Exodus 36

1  BEZALEL AND Aholiab and every wisehearted man in whom the Lord has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary shall work according to all that the Lord has commanded.2  And Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab and every able and wisehearted man in whose mind the Lord had put wisdom and ability, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work;3  And they received from Moses all the freewill offerings which the Israelites had brought for doing the work of the sanctuary, to prepare it for service. And they continued to bring him freewill offerings every morning.4  And all the wise and able men who were doing the work on the sanctuary came, every man from the work he was doing,5  And they said to Moses, The people bring much more than enough for doing the work which the Lord commanded to do.6  So Moses commanded and it was proclaimed in all the camp, Let no man or woman do anything more for the sanctuary offering. So the people were restrained from bringing,7  For the stuff they had was sufficient to do all the work and more.8  And all the able and wisehearted men among them who did the work on the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], with cherubim skillfully worked on them.9  The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits and its breadth four cubits; all the curtains were one size.10  [Bezalel] coupled five curtains one to another and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.11  And he made loops of blue on the outer edge of the last curtain in the first set; this he did also on the inner edge of the first curtain in the second set.12  Fifty loops he made in the one curtain and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which was the second set; the loops were opposite one another.13  And he made fifty clasps of gold and coupled the curtains together with the clasps so that the tabernacle became one unit.14  And he made eleven curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle.15  The length of one curtain was thirty cubits and four cubits was the breadth; the eleven curtains were of equal size.16  And he coupled five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves.17  And he made fifty loops on the outmost edge of the curtain to be coupled and fifty loops he made on the inner edge of the second curtain to be coupled.18  He made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together into one whole.19  He made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins tanned red, and above it a covering of dolphin or porpoise skins.20  He made boards of acacia wood for the upright framework of the tabernacle.21  The length of a board was ten cubits and the breadth one cubit and a half.22  Each board had two tenons (projections) to fit into a mortise to form a clutch; he did this for all the boards of the tabernacle.23  And he made thus the boards [for frames] for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side,24  And he made under the twenty boards forty sockets or bases of silver, two sockets under one board for its two tenons or hands, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.25  For the other side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty boards26  And their forty sockets or bases of silver, two sockets under [the end of] each board.27  And for the rear or west side of the tabernacle he made six [frame] boards.28  And two boards he made for each corner of the tabernacle in the rear.29  They were separate below but linked together at the top with one ring; thus he made both of them in both corners.30  There were eight boards with sixteen sockets or bases of silver, and under [the end of] each board two sockets.31  He made bars of acacia wood, five for the [frame] boards of the one side of the tabernacle,32  And five bars for the boards of its other side, and five bars for the boards at the rear or west side.33  And he made the middle bar pass through halfway up the boards from one end to the other.34  He overlaid the boards and the bars with gold and made their rings of gold as places for the bars.35  And he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen, with cherubim skillfully worked. 36  For [the veil] he made four pillars of acacia [wood] and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four sockets or bases of silver.37  And he made a screen for the tent door of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen, embroidered,38  And he made the five pillars of it with their hooks, and overlaid their ornamental tops and joinings with gold, but their five sockets were of bronze.

Exodus 36

Chapter 36

1 “The LORD has gifted Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other skilled craftsmen with wisdom and ability to perform any task involved in building the sanctuary. Let them construct and furnish the Tabernacle, just as the LORD has commanded.”
2 So Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and all the others who were specially gifted by the LORD and were eager to get to work.3 Moses gave them the materials donated by the people of Israel as sacred offerings for the completion of the sanctuary. But the people continued to bring additional gifts each morning.4 Finally the craftsmen who were working on the sanctuary left their work.

5 They went to Moses and reported, “The people have given more than enough materials to complete the job the LORD has commanded us to do!”
6 So Moses gave the command, and this message was sent throughout the camp: “Men and women, don’t prepare any more gifts for the sanctuary. We have enough!” So the people stopped bringing their sacred offerings.

7 Their contributions were more than enough to complete the whole project.

Building the Tabernacle

8 The skilled craftsmen made ten curtains of finely woven linen for the Tabernacle. Then Bezalelt decorated the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.9 All ten curtains were exactly the same size—42 feet long and 6 feet wide.t10 Five of these curtains were joined together to make one long curtain, and the other five were joined to make a second long curtain.11 He made fifty loops of blue yarn and put them along the edge of the last curtain in each set.12 The fifty loops along the edge of one curtain matched the fifty loops along the edge of the other curtain.

13 Then he made fifty gold clasps and fastened the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle was made of one continuous piece.
14 He made eleven curtains of goat-hair cloth to serve as a tent covering for the Tabernacle.15 These eleven curtains were all exactly the same size—45 feet long and 6 feet wide.t16 Bezalel joined five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, and the other six were joined to make a second long curtain.17 He made fifty loops for the edge of each large curtain.18 He also made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the long curtains together. In this way, the tent covering was made of one continuous piece.

19 He completed the tent covering with a layer of tanned ram skins and a layer of fine goatskin leather.
20 For the framework of the Tabernacle, Bezalel constructed frames of acacia wood.21 Each frame was 15 feet high and 27 inches wide,t22 with two pegs under each frame. All the frames were identical.23 He made twenty of these frames to support the curtains on the south side of the Tabernacle.24 He also made forty silver bases—two bases under each frame, with the pegs fitting securely into the bases.25 For the north side of the Tabernacle, he made another twenty frames,26 with their forty silver bases, two bases under each frame.27 He made six frames for the rear—the west side of the Tabernacle—28 along with two additional frames to reinforce the rear corners of the Tabernacle.29 These corner frames were matched at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with a single ring, forming a single corner unit. Both of these corner units were made the same way.

30 So there were eight frames at the rear of the Tabernacle, set in sixteen silver bases—two bases under each frame.
31 Then he made crossbars of acacia wood to link the frames, five crossbars for the north side of the Tabernacle32 and five for the south side. He also made five crossbars for the rear of the Tabernacle, which faced west.33 He made the middle crossbar to attach halfway up the frames; it ran all the way from one end of the Tabernacle to the other.

34 He overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. Then he overlaid the crossbars with gold as well.
35 For the inside of the Tabernacle, Bezalel made a special curtain of finely woven linen. He decorated it with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.

36 For the curtain, he made four posts of acacia wood and four gold hooks. He overlaid the posts with gold and set them in four silver bases.
37 Then he made another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent. He made it of finely woven linen and embroidered it with exquisite designs using blue, purple, and scarlet thread.

38 This curtain was hung on gold hooks attached to five posts. The posts with their decorated tops and hooks were overlaid with gold, and the five bases were cast from bronze.