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So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the Lord has commanded.”
Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord had given ability and who was willing to come and do the work.
They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning.
And they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of making the sanctuary. So they continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning.
So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing
Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work he was doing,
and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done.”
and they spoke to Moses, saying, “The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the Lord commanded us to do.”
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,
So Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.” And the people were restrained from bringing,
because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.
for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done — indeed too much.
The Tabernacle
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.
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.
Building the Tabernacle
Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim they made them.
Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim they made them.
The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the curtains were all the same size.
They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five.
And he coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.
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.
He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the curtain on the selvedge of one set; likewise he did on the outer edge of the other curtain of the second set.
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.
Fifty loops he made on one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain on the end of the second set; the loops held one curtain to another.
Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.
And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps, that it might be one tabernacle.
They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle — eleven altogether.
He made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains were the same size.
They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set.
He coupled five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves.
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.
And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second set.
They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit.
He also made fifty bronze clasps to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
For the tabernacle he made boards of acacia wood, standing upright.
The length of each board was ten cubits, and the width of each board a cubit and a half.
with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle
And he made boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side.
and made forty silver bases to go under them — two bases for each frame, one under each projection.
Forty sockets of silver he made to go under the twenty boards: two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons.
For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames
And for the other side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty boards
and forty silver bases — two under each frame.
and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under each of the boards.
They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,
For the west side of the tabernacle he made six boards.
and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end.
He also made two boards for the two back corners of the tabernacle.
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.
So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases — two under each frame.
So there were eight boards and their sockets — sixteen sockets of silver — two sockets under each of the boards.
They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
And he made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards on one side of the tabernacle,
five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.
five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle on the far side westward.
They made the center crossbar so that it extended from end to end at the middle of the frames.
And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from one end to the other.
They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
He overlaid the boards with gold, made their rings of gold to be holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
They made the curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.
And he made a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen; it was worked with an artistic design of cherubim.
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.
He made for it four pillars of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast four sockets of silver for them.
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;