< Exodus 36 >
1 So Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom Yahweh has given skill and ability to know how to do any work in the construction of the holy place are to do the work according to all that Yahweh has commanded.”
“So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”
2 Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skillful person in whose mind Yahweh had given skill, and whose heart stirred within him to come and do the work.
Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.
3 They received from Moses all the offerings that the Israelites had brought for constructing the holy place. The people were still bringing freewill offerings every morning to Moses.
They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning,
4 So all the skilled people working on the holy place came from the work that they had been doing.
so that all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work
5 The craftsmen told Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for doing the work that Yahweh has commanded us to do.”
and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”
6 So Moses instructed that no one in the camp should bring any more offerings for the construction of the holy place. Then the people stopped bringing these gifts.
After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more,
7 They had more than enough materials for all the work.
since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.
8 So all the craftsmen among them constructed the tabernacle with ten curtains made from fine linen and blue, purple, and scarlet wool with the designs of cherubim. This was the work of Bezalel, the very skilled craftsman.
All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.
9 The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, the width four cubits. All the curtains were of the same size.
Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size.
10 Bezalel joined five curtains to each other, and the other five curtains he also joined to each other.
And he joined five of the curtains together, and the other five he joined as well.
11 He made loops of blue along the outer edge of the end curtain of one set, and he did the same along the outer edge of the end curtain in the second set.
He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and also on the end curtain in the second set.
12 He made fifty loops on the first curtain and fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in the second set. So the loops were opposite to each another.
He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite one another.
13 He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains together with them so that the tabernacle became united.
He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.
14 Bezalel made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven of these curtains.
He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.
15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain was four cubits. Each of the eleven curtains was of the same size.
Each of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
16 He joined five curtains to each other and the other six curtains to each other.
He joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another.
17 He made fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain of the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain that joined the second set.
He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.
18 Bezalel made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together so that it might be one piece.
He also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a unit.
19 He made for the tabernacle a covering of ram skins dyed red, another covering of fine leather to go above that.
Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
20 Bezalel made vertical frames out of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
21 The length of each frame was ten cubits, and the width of each frame was one and a half cubits.
Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
22 Each frame had two wooden pegs for joining the frames together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.
Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
23 He made the frames for the tabernacle in this way: twenty frames for the south side.
He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,
24 Bezalel made forty silver bases to go under the twenty frames. There were two bases under one frame to join the frames together, and also two bases under each of the other frames to join frames together.
with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
25 For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames
For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames
26 and their forty silver bases. There were two bases under the first frame, two bases under the next frame, and so on.
and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.
27 For the back of the tabernacle on the west, Bezalel made six frames.
He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,
28 He made two frames for the back corners of the tabernacle.
and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,
29 These frames were separate at the bottom, but joined at the top in one ring. He made two of them in this way for the two corners.
coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.
30 There were eight frames, together with their silver bases. There were sixteen bases in all, two bases under the first frame, two bases under the next frame, and so on.
So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
31 Bezalel made crossbars of acacia wood—five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,
He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
32 five crossbars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for the frames for the back side of the tabernacle to the west.
five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.
33 He made the crossbar in the center of the frames, that is, halfway up, to reach from end to end.
He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other.
34 He covered the frames with gold. He made their rings of gold, for them to serve as holders for the crossbars, and he covered the bars with gold.
And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
35 Bezalel made the curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet wool, and of fine linen, with designs of cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
36 He made for the curtain four pillars of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold. He also made gold hooks for the pillars, and he cast for them four silver bases.
He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts.
37 He made a hanging for the tent entrance. It was made of blue, purple, and scarlet wool, using fine linen, the work of an embroiderer.
For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,
38 He also made the hanging's five pillars with hooks. He covered their tops and their rods with gold. Their five bases were made of bronze.
together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.