Exodus 36
36
1“So Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the other skilled men must do the work the Lord has commanded. The Lord has given these men the wisdom and understanding to do all the skilled work needed to build this holy place.”
2Then Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the other skilled men who the Lord had given special skills to. And they came because they wanted to help with the work. 3Moses gave them everything the Israelites had brought as gifts, and they used these things to build the holy place. The people continued to bring gifts each morning. 4Finally, all the skilled workers left the work they were doing on the holy place, and they went to speak to Moses. They said, 5“The people have brought too much. We have more than we need to finish the work the Lord told us to do.”
6Then Moses sent this message throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as a gift for the holy place.” So the people were forced to stop giving more. 7The people had brought more than enough things to finish the work of building God’s holy place.
The Holy Tent
8Then the skilled workers began making the Holy Tent. They made the ten curtains from fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn. And they sewed pictures of Cherub angels with wings into the curtains. 9Each curtain was the same size—28 cubits#36:9 28 cubits 47' 7 3/8" (14.5 m). long and 4 cubits#36:9 4 cubits 6' 9 5/8" (2.1 m). Also in verse 15. wide. 10The workers joined the curtains together into two groups of curtains. They joined five curtains together to make one group and five curtains together to make the other group. 11Then they used blue cloth to make loops along the edge of the end curtain of one group. And they did the same on the end curtain in the other group. 12There were 50 loops on the end curtain in one group and 50 loops on the end curtain in the other group. The loops were opposite each other. 13Then they made 50 gold rings to join the two curtains together. So the Holy Tent was joined together into one piece.
14Then the workers made another tent to cover the Holy Tent. They used goat hair to make eleven curtains. 15All the curtains were the same size—30 cubits#36:15 30 cubits 51' 3/16" (15.55 m). long and 4 cubits wide. 16The workers joined five curtains together into one group and six curtains together into another group. 17They put 50 loops along the edge of the end curtain of one group. And they did the same on the end curtain of the other group. 18The workers made 50 bronze rings to join the two groups of curtains together to form one tent. 19Then they made two more coverings for the Holy Tent. One covering was made from ram skins dyed red. The other covering was made from fine leather.
20Then the workers made frames from acacia wood to support the Holy Tent. 21Each frame was 10 cubits#36:21 10 cubits 17' 1/16" (5.18 m). long and 1 1/2 cubits#36:21 1 1/2 cubits 30 5/8" (77.75 cm). Also in 37:1. wide. 22There were two side poles joined together with cross pieces to make each frame. Every frame for the Holy Tent was made the same. 23They made 20 frames for the south side of the Holy Tent. 24Then they made 40 silver bases for the frames. There were two bases for each frame—one base for each side pole. 25They also made 20 frames for the other side (the north side) of the Holy Tent. 26They made 40 silver bases for the frames—two bases for each frame. 27They made six more frames for the back (the west side) of the Holy Tent. 28They also made two frames for the corners at the back of the Holy Tent. 29These frames were joined together at the bottom. And at the top a ring held the corner frames together. They did the same for both corners. 30There were eight frames for the west side of the Holy Tent. And there were 16 silver bases—two bases for each frame.
31Then the workers used acacia wood to make the braces for the frames—five braces for the first side of the Holy Tent, 32five braces for the other side, and five braces for the back of the Holy Tent (that is, the west side). 33They made the middle brace so that it passed through the frames from one end to the other. 34They covered these frames with gold. Then they used gold to make the rings to hold the braces, and they covered the braces with gold.
35They used fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn to make the special curtain for the entrance to the Most Holy Place. And they sewed pictures of Cherub angels into the curtain. 36They made four posts using acacia wood, and they covered the posts with gold. Then they made gold hooks for the posts and four silver bases for the posts. 37Then they made the curtain to cover the entrance to the Tent. They used blue, purple, and red yarn and fine linen to make this curtain. And they wove pictures into it. 38Then they made the five posts and the hooks for this curtain over the entrance. They covered the tops of the posts and the curtain rods#36:38 curtain rods Or “fasteners.” with gold. And they made the five bronze bases for the posts.
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Exodus 36
36
1Bezalel and Oholiab must do the work just as the Lord has commanded. So must every skilled worker to whom the Lord has given skill and ability. They know how to do all the work for every purpose connected with the sacred tent. And that includes setting it up.”
2Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab. He sent for every skilled worker to whom the Lord had given ability and who wanted to come and do the work. 3They received from Moses all the offerings the people of Israel had brought. They had brought the offerings for all the work for every purpose connected with the holy tent. That included setting it up. The people kept bringing the offerings they chose to give. They brought them morning after morning. 4So all the skilled workers working on the holy tent stopped what they were doing. 5They said to Moses, “The Lord commanded us to do the work. And the people are bringing more than enough for us to do it.”
6Then Moses gave an order. A message was sent through the whole camp. It said, “No man or woman should make anything else and offer it for the holy tent.” And so the people were kept from bringing more offerings. 7There was already more than enough to do all the work.
The Holy Tent
8All the skilled workers made the holy tent. They made ten curtains out of finely twisted linen. They made them with blue, purple and bright red yarn. A skilled worker sewed cherubim into the pattern. 9All the curtains were the same size. They were 42 feet long and six feet wide. 10The workers joined five of the curtains together. They did the same thing with the other five. 11Then they made loops out of blue strips of cloth along the edge of the end curtain in one set. They did the same thing with the end curtain in the other set. 12They also made 50 loops on the end curtain of the one set. They did the same thing on the end curtain of the other set. They put the loops across from each other. 13Then they made 50 gold hooks. They used them to join the two sets of curtains together so that the holy tent was all one piece.
14The workers made a total of 11 curtains out of goat hair to put over the holy tent. 15All 11 curtains were the same size. They were 45 feet long and six feet wide. 16The workers joined five of the curtains together into one set. They did the same thing with the other six. 17Then they made 50 loops along the edge of the end curtain in the one set. They did the same thing with the other set. 18They made 50 bronze hooks. They used them to join the tent together all in one piece. 19They made a covering for the tent. They made it out of ram skins dyed red. Over that, they put a covering of another kind of strong leather.
20The workers made frames out of acacia wood for the holy tent. 21Each frame was about 15 feet long and two feet three inches wide. 22The workers added two small wooden pins to each frame. The pins stuck out so that they were even with each other. The workers made all the frames of the holy tent in the same way. 23The workers made 20 frames for the south side of the holy tent. 24And they made 40 silver bases to go under them. They made two bases for each frame. They put one under each pin that stuck out. 25For the north side of the holy tent they made 20 frames 26and 40 silver bases. They put two bases under each frame. 27The workers made six frames for the west end of the holy tent. 28They made two frames for the corners of the holy tent at the far end. 29At those two corners the frames were double from top to bottom. They were fitted into a single ring. The workers made both of them the same. 30So there were eight frames and 16 silver bases. There were two bases under each frame.
31The workers also made crossbars out of acacia wood. They made five for the frames on one side of the holy tent. 32They made five for the frames on the other side. And they made five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the holy tent. 33The center crossbar reached from end to end at the middle of the frames. 34The workers covered the frames with gold. They made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also covered the crossbars with gold.
35They made the curtain out of blue, purple and bright red yarn and finely twisted linen. A skilled worker sewed cherubim into the pattern. 36The workers made four posts out of acacia wood for the curtain. They covered the posts with gold. They made gold hooks and four silver bases for the posts. 37For the entrance to the tent the workers made a curtain. They made it out of blue, purple and bright red yarn and finely twisted linen. A person who sewed skillfully made it. 38The workers made five posts with hooks for the curtains. They covered the tops of the posts and their bands with gold. And they made five bronze bases for them.
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