Exodus 36

Bezalel, Oholiab, and every person gifted with skill — in whom the LORD had placed wisdom and understanding to know how to carry out all the construction work for the sanctuary — were to do the work exactly as the LORD had commanded.

KJV 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.

Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person in whom the LORD had placed wisdom — everyone whose heart moved them to come and undertake the work.

KJV 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:

They received from Moses all the contributions the Israelites had brought for the sanctuary construction project. Meanwhile the people continued bringing additional freewill offerings every morning.

KJV 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.

All the skilled workers who were carrying out the sanctuary construction left their various tasks

KJV And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;

and reported to Moses, "The people are bringing far more than is needed for the work the LORD has commanded."

KJV 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.

So Moses issued an order, and a proclamation was circulated throughout the camp: "No man or woman should prepare any more material for the sacred contribution." The people were thus prevented from bringing more.

KJV 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.

The materials already on hand were more than sufficient to complete all the work — there was even a surplus.

KJV For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

All the skilled workers among those doing the construction made the tabernacle with ten panels of finely twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim worked into them by a skilled designer.

KJV 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.

Each panel measured twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the panels were identical in size.

KJV 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.

He joined five of the panels to one another, and likewise joined the other five panels to one another.

KJV And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.

He made loops of blue yarn along the edge of the outermost panel in the first set, and did the same along the edge of the outermost panel in the second set.

KJV 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.

He made fifty loops on the first panel and fifty loops on the corresponding edge of the panel in the second set, with the loops positioned directly opposite one another.

KJV 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.

He fashioned fifty gold clasps and used them to join the panels together, so that the tabernacle formed a single unit.

KJV And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.

He made panels of goat hair for a tent covering over the tabernacle — eleven panels in all.

KJV And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.

Each panel measured thirty cubits long and four cubits wide; all eleven panels were the same size.

KJV The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.

He joined five panels into one section and the other six into a separate section.

KJV And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

He attached fifty loops along the edge of the outermost panel in the first section, and fifty loops along the edge of the connecting panel of the second section.

KJV 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.

He fashioned fifty bronze clasps to join the tent covering together into a single unit.

KJV And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

He made a covering for the tent from ram skins dyed red, with an additional covering of fine leather over that.

KJV And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above that.

He constructed the upright frames for the tabernacle from acacia wood.

KJV And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.

Each frame was ten cubits tall and a cubit and a half wide.

KJV The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.

Each frame had two tenons parallel to each other; he made all the frames of the tabernacle this way.

KJV One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

He made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

KJV And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:

with forty silver bases beneath them — two bases under each frame to support its two tenons.

KJV 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.

For the opposite side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames

KJV And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,

with their forty silver bases — two bases under each frame.

KJV And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

For the rear of the tabernacle, on the west, he made six frames.

KJV And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

He made two additional frames for the corners at the rear of the tabernacle.

KJV And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

These were joined at the bottom and connected all the way to the top with a single ring. He did this for both corner frames.

KJV 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.

So there were eight frames with their sixteen silver bases — two bases beneath each frame.

KJV And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.

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

KJV And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

five for the frames on the other side, and five for the frames at the rear, facing west.

KJV 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.

He crafted the center crossbar to run through the middle of the frames from one end to the other.

KJV And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.

He overlaid the frames with gold, made their rings of gold as holders for the crossbars, and overlaid the crossbars with gold as well.

KJV 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.

He made the inner curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim worked into it by a skilled designer.

KJV And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

For it he made four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold, with gold hooks, and cast four silver bases for them.

KJV 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.

He crafted a screen for the tent entrance from blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, done in embroidered work,

KJV And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

along with its five posts and their hooks. He overlaid their tops and connecting bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.

KJV 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.