Exodus 36
36
1“Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the other workers to whom the LORD has given skill and understanding, who know how to make everything needed to build the sacred Tent, are to make everything just as the LORD has commanded.”
The People Bring Many Gifts
2Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the other skilled men to whom the LORD had given ability and who were willing to help, and Moses told them to start working. 3They received from him all the offerings which the Israelites had brought for constructing the sacred Tent. But the people of Israel continued to bring Moses their offerings every morning. 4Then the skilled men who were doing the work went 5and reported to Moses, “The people are bringing more than is needed for the work which the LORD commanded to be done.”
6So Moses sent a command throughout the camp that no one was to make any further contribution for the sacred Tent; so the people did not bring any more. 7What had already been brought was more than enough to finish all the work.
Making the Tent of the LORD's Presence
(Ex 26.1–37)
8The most skilled men among those doing the work made the Tent of the LORD's presence. They made it out of ten pieces of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered with figures of winged creatures. 9Each piece was the same size, twelve metres long and two metres wide. 10They sewed five of them together in one set and did the same with the other five. 11They made loops of blue cloth on the edge of the outside piece in each set. 12They put fifty loops on the first piece of the first set and fifty loops matching them on the last piece of the second set. 13They made fifty gold hooks, with which to join the two sets into one piece.
14Then they made a cover for the Tent out of eleven pieces of cloth made of goats' hair. 15They made them all the same size, thirteen metres long and two metres wide. 16They sewed five of them together in one set and the other six in another set. 17They put fifty loops on the edge of the last piece of one set and fifty loops on the edge of the other set. 18They made fifty bronze hooks to join the two sets, so as to form one cover. 19They made two more coverings, one of rams' skin dyed red and the other of fine leather, to serve as an outer cover.
20They made upright frames of acacia wood for the Tent. 21Each frame was four metres tall and 66 centimetres wide, 22with two matching projections, so that the frames could be joined together. All the frames had these projections. 23They made twenty frames for the south side 24and forty silver bases to go under them, two bases under each frame to hold its two projections. 25They made twenty frames for the north side of the Tent 26and forty silver bases, two under each frame. 27For the back of the Tent, on the west, they made six frames 28and two frames for the corners. 29These corner frames were joined at the bottom and connected all the way to the top. The two frames that formed the two corners were made in this way. 30So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases, two under each frame.
31They made fifteen crossbars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the Tent, 32five for the frames on the other side, and five for the frames on the west end, at the back. 33The middle crossbar, set halfway up the frames, extended from one end of the Tent to the other. 34They covered the frames with gold and fitted them with gold rings to hold the crossbars, which were also covered with gold.
35They made a curtain of fine linen, woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered it with figures of winged creatures. 36They made four posts of acacia wood to hold the curtain, covered them with gold, and fitted them with gold hooks. Then they made four silver bases to hold the posts. 37For the entrance of the Tent they made a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and decorated with embroidery. 38For this curtain they made five posts fitted with hooks, covered their tops and their rods with gold, and made five bronze bases for the posts.
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Exodus 36
36
1“Let Bezalel, Oholiab, and every other skilled worker whom the LORD has given skill, ability, and knowledge for the work of building the sanctuary do all that the LORD has commanded.”
2Moses then called together Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had given skill and who was eager to come and do the work. 3Moses gave them all the gift offerings that the Israelites had contributed to the work on the sanctuary. They kept bringing him spontaneous gifts, morning after morning.
4Finally, all the skilled workers building the sanctuary left their work that they were doing one by one to come 5and say to Moses, “The people are contributing way too much material for doing the work that the LORD has commanded us to do.”
6So Moses issued a command that was proclaimed throughout the camp: “Every man and woman should stop making gift offerings for the sanctuary project.” So the people stopped bringing anything more 7because what they had already brought was more than enough to do all the work.
Construction of the dwelling
8All the skilled workers made the dwelling out of ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and deep red yarns, with figures of winged heavenly creatures worked into their design. 9Each curtain was forty-two feet long and six feet wide. All the curtains were the same size.
10They joined five of the curtains to each other and joined the other five curtains to each other. 11They made loops of blue thread on the edge of the outer curtain of the first set. They did the same on the edge of the outer curtain of the second set. 12They made fifty loops on the one curtain and fifty loops on the outer curtain that was in the second set. The loops were opposite each other. 13They also made fifty gold clasps, and they used the clasps to join the curtains to each other so that the dwelling was one whole structure.
14They also made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the dwelling. They made eleven curtains. 15Each curtain was forty-five feet long and each curtain six feet wide. All eleven curtains were the same size. 16They joined five curtains together and the six other curtains together. 17They made fifty loops on the edge of the outer curtain of the one set and fifty loops on the edge of the other set of curtains. 18They made fifty copper clasps to join the tent together so that it would be one whole structure. 19They also made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red and an outer covering of beaded leather.
20Then they made acacia-wood boards to stand upright as a frame for the dwelling. 21Each board was fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide. 22Each board had two pegs for joining them to each other. They did this for all the dwelling’s boards. 23They made twenty boards for the dwelling’s southern side. 24They made forty silver bases under the twenty boards, with two bases under the first board for its two pegs, two bases under the next board for its two pegs, and so on. 25For the dwelling’s other side on the north, they made twenty boards 26and forty silver bases, two bases under the first board, two bases under the next board, and so on. 27For the back of the dwelling on the west, they made six boards. 28They made two additional boards for the dwelling’s rear corners. 29They were spread out at the bottom but joined together at the top with one ring. In this way, these two boards formed the two corners. 30And so there were eight boards with their sixteen silver bases, with two bases under every board.
31They also made acacia-wood bars: five for the boards on one side of the dwelling, 32five bars for the boards on the other side of the dwelling, and five bars for the boards on the back wall of the dwelling on the west. 33They made the middle bar, which was halfway up the boards, run from one end to the other. 34They covered the boards with gold. They made gold rings to house the bars and covered the bars with gold.
35They made the veil of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and fine twisted linen, with figures of winged heavenly creatures worked into its design. 36They made for it four acacia-wood posts covered in gold with gold hooks and cast four silver bases for them. 37They made a screen for the entrance to the tent of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and fine twisted linen, decorated with needlework. 38They made its five posts with hooks. They covered their tops and bands with gold, but made their five bases out of copper.
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