Exodus 36
36
1Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the skilled # 36:1 Lit wise of heart, also in v. 2 people are to work based on everything the Lord has commanded. The Lord has given them wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work of constructing the sanctuary.” # 36:1 Ex 25:8; 28:3; 31:6; 35:10,35
2So Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person in whose heart the Lord had placed wisdom, all whose hearts moved them, # 36:2 Ex 25:2; 35:21,26; 1Ch 29:5 to come to the work and do it. 3They took from Moses’s presence all the contributions that the Israelites had brought for the task of making the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning.
4Then all the artisans who were doing all the work for the sanctuary came one by one from the work they were doing 5and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than is needed # 36:5 2Ch 31:10; 2Co 8:2–3 for the construction of the work the Lord commanded to be done.”
6After Moses gave an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “Let no man or woman make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people stopped. 7The materials were sufficient for them to do all the work. There was more than enough.
Building the Tabernacle
8All # 36:8–19 Ex 26:1–14 the skilled artisans # 36:8 Lit the wise of heart among those doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains. Bezalel made them of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with a design of cherubim worked into them. 9Each curtain was forty-two feet # 36:9 Lit 28 cubits long and six feet # 36:9 Lit four cubits, also in v. 15 wide; all the curtains had the same measurements. 10He joined five of the curtains to each other, and the other five curtains he joined to each other. 11He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the last curtain in the first set and did the same on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set. 12He made fifty loops on the one curtain and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set, so that the loops lined up with each other. 13He also made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains to each other, so that the tabernacle became a single unit.
14He made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven of them. 15Each curtain was forty-five feet # 36:15 Lit 30 cubits long and six feet wide. All eleven curtains had the same measurements. 16He joined five of the curtains together, and the other six together. 17He made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set and fifty loops on the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set. 18He made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a single unit. 19He also made a covering for the tent from ram skins dyed red and a covering of fine leather # 36:19 Hb obscure on top of it.
20He # 36:20–34 Ex 25:5; 26:15–29 made upright supports # 36:20 Or made frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. 21Each support was fifteen feet # 36:21 Lit 10 cubits long and twenty-seven inches # 36:21 Lit a cubit and a half wide. 22Each support had two tenons for joining one to another. He did the same for all the supports of the tabernacle. 23He made supports for the tabernacle as follows: He made twenty for the south side, 24and he made forty silver bases to put under the twenty supports, two bases under the first support for its two tenons, and two bases under each of the following supports for their two tenons. 25For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty supports, 26with their forty silver bases, two bases under the first support and two bases under each of the following ones. 27And for the back of the tabernacle, on the west side, he made six supports. 28He also made two additional supports for the two back corners of the tabernacle. 29They were paired at the bottom and joined together # 36:29 Lit and together they are to be complete at the # 36:29 Lit its top in a single ring. This is what he did with both of them for the two corners. 30So there were eight supports with their sixteen silver bases, two bases under each one.
31He made five crossbars of acacia wood for the supports on one side of the tabernacle, 32five crossbars for the supports on the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for those at the back of the tabernacle on the west. 33He made the central crossbar run through the middle of the supports from one end to the other. 34He overlaid them with gold and made their rings out of gold as holders for the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
35Then # 36:35–38 Ex 26:31–37 he made the curtain with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. He made it with a design of cherubim worked into it. 36He made four pillars of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold. And he cast four silver bases for the pillars.
37He made a screen embroidered # 36:37 Or woven with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen for the entrance to the tent, 38together with its five pillars and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the pillars and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.
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Exodus 36
36
1The LORD has given to Bezalel, Oholiab, and others the skills needed for building a place of worship, and they will follow the LORD's instructions.
2Then Moses brought together these workers who were eager to work, 3and he gave them the money that the people of Israel had donated for building the place of worship. In fact, so much money was being given each morning, 4that finally everyone stopped working 5and said, “Moses, there is already more money than we need for what the LORD has assigned us to do.” 6So Moses sent word for the people to stop giving, and they did. 7But there was already more than enough to do what needed to be done.
Skilled workers make the sacred tent and its furnishings
The curtains and coverings for the sacred tent
(Exodus 26.1-14)
8-9The skilled workers got together to make the sacred tent and its linen curtains woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered with figures of winged creatures. Each of the ten panels was twelve metres long and two metres wide, 10and they were sewn together to make two curtains with five panels each. 11-13Then fifty loops of blue cloth were put along one of the wider sides of each curtain, and the two curtains were fastened together at the loops with fifty gold hooks.
14-15As the material for the tent, goat hair was used to weave eleven sections thirteen metres by two metres each. 16These eleven sections were joined to make two panels, one with five and the other with six sections. 17Fifty loops were put along one of the wider sides of each panel, 18and the two panels were fastened at the loops with fifty bronze hooks. 19Two other coverings were made—one with fine leather and the other with ram skins dyed red.
The framework for the sacred tent
(Exodus 26.15-30)
20Acacia wood was used to build the framework for the walls of the sacred tent. 21Each frame was four metres high and sixty-six centimetres wide 22-26with two wooden pegs near the bottom. Then two silver stands were placed under each frame with sockets for the pegs, so they could be joined together. Twenty of these frames were used along the south side and twenty more along the north. 27Six frames were used for the back wall along the west side 28-29with two more at the south-west and north-west corners. These corner frames were joined from top to bottom. 30Altogether, along the back wall there were eight frames with two silver stands under each of them.
31-33Five crossbars were made for each of the wooden frames, with the centre crossbar running the full length of the wall. 34The frames and crossbars were covered with gold, and gold rings were attached to the frames to run the crossbars through.
The inside curtain for the sacred tent
(Exodus 26.31-37)
35They made the inside curtain#36.35 inside curtain: Separating the holy place from the most holy place. of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool, and embroidered with figures of winged creatures. 36They also made four acacia wood posts and covered them with gold. Then gold rings were fastened to the posts, which were set on silver stands.
37For the entrance to the tent, they used a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered with fancy needlework. 38They made five posts, covered them completely with gold, and set them each on a gold-covered bronze stand. Finally, they attached hooks for the curtain.
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