Exodus 36

1 “Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom the LORD has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD has commanded.”

Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every man that was wise-hearted, in whom Jehovah had put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work of the service of the sanctuary — according to all that Jehovah had commanded.

2 Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it.

And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every man that was wise-hearted, in whose heart God had put wisdom, every one whose heart moved him to come to the work to do it.

3 They received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. They kept bringing free will offerings to him every morning.

And they took from Moses every heave-offering that the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it. And they still brought him voluntary offerings morning by morning.

4 All the wise men, who performed all the work of the sanctuary, each came from his work which he did.

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

5 They spoke to Moses, saying, “The people have brought much more than enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded to make.”

and spoke to Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work that Jehovah commanded to be done.

6 Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman make anything else for the offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing.

Then Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed through the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the heave-offering of the sanctuary! So the people were restrained from bringing;

7 For the stuff they had was sufficient to do all the work, and too much.

for the work they had was sufficient for all the work to do it, and it was too much.

8 All the wise-hearted men amongst those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet. They made them with cherubim, the work of a skilful workman.

And every wise-hearted man among those that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of twined byssus, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubim of artistic work did he make them.

9 The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure.

The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits — one measure for all the curtains.

10 He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.

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

11 He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second coupling.

And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain at the edge of the coupling; he did likewise in the edge of the outermost curtain in the other coupling.

12 He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite to one another.

He made fifty loops in one curtain, and he made fifty loops at the end of the curtain that was in the other coupling: the loops were opposite to one another.

13 He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps: so the tabernacle was a unit.

And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle became one.

14 He made curtains of goats’ hair for a covering over the tabernacle. He made them eleven curtains.

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

15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the width of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.

The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of one curtain — one measure for the eleven curtains.

16 He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

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

17 He made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was outermost in the second coupling.

And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain in the other coupling.

18 He made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together, that it might be a unit.

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

19 He made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.

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

20 He made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.

And he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia-wood, standing up;

21 Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the width of each board.

ten cubits the length of the boards, and one cubit and a half the breadth of one board;

22 Each board had two tenons, joined to one another. He made all the boards of the tabernacle this way.

two tenons in one board, connected one with the other: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

23 He made the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward.

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

24 He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.

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

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

And for the other side of the tabernacle, on the side toward the north, he made twenty boards,

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

and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one board, and two bases under another board.

27 For the far part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

And at the rear of the tabernacle, westward, he made six boards;

28 He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far part.

and he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear;

29 They were double beneath, and in the same way they were all the way to its top to one ring. He did this to both of them in the two corners.

and they were joined beneath, and were coupled together at the top thereof into one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners;

30 There were eight boards and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets—under every board two sockets.

and there were eight boards, and their silver bases: sixteen bases, under every board two bases.

31 He made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

— And he made bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the 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 hinder part westward.

and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle at the rear, westward.

33 He made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards from the one end to the other.

And he made the middle bar in the midst of the boards reach from one end to the other.

34 He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold as places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

And he overlaid the boards with gold; and made their rings of gold [as] receptacles for the bars; and overlaid the bars with gold.

35 He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. He made it the work of a skilful workman.

And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus: of artistic work he made it [with] cherubim.

36 He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them.

And he made four pillars of acacia[-wood] for it, and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four bases of silver.

37 He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;

And he made a curtain for the entrance of the tent of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus, of embroidery;

38 and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of bronze.

and its five pillars with their hooks; and he overlaid their capitals and their connecting-rods with gold; and their five bases were of copper.