause a voice to pass over through the camp, saying, “Do not let man or woman make anymore work for the raised-offering of the holy place”; and the people are restrained from bringing,

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

and the work has been sufficient for them, for all the work, to do it, and to leave.

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 ones among the doers of the work make the Dwelling Place; he has made them [with] ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, [with] cherubim, the work of a designer.

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

The length of one curtain [is] twenty-eight by the cubit, and the breadth of one curtain [is] four by the cubit; one measure [is] 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 joins the five curtains to one another, and the [other] five curtains he has joined 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.

and he makes loops of blue on the edge of one curtain, at the end, in the joining; so he has made in the edge of the outmost curtain, in the joining 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.

he has made fifty loops in the first curtain, and he has made fifty loops in the end of the curtain which [is] in the joining of the second; the loops are taking hold on one 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 makes fifty hooks of gold, and joins the curtains to one another by the hooks, and the Dwelling Place is one.

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

And he makes curtains of goats’ [hair] for a tent over the Dwelling Place; eleven curtains he has 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 [is] thirty by the cubit, and the breadth of one curtain [is] four cubits; one measure [is] 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 joins the five curtains apart, and the six curtains 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 makes fifty loops on the outer edge of the curtain, in the joining; and he has made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is joining 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 makes fifty hooks of bronze to join the tent—to 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 makes a covering for the tent of rams’ skins made red, and a covering of tachashim skins above.

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

And he makes the boards for the Dwelling Place of shittim wood, standing up;

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

ten cubits [is] the length of the [one] board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of the [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.

two handles [are] to one board, joined to one another; so he has made for all the boards of the Dwelling Place.

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

And he makes the boards for the Dwelling Place; 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 he has made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two handles, and two sockets under the other board for its two handles.

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

And for the second side of the Dwelling Place, for the north side, he has 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 the other board;

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

and for the sides of the Dwelling Place westward, he has 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 he has made two boards for the corners of the Dwelling Place, 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 have been twins below, and together they are twins at its head, at one ring; so he has done to both of them at the two 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 have been eight boards; and their sockets of silver [are] sixteen sockets, two sockets under one board.

31 The workmen made 15 crossbars from acacia wood.

And he makes bars of shittim wood: five for the boards of the first side of the Dwelling Place,

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 second side of the Dwelling Place, and five bars for the boards of the Dwelling Place, 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 makes the middle bar to enter into the midst of the boards from end to 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 he has overlaid the boards with gold, and he has made their rings of gold, places for bars, and he overlays 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 makes the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen; he has made it [with] cherubim—the work of a designer;

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 makes four pillars of shittim [wood] for it, and overlays them with gold; their pegs [are] of gold; and he casts four sockets of silver 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.

And he makes a covering for the opening of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, 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.

also its five pillars, and their pegs; and he overlaid their tops and their fillets [with] gold, and their five sockets [are] bronze.