Exodus 36
36
1Bezalel and Oholiab must do the work just as the Lord has commanded. So must every skilled worker to whom the Lord has given skill and ability. They know how to do all the work for every purpose connected with the sacred tent. And that includes setting it up.”
2Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab. He sent for every skilled worker to whom the Lord had given ability and who wanted to come and do the work. 3They received from Moses all the offerings the people of Israel had brought. They had brought the offerings for all the work for every purpose connected with the holy tent. That included setting it up. The people kept bringing the offerings they chose to give. They brought them morning after morning. 4So all the skilled workers working on the holy tent stopped what they were doing. 5They said to Moses, “The Lord commanded us to do the work. And the people are bringing more than enough for us to do it.”
6Then Moses gave an order. A message was sent through the whole camp. It said, “No man or woman should make anything else and offer it for the holy tent.” And so the people were kept from bringing more offerings. 7There was already more than enough to do all the work.
The Holy Tent
8All the skilled workers made the holy tent. They made ten curtains out of finely twisted linen. They made them with blue, purple and bright red yarn. A skilled worker sewed cherubim into the pattern. 9All the curtains were the same size. They were 42 feet long and six feet wide. 10The workers joined five of the curtains together. They did the same thing with the other five. 11Then they made loops out of blue strips of cloth along the edge of the end curtain in one set. They did the same thing with the end curtain in the other set. 12They also made 50 loops on the end curtain of the one set. They did the same thing on the end curtain of the other set. They put the loops across from each other. 13Then they made 50 gold hooks. They used them to join the two sets of curtains together so that the holy tent was all one piece.
14The workers made a total of 11 curtains out of goat hair to put over the holy tent. 15All 11 curtains were the same size. They were 45 feet long and six feet wide. 16The workers joined five of the curtains together into one set. They did the same thing with the other six. 17Then they made 50 loops along the edge of the end curtain in the one set. They did the same thing with the other set. 18They made 50 bronze hooks. They used them to join the tent together all in one piece. 19They made a covering for the tent. They made it out of ram skins dyed red. Over that, they put a covering of another kind of strong leather.
20The workers made frames out of acacia wood for the holy tent. 21Each frame was about 15 feet long and two feet three inches wide. 22The workers added two small wooden pins to each frame. The pins stuck out so that they were even with each other. The workers made all the frames of the holy tent in the same way. 23The workers made 20 frames for the south side of the holy tent. 24And they made 40 silver bases to go under them. They made two bases for each frame. They put one under each pin that stuck out. 25For the north side of the holy tent they made 20 frames 26and 40 silver bases. They put two bases under each frame. 27The workers made six frames for the west end of the holy tent. 28They made two frames for the corners of the holy tent at the far end. 29At those two corners the frames were double from top to bottom. They were fitted into a single ring. The workers made both of them the same. 30So there were eight frames and 16 silver bases. There were two bases under each frame.
31The workers also made crossbars out of acacia wood. They made five for the frames on one side of the holy tent. 32They made five for the frames on the other side. And they made five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the holy tent. 33The center crossbar reached from end to end at the middle of the frames. 34The workers covered the frames with gold. They made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also covered the crossbars with gold.
35They made the curtain out of blue, purple and bright red yarn and finely twisted linen. A skilled worker sewed cherubim into the pattern. 36The workers made four posts out of acacia wood for the curtain. They covered the posts with gold. They made gold hooks and four silver bases for the posts. 37For the entrance to the tent the workers made a curtain. They made it out of blue, purple and bright red yarn and finely twisted linen. A person who sewed skillfully made it. 38The workers made five posts with hooks for the curtains. They covered the tops of the posts and their bands with gold. And they made five bronze bases for them.
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Shemoth (Exodus) 36
36
1“And Betsal’ĕl and Oholiaḇ, and every wise-hearted man in whom יהוה has given wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all work for the service of the set-apart place, shall do according to all that יהוה has commanded.”
2And Mosheh called Betsal’ĕl and Oholiaḇ, and every wise-hearted man in whose heart יהוה had given wisdom, everyone whose heart lifted him up, to come and do the work.
3And they received from Mosheh all the contribution which the children of Yisra’ĕl had brought for the work of the service of making the set-apart place. But they still brought to him voluntary offerings every morning,
4so all the craftsmen who were doing all the work of the set-apart place came, each from the work he was doing,
5and they spoke to Mosheh, saying, “The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which יהוה commanded us to do.”
6Then Mosheh commanded and they sent this word throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the contribution of the set-apart place.” And the people were withheld from bringing,
7for what they had was enough for all the work to be done, more than enough.
8Then all the wise-hearted ones among them who worked on the Dwelling Place made ten curtains woven of fine linen and blue and purple and scarlet material. They made them with keruḇim, the work of a skilled workman.
9The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits, all the curtains having one measure.
10And he joined five curtains, one to another; and the other five curtains he joined, one to another.
11And he made loops of blue on the edge of the end curtain of one set, the same he did on the edge of the end curtain of the other set.
12Fifty loops he made on one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the end curtain of the second set; the loops held one curtain to another.
13And he made fifty hooks of gold, and joined the curtains to each other with the hooks, and the Dwelling Place became one.
14And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the Dwelling Place, he made eleven curtains.
15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits, the eleven curtains having one measure.
16And he joined five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves.
17And he made fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in one set, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second set.
18And he made fifty bronze hooks to join the tent, to be one.
19And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins, dyed red, and a covering of fine leather above that.
20And for the Dwelling Place he made boards of acacia wood, standing up.
21The length of each board was ten cubits, and the width of each board a cubit and a half.
22Each board had two tenons for binding one to another. So he did to all the boards of the Dwelling Place.
23And he made boards for the Dwelling Place, twenty boards for the south side.
24And he made forty sockets of silver to go under the twenty boards, and two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons.
25And for the other side of the Dwelling Place, for the north side, he made twenty boards,
26and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board.
27And he made six boards for the west side of the Dwelling Place.
28And he made two boards for the two back corners of the Dwelling Place.
29And they were double beneath, and similarly they were complete to the top by one ring. So he did to both of them for the two corners.
30And there were eight boards, and their silver sockets, sixteen sockets, two sockets under each of the boards.
31And he made bars of acacia wood, five for the boards on one side of the Dwelling Place,
32and five bars for the boards on the other side of the Dwelling Place, and five bars for the boards of the Dwelling Place at the rear, westward.
33And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from one end to the other.
34And he overlaid the boards with gold, and their rings he made of gold to be holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
35And he made a veil of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine worked linen. It was made with keruḇim, the work of a skilled workman.
36And he made four columns of acacia wood for it, and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold. And he cast four sockets of silver for them.
37And he made a covering for the Tent door of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine woven linen, made by a weaver,
38and its five columns with their hooks. And he overlaid their tops and their rings with gold, but their five sockets were of bronze.
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