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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Exodus 36
36
More Than Enough!
1“So Bezalel and Oholiab are to work, along with every wise-hearted man in whom Adonai has placed insight and understanding to know how to perform all the labor for the service of the Sanctuary, according to everything Adonai has commanded.”
2Then Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab and all the wise-hearted men in whose minds Adonai had set wisdom, along with everyone whose heart stirred him up to come do the work.
3They received from Moses the entire offering that Bnei-Yisrael had brought for the work of the service of the Sanctuary, to build it. They brought freewill offerings to him morning after morning.
4Then all the skilled men who were doing all the work of the Sanctuary came, one by one from the work he was doing,
5and said to Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for the work of this construction that Adonai has commanded to be done.”
6So Moses gave an order, and they proclaimed it throughout the camp saying, “Let neither man nor woman make anything else as an offering for the Sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more.
7For the work material they had was sufficient for all the work, with much left over.
8So all the wise-hearted men among them did the work. They made the Tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen, along with blue, purple and scarlet, with cheruvim—the work of a skillful craftsman.
9The length of each curtain was 28 cubits and the width of each curtain was four cubits. All the curtains had one measure.
10Then he coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he also coupled together.
11He made blue loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost within the first set. He did the same along the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second set.
12He made 50 loops in one curtain and 50 loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set, so that the loops were opposite to one another.
13Also he made 50 clasps of gold and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps, so the Tabernacle was one.
14Then he made curtains from goat hair for a tent over the Tabernacle. He made 11 curtains.
15The length of each curtain was 30 cubits, and the width of each was four cubits. The 11 curtains had one measure.
16He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six other curtains by themselves.
17He made 50 loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the first set and 50 loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second set.
18Also he made 50 bronze clasps to couple the tent together, so that it would be one.
19Then he made a covering for the tent of ram skins, dyed red, along with a covering of sealskins above.
20He also made the framework of boards for the Tabernacle from acacia wood, standing upright.
21The length of a board was ten cubits, the width was a cubit and a half.
22Each board had two supports, joined one to another. He did this for all the boards of the Tabernacle.
23So he built the boards for the Tabernacle, 20 boards from the south side southward.
24And he made 40 silver bases under the 20 boards, two bases under one board for its two supports, and two bases under another board for its two supports.
25Also for the second side of the Tabernacle, on the north side, he made 20 boards,
26along with their 40 silver bases, two under one board and two under the next.
27For the back part of the Tabernacle westward he made six boards.
28He also made two boards for the corners of the Tabernacle in the back,
29so that they could be doubled underneath, and in same way to be fixed to the top, at the first ring. He did this for both of them at the two corners.
30So there were eight boards, along with their silver bases, 16 in all, two under each board.
31Then he made crossbars from acacia wood, five for the boards on one side of the Tabernacle,
32five for the boards on the other side of the Tabernacle, and five crossbars for the boards of the Tabernacle for the back part, westward.
33He built the middle crossbar to pass through, in the center of the boards, from one end to the other.
34He overlaid the boards with gold and made golden rings for them, as holders for the crossbars, and overlaid the crossbars with gold.
35Then he made the curtain of blue, purple, scarlet and finely twisted linen, along with the cheruvim, the work of a skillful craftsman.
36He made four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold, having golden hooks, and he cast four silver bases for them.
37Then he made a parokhet for the entrance of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet and finely twisted linen, the work of a color weaver.
38Also he made the five pillars with their hooks, and overlaid their capitals and bands with gold, along with their five bronze bases.
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