Exodus 36
36
1#Ex 28:3; 25:8So Bezalel and Oholiab, and every skilled person, in whom the Lord has put skill and understanding to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, are to do the work according to all that the Lord has commanded.
2#Ex 31:6; 1Ch 29:5Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person in whom the Lord had put wisdom, everyone whose heart stirred him to come to the work to do it. 3#Ex 35:29They received from Moses all the offerings which the children of Israel had brought to do the work of the service of the sanctuary, and they continued to bring to him freewill offerings every morning. 4And all the skilled men who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came from the work they were doing, 5#2Ch 24:14; 2Co 8:2–3and they said to Moses, “The people are bringing much more than is needed for the service of the work which the Lord commanded us to do.”
6So Moses issued a command, and they circulated a proclamation throughout the camp, saying, “Let no man or woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing any more. 7For the material they had was sufficient for all the work and more than enough to do it.
Construction of the Tabernacle
Ex 26:1–37
8Every skilled man among those who were doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim that were the work of skillful workmen. 9The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits.#About 9 inches, or 23 centimeters. All ofthe curtains were the same size. 10He joined thefive curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he joined to one to another. 11He made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set. He did likewise along the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set. 12#Ex 26:5He made fifty loops in the one curtain and made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was in the second set. The loops were opposite one another. 13He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was a unit.
14#Ex 26:7–13He made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains in all. 15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain was four cubits.#About 45 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 14 meters long and 1.8 meters wide. The eleven curtains were all the same size. 16He joined five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. 17He made fifty loops on the outermost edge of the curtain in the first set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which joined the second set. 18He made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together, so that it would be one unit. 19He made a covering for the tent out of rams’ skins dyed red and a covering of porpoise skins above.
20#Ex 25:5Then he made boards for the tabernacle out of acacia wood, standing upright. 21The length of each board was ten cubits, and the width of each board was one and a half cubits.#About 15 feet long and 21/4 feet wide, or 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide. 22Each board had two tenons, equally distant from each other. He did this for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23He made boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side. 24He 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. 25For the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, 26and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 27For the back of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. 28He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the back. 29They were doubled beneath and joined together at the top in one ring. He did this with both of them in both the corners. 30There were eight boards with their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two under every board.
31#Ex 26:26–29He made bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle, 32and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the back to the west. 33He made the middle bar to pass through the boards from the one end to the other. 34He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
35#Mt 27:51He made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. He made cherubim, the work of a skillful designer. 36He made four pillars of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold with their hooks of gold, and he cast four sockets of silver for them. 37He made a hanging for the tabernacle entrance of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. 38And he made its five pillars with their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their bands with gold, but their five sockets were of bronze.
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Exodus 36
36
1So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the Lord has commanded.’
2Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord had given ability and who was willing to come and do the work. 3They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning. 4So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing 5and said to Moses, ‘The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done.’
6Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: ‘No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.’ And so the people were restrained from bringing more, 7because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.
The tabernacle
8All those who were skilled among the workers made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by expert hands. 9All the curtains were the same size – twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.#36:9 That is, about 13 metres long and 1.8 metres wide 10They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five. 11Then they made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and the same was done with the end curtain in the other set. 12They also made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other. 13Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.
14They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle – eleven altogether. 15All eleven curtains were the same size – thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.#36:15 That is, about 14 metres long and 1.8 metres wide 16They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set. 17Then they made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set. 18They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit. 19Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of other durable leather.#36:19 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals (see 35:7)
20They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. 21Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,#36:21 That is, about 4.5 metres long and 68 centimetres wide 22with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. 23They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle 24and made forty silver bases to go under them – two bases for each frame, one under each projection. 25For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames 26and forty silver bases – two under each frame. 27They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle, 28and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end. 29At these two corners the frames were double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both were made alike. 30So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases – two under each frame.
31They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, 32five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle. 33They made the centre crossbar so that it extended from end to end at the middle of the frames. 34They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
35They made the curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker. 36They made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold. They made gold hooks for them and cast their four silver bases. 37For the entrance to the tent they made a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen – the work of an embroiderer; 38and they made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold and made their five bases of bronze.
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