Exodus 36

1 And Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom Jehovah hath given wisdom and understanding to know to do every work of the service of the sanctuary, have done according to all that Jehovah 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 And Moses calleth unto Bezaleel, and unto Aholiab, and unto every wise-hearted man in whose heart Jehovah hath given wisdom, every one whom his heart lifted up, to come near unto the work to do it.

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 And they take from before Moses all the heave-offering which the sons of Israel have brought in for the work of the service of the sanctuary to do it; and still they have brought in unto him a willing-offering morning by morning.

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 And all the wise men, who are doing all the work of the sanctuary, come each from his work which they are doing,

so that all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work

5 and speak unto Moses, saying, 'The people are multiplying to bring in more than sufficient for the service of the work which Jehovah commanded to make.'

and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”

6 And Moses commandeth, and they cause a voice to pass over through the camp, saying, 'Let not man or woman make any more work for the heave-offering of the sanctuary;' and the people are restrained from bringing,

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 and the work hath been sufficient for them, for all the work, to do it, and to leave.

since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.

8 And all the wise-hearted ones among the doers of the work make the tabernacle; ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, [with] cherubs, work of a designer, he hath made them.

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 the one curtain [is] eight and twenty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit; one measure [is] to all the curtains.

Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size.

10 And he joineth the five curtains one unto another, and the [other] five curtains he hath joined one unto another;

And he joined five of the curtains together, and the other five he joined as well.

11 and he maketh loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, at the end, in the joining; so he hath made in the edge of the outmost curtain, in the joining of the second;

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 fifty loops he hath made in the one curtain, and fifty loops hath he made in the end of the curtain which [is] in the joining of the second; the loops are taking hold one on 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 And he maketh fifty hooks of gold, and joineth the curtains one unto another by the hooks, and the tabernacle is one.

He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.

14 And he maketh curtains of goats' [hair] for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains he hath made them;

He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.

15 the length of the one curtain [is] thirty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain [is] four cubits; one measure [is] to the eleven curtains;

Each of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

16 and he joineth the five curtains apart, and the six curtains apart.

He joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another.

17 And he maketh fifty loops on the outer edge of the curtain, in the joining; and fifty loops he hath made on the edge of the curtain which is joining the second;

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 and he maketh fifty hooks of brass to join the tent — to be one;

He also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a unit.

19 and he maketh a covering for the tent of rams' skins made red, and a covering of badgers' skins above.

Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.

20 And he maketh the boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up;

Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

21 ten cubits [is] the length of the [one] board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of the [one] board;

Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

22 two handles [are] to the one board, joined one unto another; so he hath made for all the boards 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 And he maketh the boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward;

He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

24 and forty sockets of silver he hath made under the twenty boards, two sockets under the one board for its two handles, and two sockets under the other board for its two handles.

with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.

25 And for the second side of the tabernacle, for the north side, he hath made twenty boards,

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

26 and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board;

and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.

27 and for the sides of the tabernacle, westward, hath he made six boards;

He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

28 and two boards hath he made for the corners of the tabernacle, in the two sides;

and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

29 and they have been twins below, and together they are twins at its head, at the one ring; so he hath done to both of them at the two corners;

coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.

30 and there have been eight boards; and their sockets of silver [are] sixteen sockets, two sockets under the one board.

So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

31 And he maketh bars of shittim wood, five for the boards 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 and five bars for the boards of the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle, for the sides westward;

five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.

33 and he maketh the middle bar to enter into the midst of the boards from end to end;

He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other.

34 and the boards he hath overlaid with gold, and their rings he hath made of gold, places for bars, and he overlayeth 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 And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer he hath made it, [with] cherubs;

Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

36 and he maketh for it four pillars of shittim [wood], and overlayeth them with gold; their pegs [are] of gold; and he casteth for them four sockets of silver.

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 And he maketh a covering for the opening of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, 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 also its five pillars, and their pegs; and he overlaid their tops and their fillets [with] gold, and their five sockets [are] brass.

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.