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.”

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 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.

And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, [even] every one whose heart excited him to come to the work to do it:

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.

And they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it. And they brought yet to him free-offerings every morning.

4 So all the skilled people working on the holy place came from the work that they had been doing.

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

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 they spoke to Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.

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.

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 They had more than enough materials for all the work.

For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

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.

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: he made them [with] cherubim of curious work.

9 The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, the width four cubits. All the curtains were of the same size.

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 Bezalel joined five curtains to each other, and the other five curtains he also joined to each other.

And he coupled the five curtains one to another: and [the other] five curtains he coupled one to another.

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.

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

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.

Fifty loops he made in one curtain, and fifty loops he made in the edge of the curtain which [was] in the coupling of the second: the loops held one [curtain] to another.

13 He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains together with them so that the tabernacle became united.

And he made fifty buttons of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the buttons. So it became one tabernacle.

14 Bezalel made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven of these curtains.

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

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.

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 He joined five curtains to each other and the other six curtains to each other.

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

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.

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

18 Bezalel made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together so that it might be one piece.

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

19 He made for the tabernacle a covering of ram skins dyed red, another covering of fine leather to go above that.

And he made a covering for the tent [of] rams' skins dyed red, and a covering [of] badgers' skins above [that].

20 Bezalel made vertical frames out of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

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

21 The length of each frame was ten cubits, and the width of each frame was one and a half cubits.

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

22 Each frame had two wooden pegs for joining the frames together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.

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

23 He made the frames for the tabernacle in this way: twenty frames for the south side.

And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:

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.

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

25 For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames

And for the other side of the tabernacle [which is] towards the north corner, he made twenty boards.

26 and their forty silver bases. There were two bases under the first frame, two bases under the next frame, and so on.

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

27 For the back of the tabernacle on the west, Bezalel made six frames.

And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

28 He made two frames for the back corners of the tabernacle.

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

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.

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 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.

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

31 Bezalel made crossbars of acacia wood—five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,

And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the 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.

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 He made the crossbar in the center of the frames, that is, halfway up, to reach from end to end.

And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the 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 boards with gold, and made their rings [of] gold [to be] places for the bars, and overlaid the bars 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.

And he made a vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: [with] cherubim he made it of curious work.

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.

And he made to it 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 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.

And he made a hanging for the tabernacle-door [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needle-work;

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.

And the five pillars of it, with their hooks: and he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets [were of] brass.