Exodus 36

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The People Bring More than Enough

¹“So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”

¹“ And Bezalel and Oholiab and every man wise of heart in whom YHWH has put wisdom and understanding, to know to do all of the work of the service of the Holy Place, to do according to all that YHWH has commanded.”

²Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.

²And Moses called to Bezalel and to Oholiab and to to every man wise of heart in whom YHWH had put wisdom in his heart—everyone whose heart lifted him—to come near to the work to do it.

³They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary.

Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning,

³And they took from before the face of Moses all the contribution that the sons of Israel had brought out to do the work of the service of the Holy Place. And they continued bringing to him a freewill offering morning by morning.

⁴so that all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work

⁴And all the wise ones doing all the work of the Holy Place came, every man, from his work that they were doing,

⁵and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”

⁵and they spoke to Moses, saying, “The people are bringing much more than enough for the service of the work that YHWH has commanded us to do.”

⁶After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more,

⁶And Moses commanded, and they caused a voice to pass throughout the camp, saying, “Let not man or woman do anymore work for a contribution of the Holy Place.” And the people were restrained from bringing.

⁷since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.

⁷And the work they had was sufficient for all the work to be done, and there was excess.

The Ten Curtains for the Tabernacle

⁸All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

⁸And everyone wise of heart among those doing the work made the tabernacle; ten curtains of finely woven linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn; cherubim—the work of a designer—he made them.

⁹Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide;^a all the curtains were the same size.

⁹The length of the one curtain was eight and twenty by the cubit, and the width of the one curtain was four by the cubit, one measurement for all the curtains.

¹⁰And he joined five of the curtains together, and the other five he joined as well.

¹⁰And he joined five curtains one to one, and five curtains he joined one to one.

¹¹He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and also on the end curtain in the second set.

¹¹And He made loops of blue on the edge of the one, the curtain from the end at the joining; likewise he did on the edge of the outermost curtain at the seam of the second.

¹²He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite one another.

¹²Fifty loops he made in the one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain that is at the seam of the second; that the loops may be clasped one to one.

¹³He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.

¹³And he made fifty clasps of gold and joined the curtains one to one with the clasps, and the tabernacle shall be one.

The Eleven Curtains of Goat Hair

¹⁴He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.

¹⁴And He made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; one and ten curtains he made them.

¹⁵Each of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.^a

¹⁵And the length of the one curtain is thirty by the cubit, the width of the one curtain four cubits. One measurement for the one and ten curtains.

¹⁶He joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another.

¹⁶And he joined the five curtains by themselves, and the six curtains by themselves.

¹⁷He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.

¹⁷And he made fifty loops on the outermost edge of the curtain at the joining, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain at the seam of the second.

¹⁸He also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a unit.

¹⁸And He made fifty clasps of bronze to join together the tent, and it shall be one.

¹⁹Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.^a

¹⁹And he made a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red, and a covering of badger skins from above.

The Frames and Bases

²⁰Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

²⁰And he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.

²¹Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.^a

²¹Ten cubits is the length of the board, and a cubit and a half cubit is the width of the one board,

²²Two tenons^a were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

²²with two tenons in the one board for binding one to one. Thus he did for all the boards of the tabernacle.

²³He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

²³And he made the boards for the tabernacle twenty boards for the south side, southward.

²⁴with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.

²⁴And forty bases of silver he made under the twenty boards—two bases under the one board for its two tenons, and two bases under the one board for its two tenons.

²⁵For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames

²⁵And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards

²⁶and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.

²⁶and their forty bases of silver, two bases under the one board, and two bases under the one board.

²⁷He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

²⁷And for the west side of the tabernacle he made six boards,

²⁸and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

²⁸and He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle, for the rear sides.

²⁹coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.

²⁹And they were coupled from the bottom, and together they were complete at its top by the one ring. Thus he made for the two of them, for the two corners.

³⁰So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

³⁰And there were eight boards and their bases of silver, six and ten bases—two bases, two bases under the one board.

³¹He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

³¹And he made bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

³²five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.

³²and five bars for the boards on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle, for the rear sides westward.

³³He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other.

³³And he made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards, from the end to the end.

³⁴And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

³⁴And he overlaid the boards with gold, and their rings he made of gold as holders for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.

The Veil

³⁵Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

³⁵And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen, the work of a designer, cherubim he made on it.

³⁶He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts.

³⁶And He made for it four pillars of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, their hooks of gold. And he cast for them four bases of silver.

The Curtain for the Entrance

³⁷For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,

³⁷And He made a screen for the door of the tent, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen, the work of a weaver,

³⁸together with five posts and their hooks.

He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.

³⁸and its five pillars and their hooks. And he overlaid their tops and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.