36 Then Moses said, ‘Bezalel and Oholiab will do the work that the Lord has commanded us to do. Everyone that the Lord has helped to have special skills will work with them. They will help to build the tabernacle and all the other special things that the Lord has commanded.’
2 Then Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab and all the other people who had special skills to come together. The Lord had given them these skills and they wanted to start the work. 3 They received from Moses all the gifts that the Israelites had chosen to bring. They had brought gifts that would help to build the tabernacle and the other special things. The Israelites continued to bring more gifts to Moses every morning. 4 Then all the workers who had special skills stopped doing their work. They left their work on the tabernacle and they went to speak to Moses. 5 They said to Moses, ‘The people are bringing many more gifts than we need to finish the tabernacle, as the Lord commanded us to do.’
6 So Moses sent a message to everyone in the whole camp. He said, ‘No man or woman must offer any more gifts for the work of the tabernacle.’ When the people heard Moses' message, they did not bring any more gifts. 7 The workers already had more things than they needed to finish all the work.
8 All the workers who had special skills made the tabernacle with ten curtains. They used very good linen, as well as blue, purple and red material. They made beautiful pictures of cherubs on the curtains. 9 All the curtains were the same size: 12 metres long and 2 metres wide. 10 The workers joined five of the curtains together. They did the same thing with the other five curtains. 11 They made rings of blue material along the edge of the last curtain in each set of five curtains. 12 They put 50 rings along the edge of the first set. They put another 50 rings along the edge of the second set. The rings on one curtain were opposite to the rings on the other curtain. 13 They made 50 small gold hooks to join the curtains together. So a single piece of curtain made the whole tabernacle.
14 The workers used goats' hair to make 11 more curtains to cover the tabernacle, like a tent.
15 The curtains were all the same size: 13.5 metres long and 2 metres wide. 16 They joined five of the curtains together to make one set. They joined the other six curtains to make another set. 17 They used material to make 50 rings along the edge of the end curtain in each set. 18 They made 50 bronze hooks to join the two sets of curtains together. It made a single tent. 19 They used red leather from sheep's skins to cover the tent. They used another kind of good leather to cover the red leather.
20 They used acacia wood to make the boards that would hold up the tabernacle. 21 Each board was 4 metres high and 65 centimetres wide. 22 Each board had two wooden pegs, beside each other. They made all the boards for the tabernacle like this. 23 They made 20 boards for the south side of the tabernacle. 24 They used silver to make 40 heavy bases to hold up the boards. Two bases would hold up each board. The pegs on the boards fitted into holes in the bases. 25 They made 20 boards for the north side of the tabernacle. 26 They made 40 silver bases, two bases under each board.
27 They made six boards for the west side, at the back of the tabernacle. 28 They made two boards for the corners at the back of the tabernacle. 29 They fixed the two boards together, from the bottom to the top. They used a ring to fix them together at the top. They made both corners in the same way. 30 So there were eight boards at the back of the tabernacle and 16 silver bases, two bases under each board.
31 They used acacia wood to make bars to fix across the boards. They made five bars for the south side of the tabernacle, 32 five bars for the north side, and five bars for the west side at the back of the tabernacle. 33 The bar that would go across the centre of the boards would reach from one end of the tabernacle to the other end. 34 They used gold to cover the boards and to make rings for the boards. The rings would hold the bars in place across the boards. They also covered the wooden bars with gold.
35 The workers used blue, purple and red material, and good linen to make a special curtain. A worker used special skills to make pictures of cherubs on it. 36 They used gold rings to hang the curtain from four poles of acacia wood. They covered the poles with gold. They made four silver bases to hold the poles. 37 They made a curtain for the entrance of the tent. They used blue, purple and red material and good linen to make it. A worker used special skills to make it, so that it looked beautiful. 38 They made five poles to hold up this curtain. They fixed gold hooks to the poles. They covered the tops of the poles with gold. But they used bronze to make five bases to hold up the poles.
36 “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.”
2 Then 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. 3 Moses 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. 4 Finally, 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.”
6 Then 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. 7 The people had brought more than enough things to finish the work of building God’s holy place.
8 Then 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. 9 Each curtain was the same size—28 cubits [ a ] long and 4 cubits [ b ] wide. 10 The 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. 11 Then 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. 12 There 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. 13 Then they made 50 gold rings to join the two curtains together. So the Holy Tent was joined together into one piece.
14 Then the workers made another tent to cover the Holy Tent. They used goat hair to make eleven curtains. 15 All the curtains were the same size—30 cubits [ c ] long and 4 cubits wide. 16 The workers joined five curtains together into one group and six curtains together into another group. 17 They 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. 18 The workers made 50 bronze rings to join the two groups of curtains together to form one tent. 19 Then 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.
20 Then the workers made frames from acacia wood to support the Holy Tent. 21 Each frame was 10 cubits [ d ] long and 1 1/2 cubits [ e ] wide. 22 There were two side poles joined together with cross pieces to make each frame. Every frame for the Holy Tent was made the same. 23 They made 20 frames for the south side of the Holy Tent. 24 Then they made 40 silver bases for the frames. There were two bases for each frame—one base for each side pole. 25 They also made 20 frames for the other side (the north side) of the Holy Tent. 26 They made 40 silver bases for the frames—two bases for each frame. 27 They made six more frames for the back (the west side) of the Holy Tent. 28 They also made two frames for the corners at the back of the Holy Tent. 29 These 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. 30 There were eight frames for the west side of the Holy Tent. And there were 16 silver bases—two bases for each frame.
31 Then the workers used acacia wood to make the braces for the frames—five braces for the first side of the Holy Tent, 32 five braces for the other side, and five braces for the back of the Holy Tent (that is, the west side). 33 They made the middle brace so that it passed through the frames from one end to the other. 34 They covered these frames with gold. Then they used gold to make the rings to hold the braces, and they covered the braces with gold.
35 They 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. 36 They 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. 37 Then 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. 38 Then 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 [ f ] with gold. And they made the five bronze bases for the posts.
36 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had commanded.
2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:
3 And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
5 And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make.
6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
8 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.
10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.
11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that.
20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.
22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:
24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.
33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
38 And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
36 “Now Bezalel, Oholiab, and every [ a ] skillful person in whom the Lord has put [ b ] skill and understanding to know how to perform all the work [ c ] in the construction of the sanctuary, shall perform in accordance with everything that the Lord has commanded.”
2 Then Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab, and every [ d ] skillful person in [ e ] whom the Lord had put [ f ] skill, ( A ) everyone whose heart stirred him, to come to the work to perform it. 3 They received from Moses every [ g ] contribution which the sons of Israel had brought to perform [ h ] the work [ i ] in the construction of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him [ j ] voluntary offerings every morning. 4 And all the [ k ] skillful people who were performing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from [ l ] the work which they were performing, 5 and they said to [ m ] Moses, “ ( B ) The people are bringing much more than enough for the [ n ] construction work which the Lord commanded us to [ o ] perform.” 6 So Moses issued a command, and circulated a [ p ] proclamation throughout the camp, saying, “No man or woman is to perform work any longer for the [ q ] contributions of the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing any more . 7 ( C ) For the [ r ] material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to perform it.
8 ( D ) All the [ s ] skillful people among those who were performing the work made the [ t ] tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twisted linen and [ u ] violet, purple, and scarlet material , with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer, [ v ] Bezalel made them. 9 The length of each curtain was [ w ] twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had [ x ] the same measurements. 10 He [ y ] joined five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he [ z ] joined to one another. 11 And he made loops of violet on the edge of the [ aa ] outermost curtain in the first [ ab ] set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was [ ac ] outermost in the second [ ad ] set. 12 He made ( E ) fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the [ ae ] edge of the curtain that was in the second [ af ] set; the loops were opposite each other. 13 He also made ( F ) fifty clasps of gold, and [ ag ] joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was [ ah ] a unit.
14 Then ( G ) he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he [ ai ] made eleven curtains in all . 15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had [ aj ] the same measurements. 16 He [ ak ] joined five curtains by themselves, and the other six curtains by themselves. 17 Moreover, he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the first [ al ] set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second [ am ] set. 18 He also made fifty clasps of [ an ] bronze to [ ao ] join the tent together so that it would be [ ap ] a unit. 19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins [ aq ] dyed red, and a covering of [ ar ] fine leather above.
20 ( H ) Then he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright. 21 Ten cubits was the length of [ as ] each board, and one and a half cubits the width of each board. 22 There were two tenons for each board, [ at ] fitted to one another; he did this to all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 So he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards [ au ] for the south side; 24 and he made forty bases of silver under the twenty boards; two bases under one board for its two tenons, and two bases under another board for its two tenons. 25 Then for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards, 26 and their forty bases of silver; two bases under one board, and two bases under another board. 27 And for the [ av ] back of the tabernacle, to the west, he made six boards. 28 He made two boards for the corners of the [ aw ] tabernacle at the [ ax ] back. 29 They were double beneath, and together they were complete to its [ ay ] top, [ az ] to the first ring; he did this with both of them for the two corners. 30 There were eight boards with their bases of silver, sixteen bases, two bases under every board.
31 Then he made ( I ) bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle, 32 and five bars for the boards of the [ ba ] other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the [ bb ] back side to the west. 33 And he made the middle bar to pass through in the [ bc ] center of the boards from end to end. 34 Then he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
35 ( J ) Moreover, he made the veil of violet, purple, and scarlet material , and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer. 36 And he made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast four bases of silver for them. 37 He also made a ( K ) curtain for the doorway of the tent, of violet, purple, and scarlet material , and fine twisted linen, the work of a [ bd ] weaver; 38 and he made its ( L ) five pillars with their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their [ be ] bands with gold; but their five bases were of [ bf ] bronze.
36 1 So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person ( A ) to whom the Lord has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary ( B ) are to do the work just as the Lord has commanded.”
2 Then Moses summoned Bezalel ( C ) and Oholiab ( D ) and every skilled person to whom the Lord had given ability and who was willing ( E ) to come and do the work. 3 They received from Moses all the offerings ( F ) the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning. 4 So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing 5 and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough ( G ) for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done.”
6 Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: “No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” And so the people were restrained from bringing more, 7 because what they already had was more ( H ) than enough to do all the work.
8 All those who were skilled among the workers made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by expert hands. 9 All the curtains were the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide. [ a ] 10 They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five. 11 Then they made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and the same was done with the end curtain in the other set. 12 They also made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other. 13 Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit. ( J )
14 They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether. 15 All eleven curtains were the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide. [ b ] 16 They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set. 17 Then they made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set. 18 They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit. ( K ) 19 Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather. [ c ]
20 They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. 21 Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide, [ d ] 22 with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. 23 They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle 24 and made forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection. 25 For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames 26 and forty silver bases—two under each frame. 27 They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle, 28 and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end. 29 At these two corners the frames were double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both were made alike. 30 So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
31 They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, 32 five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle. 33 They made the center crossbar so that it extended from end to end at the middle of the frames. 34 They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
35 They made the curtain ( L ) of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker. 36 They made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold. They made gold hooks for them and cast their four silver bases. 37 For the entrance to the tent they made a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer; ( M ) 38 and they made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold and made their five bases of bronze.
