Exodus 36

CHAPTER 36

1Therefore Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and each wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and understanding, that they know how to work craftily, made things that were needful into the uses of the saintuary, and which the Lord commanded to be made.

2And when Moses had called them, and each learned man, to whom the Lord had given wisdom and knowing, and the which proffered themselves by their own free will to make the work,

3Moses betook to them all the gifts of the sons of Israel. And when they were busy in their work each day, the people offered their avows early.

4Wherefore the workmen were compelled to come,

5and they said to Moses, The people offereth more than is needful.

6Therefore Moses commanded to be cried by the voice of a crier, Neither man nor woman offer more anything in the work of [the] saintuary; and so it was ceased from gifts to be offered,

7for the things offered sufficed, and were over-abundant.

8And all the wise men in heart, to fulfill the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of bis folded again, and of jacinth, and purple, and of red silk twice-dyed, by diverse work, and by craft of many colours.

9Of which curtains one had in length eight and twenty cubits, and four cubits in breadth; one measure was of all the curtains.

10And he joined five curtains one to another, and he coupled other five to themselves together;

11and he made eyelets of jacinth in the hem of the one curtain on ever either side, and in like manner in the hem of the tother curtain,

12that the eyelets shall come together against themselves, and they shall be joined together;

13wherefore he melted out also fifty golden rings, that shall hold the eyelets of the curtains; and so one tabernacle was made.

14He made also eleven says of the hairs of goats, to cover the roof of the tabernacle;

15one say had thirty cubits in length, [and] four cubits in breadth; all the says were of one measure;

16of which says he joined five by themselves, and six others by them-selves.

17And he made fifty eyelets in the hem of one say, and fifty in the hem of the tother say, that those [or they] should be joined to themselves together;

18and he made fifty buckles of brass by which the roof was fastened together, that one covering were made of all the says.

19He made also a covering of the tabernacle of the skins of rams made red, and another veil above, of the skins of jacinth.

20He made also [the] standing boards of the tabernacle, of the wood of shittim;

21the length of one board was of ten cubits, and the breadth held one cubit and an half.

22Two indentings [or rabbetings] were by each board, that the one should be joined to the tother; so he made in all the boards of the taber-nacle.

23Of which boards twenty were at the midday coast against the south,

24with forty bases of silver; two bases were set under one board on ever either side of the corners, where the indentings [or rabbetings] of the sides were ended in the corners.

25And at the coast of the tabernacle that beholdeth to the north, he made twenty boards,

26with forty bases of silver, two bases by each board.

27Forsooth against the west, he made six boards,

28and twain [or two] other boards by each corner of the tabernacle behind,

29which were joined from beneath till to above, and were borne into one joining altogether; so he made on ever either part by the corners,

30that they were eight boards altogether, and they had sixteen bases of silver, that is, two bases under each board.

31He made also bars of the wood of shittim, five bars to hold together the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

32and five other bars to shape together the boards of the tother side; and without these, he made five other bars for the boards at the west coast of the tabernacle against the sea.

33He made also another bar, that should come by the middle boards, from corner till to corner.

34Forsooth he overgilded the walls made of the boards, and he melted out their silveren bases, and he made their golden rings, by which the bars might be brought in, and he covered those same bars with golden plates.

35He made also a veil diverse and parted, of jacinth, and purple, and red silk twice-dyed, and bis folded again, by the work of embroidery.

36 He made also four pillars of wood of shittim, which pillars with the hooks he overgilded, and he melted out their silveren bases.

37He made also in the entering of the tabernacle a curtain of jacinth, and purple, and red silk twice-dyed, and bis folded again, by the work of embroidery.

38And he made five pillars with their hooks, which he covered with gold; and he melted out their brazen bases, and their holdings, which he covered with gold.

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Exodus 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 gifts that the people of Israel had donated for building the place of worship. In fact, so much was being given each morning, 4that finally everyone stopped working 5and said, “Moses, there is already more 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.

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 that were woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered with figures of winged creatures. Each of the ten panels was twelve meters long and two meters wide, 10and they were sewn together to make two curtains with five panels each. 11-13Then 50 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 50 gold hooks.

14-15As the material for protecting the tent, goat hair was used to weave eleven sections 13 meters by 2 meters 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 50 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 4 meters high and 66 centimeters 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 20 more along the north. 27Six frames were used for the back wall along the west side 28-29with two more at the southwest and northwest 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 center 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 each of them on a gold-covered bronze stand. Finally, they attached hooks for the curtain.

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