Exodus 36

1 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.

Therefore, Bezalel, and Oholiab, and every wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and intelligence, so as to know how to work skillfully, made that which was necessary for the uses of the Sanctuary and which the Lord had instructed.

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

And when Moses had called them and every man of learning, to whom the Lord had given wisdom, and who, of their own accord, had offered themselves in order to accomplish this work,

3 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 with. And they brought yet to him free offerings every morning.

he handed over to them all the donations of the sons of Israel. And while they were pursuing this work, the people offered what they had vowed each day, in the morning.

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

The artisans were compelled by this to go

5 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.

to Moses and to say, “The people offer more than is needed.”

6 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.

Therefore, Moses ordered this to be recited, with a voice of proclamation: “Let neither man nor woman offer anything further for the work of the Sanctuary.” And so they ceased from offering gifts,

7 For the things they had were sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

because what was offered was sufficient and was more than an abundance.

8 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 skilful work.

And all those who were wise of heart, in order to accomplish the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, with diverse workmanship by the art of embroidery.

9 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.

Each of these was twenty-eight cubits in length, and in width, four. All the curtains were of one measure.

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

And he joined five curtains to one another, and the other five he coupled to one another.

11 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.

He also made loops of hyacinth along the edge of one curtain on both sides, and similarly along the edge of the other curtain,

12 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.

so that the loops might meet against one another and might be joined together.

13 And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps: so it became one tabernacle.

For these, he also cast fifty gold rings, which would retain the loops of the curtains and so make the tabernacle one.

14 And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.

He also made eleven canopies from the hair of goats, in order to cover the roof of the tabernacle:

15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.

one canopy held in length thirty cubits, and in width four cubits. All the canopies were of one measure.

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

Five of these he joined by themselves, and the other six separately.

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

And he made fifty loops along the edge of one canopy, and fifty along the edge of the other canopy, so that they might be joined to one another,

18 And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

and fifty buckles of brass, with which the roof might be woven together, so that from all the canopies there would be made one covering.

19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above that.

He also made a covering for the tabernacle from the skins of rams, dyed-red; and another cover above it, from violet skins.

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

He also made the standing panels of the tabernacle, from setim wood.

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

Ten cubits was the length of one panel, and one and one half cubits comprised the width.

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

There were two dovetails along every panel, so that one might be joined to the other. Thus did he make all the panels of the tabernacle.

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

Of these, twenty were toward the meridian area, opposite the south,

24 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.

with forty bases of silver. Two bases were set under one panel at each of two sides at the corners, where the joints of the sides terminate in corners.

25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,

Likewise, at that side of the tabernacle which looks toward the north, he made twenty panels,

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

with forty bases of silver, two bases for each board.

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

Yet truly, opposite the west, that is, toward that part of the tabernacle which looks out toward the sea, he made six panels,

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

and two others at each corner of the tabernacle at the back,

29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at its head, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.

which were joined from bottom to top and held together by one joint. So did he make both corners on that side.

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

So then, there were altogether eight panels, and they had sixteen bases of silver, with, of course, two bases under each panel.

31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

He also made bars from setim wood: five to hold together the panels at one side of the tabernacle,

32 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.

and five others to fit together the panels of the other side, and, in addition to these, five other bars toward the western area of the tabernacle, opposite the sea.

33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.

He also made another bar, which came through the middle of the panels from corner to corner.

34 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.

But the panels themselves he overlaid with gold, casting silver bases for them. And he made their rings from gold, through which the bars might be able to be drawn. And he covered the bars themselves with layers of gold.

35 And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim he made it of skilful work.

He also made a veil from hyacinth, and purple, from vermillion as well as fine twisted linen, with varied and distinctive embroidery,

36 And he made for 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.

and four columns of setim wood, which, along with their heads, he overlaid with gold, casting silver bases for them.

37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

He also made a tent at the entrance of the tabernacle from hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine twisted linen, wrought with embroidery,

38 And its five pillars with their hooks: and he overlaid their tops and their bands with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.

and five columns with their heads, which he covered with gold, and he cast their bases from brass.