Exodus 36
1Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the skilled people are to work based on everything the Lord has commanded. The Lord has given them wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”2
3So Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person in whose heart the Lord had placed wisdom, all whose hearts moved them, to come to the work and do it.45They took from Moses’s presence all the contributions that the Israelites had brought for the task of making the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning.6
7Then all the artisans who were doing all the work for the sanctuary came one by one from the work they were doing89and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than is needed for the construction of the work the Lord commanded to be done.”10
11After Moses gave an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “Let no man or woman make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people stopped.1213The materials were sufficient for them to do all the work. There was more than enough.14
27He made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven of them.2829Each curtain was forty-five feet long and six feet wide. All eleven curtains had the same measurements.3031He joined five of the curtains together, and the other six together.3233He made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set and fifty loops on the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.3435He made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a single unit.3637He also made a covering for the tent from ram skins dyed red and a covering of fine leather on top of it.38
39He made upright supports of acacia wood for the tabernacle.4041Each support was fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide.4243Each support had two tenons for joining one to another. He did the same for all the supports of the tabernacle.4445He made supports for the tabernacle as follows: He made twenty for the south side,4647and he made forty silver bases to put under the twenty supports, two bases under the first support for its two tenons, and two bases under each of the following supports for their two tenons.4849For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty supports,5051with their forty silver bases, two bases under the first support and two bases under each of the following ones.5253And for the back of the tabernacle, on the west side, he made six supports.5455He also made two additional supports for the two back corners of the tabernacle.5657They were paired at the bottom and joined together at the top in a single ring. This is what he did with both of them for the two corners.5859So there were eight supports with their sixteen silver bases, two bases under each one.60
61He made five crossbars of acacia wood for the supports on one side of the tabernacle,6263five crossbars for the supports on the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for those at the back of the tabernacle on the west.6465He made the central crossbar run through the middle of the supports from one end to the other.6667He overlaid them with gold and made their rings out of gold as holders for the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.68
69Then he made the curtain with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. He made it with a design of cherubim worked into it.7071He made four pillars of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold. And he cast four silver bases for the pillars.72
73He made a screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen for the entrance to the tent,7475together with its five pillars and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the pillars and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.76
3So Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person in whose heart the Lord had placed wisdom, all whose hearts moved them, to come to the work and do it.45They took from Moses’s presence all the contributions that the Israelites had brought for the task of making the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning.6
7Then all the artisans who were doing all the work for the sanctuary came one by one from the work they were doing89and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than is needed for the construction of the work the Lord commanded to be done.”10
11After Moses gave an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “Let no man or woman make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people stopped.1213The materials were sufficient for them to do all the work. There was more than enough.14
Building the Tabernacle
15All the skilled artisans among those doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains. Bezalel made them of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with a design of cherubim worked into them.1617Each curtain was forty-two feet long and six feet wide; all the curtains had the same measurements.1819He joined five of the curtains to each other, and the other five curtains he joined to each other.2021He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the last curtain in the first set and did the same on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.2223He made fifty loops on the one curtain and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set, so that the loops lined up with each other.2425He also made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains to each other, so that the tabernacle became a single unit.2627He made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven of them.2829Each curtain was forty-five feet long and six feet wide. All eleven curtains had the same measurements.3031He joined five of the curtains together, and the other six together.3233He made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set and fifty loops on the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.3435He made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a single unit.3637He also made a covering for the tent from ram skins dyed red and a covering of fine leather on top of it.38
39He made upright supports of acacia wood for the tabernacle.4041Each support was fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide.4243Each support had two tenons for joining one to another. He did the same for all the supports of the tabernacle.4445He made supports for the tabernacle as follows: He made twenty for the south side,4647and he made forty silver bases to put under the twenty supports, two bases under the first support for its two tenons, and two bases under each of the following supports for their two tenons.4849For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty supports,5051with their forty silver bases, two bases under the first support and two bases under each of the following ones.5253And for the back of the tabernacle, on the west side, he made six supports.5455He also made two additional supports for the two back corners of the tabernacle.5657They were paired at the bottom and joined together at the top in a single ring. This is what he did with both of them for the two corners.5859So there were eight supports with their sixteen silver bases, two bases under each one.60
61He made five crossbars of acacia wood for the supports on one side of the tabernacle,6263five crossbars for the supports on the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for those at the back of the tabernacle on the west.6465He made the central crossbar run through the middle of the supports from one end to the other.6667He overlaid them with gold and made their rings out of gold as holders for the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.68
69Then he made the curtain with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. He made it with a design of cherubim worked into it.7071He made four pillars of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold. And he cast four silver bases for the pillars.72
73He made a screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen for the entrance to the tent,7475together with its five pillars and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the pillars and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.76