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.”
“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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
4 So all the skilled people working on the holy place came from the work that they had been doing.
As a result, the skilled men who were doing various things to make the Sacred Tent came to Moses/me
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, “The people are bringing more than we need to do the work that Yahweh has commanded us!”
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.
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.
7 They had more than enough materials for all the work.
What they had already brought was enough to do all the work. [In fact], it was more than was needed!
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 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.
9 The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, the width four cubits. All the curtains were of the same size.
Each strip was (14 yards/twelve meters) long and (2 yards/1.8 meters) wide.
10 Bezalel joined five curtains to each other, and the other five curtains he also joined to each other.
They sewed five strips together to make one set, and they sewed the other five strips together to make the other set.
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.
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.
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.
They put 50 loops on the edge of the first set, and 50 loops on the edge of the second set.
13 He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains together with them so that the tabernacle became united.
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.
14 Bezalel made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven of these curtains.
They made a cover for the Sacred Tent from eleven pieces of cloth made from goats’ hair.
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 piece of cloth was (15 yards/13.5 meters) long and (2 yards/1.8 meters) wide.
16 He joined five curtains to each other and the other six curtains to each other.
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.
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.
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.
18 Bezalel made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together so that it might be one piece.
They made 50 bronze clasps/fasteners and joined the two sets together with them. In that way it formed one cover.
19 He made for the tabernacle a covering of ram skins dyed red, another covering of fine leather to go above that.
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.
20 Bezalel made vertical frames out of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
They made frames from acacia wood and set them up [to support the covers for the Sacred Tent].
21 The length of each frame was ten cubits, and the width of each frame was one and a half cubits.
Each frame was (15 feet/4.5 meters) long and (27 in./66 cm.) wide.
22 Each frame had two wooden pegs for joining the frames together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.
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.
23 He made the frames for the tabernacle in this way: twenty frames for the south side.
The skilled workmen made twenty frames for the south side of the Sacred Tent.
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.
They made 40 silver bases to go underneath them. Two bases went under each frame. The projections on each frame fit into these bases.
25 For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames
[Similarly], they made 20 frames for the north side of the Sacred Tent.
26 and their forty silver bases. There were two bases under the first frame, two bases under the next frame, and so on.
They made 40 silver bases for them also, with two bases for under each frame.
27 For the back of the tabernacle on the west, Bezalel made six frames.
For the rear of the Sacred Tent, on the west side, they made six frames.
28 He made two frames for the back corners of the tabernacle.
They also made two extra frames, one for each corner of the rear of the Sacred Tent, [to provide extra support].
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.
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.
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.
In that way, [for the rear of the Sacred Tent] there were eight frames, and there were 16 bases, two bases under each frame.
31 Bezalel made crossbars of acacia wood—five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,
The workmen made 15 crossbars from acacia wood.
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 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.
33 He made the crossbar in the center of the frames, that is, halfway up, to reach from end to end.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
[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.
