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“The LORD has gifted Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other skilled craftsmen with wisdom and ability to perform any task involved in building the sanctuary. Let them construct and furnish the Tabernacle, just as the LORD has commanded.”
So Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and all the others who were specially gifted by the LORD and were eager to get to work.
Moses gave them the materials donated by the people of Israel as sacred offerings for the completion of the sanctuary. But the people continued to bring additional gifts each 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.
Finally the craftsmen who were working on the sanctuary left their work.
Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work he was doing,
They went to Moses and reported, “The people have given more than enough materials to complete the job the LORD has commanded us to do!”
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.”
So Moses gave the command, and this message was sent throughout the camp: “Men and women, don’t prepare any more gifts for the sanctuary. We have enough!” So the people stopped bringing their sacred offerings.
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,
Their contributions were more than enough to complete the whole project.
for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done — indeed too much.
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.
Five of these curtains were joined together to make one long curtain, and the other five were joined to make a second long curtain.
And he coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.
He made fifty loops of blue yarn and put them along the edge of the last curtain in each 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.
The fifty loops along the edge of one curtain matched the fifty loops along the edge of the other curtain.
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 he made fifty gold clasps and fastened the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle was made of one continuous piece.
And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps, that it might be one tabernacle.
He made eleven curtains of goat-hair cloth to serve as a tent covering for the Tabernacle.
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.
Bezalel joined five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, and the other six were joined to make a second long curtain.
He coupled five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves.
He made fifty loops for the edge of each large curtain.
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.
He also made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the long curtains together. In this way, the tent covering was made of one continuous piece.
He also made fifty bronze clasps to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
He completed the tent covering with a layer of tanned ram skins and a layer of fine goatskin leather.
For the framework of the Tabernacle, Bezalel constructed frames of acacia wood.
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 pegs under each frame. All the frames were identical.
He made twenty of these frames to support the curtains on the south side of the Tabernacle.
And he made boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side.
He also made forty silver bases — two bases under each frame, with the pegs fitting securely into the bases.
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 north side of the Tabernacle, he made another twenty frames,
And for the other side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty boards
with their forty silver bases, two bases under each frame.
and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under each of the boards.
He made six frames for the rear — the west side of the Tabernacle —
For the west side of the tabernacle he made six boards.
along with two additional frames to reinforce the rear corners of the Tabernacle.
He also made two boards for the two back corners of the tabernacle.
These corner frames were matched at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with a single ring, forming a single corner unit. Both of these corner units were made the same way.
So there were eight frames at the rear of the Tabernacle, set in sixteen silver bases — two bases under each frame.
So there were eight boards and their sockets — sixteen sockets of silver — two sockets under each of the boards.
Then he made crossbars of acacia wood to link the frames, five crossbars for the north side of the Tabernacle
And he made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards on one side of the tabernacle,
and five for the south side. He also made five crossbars for the rear of the Tabernacle, which faced west.
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.
He made the middle crossbar to attach halfway up the frames; it ran all the way from one end of the Tabernacle to the other.
And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from one end to the other.
He overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. Then he overlaid the crossbars with gold as well.
He overlaid the boards with gold, made their rings of gold to be holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
For the inside of the Tabernacle, Bezalel made a special curtain of finely woven linen. He decorated it with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
And he made a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen; it was worked with an artistic design of cherubim.
For the curtain, he made four posts of acacia wood and four gold hooks. He overlaid the posts with gold and set them in 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.
Then he made another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent. He made it of finely woven linen and embroidered it with exquisite designs using blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
This curtain was hung on gold hooks attached to five posts. The posts with their decorated tops and hooks were overlaid with gold, and the five bases were cast from bronze.
and its five pillars with their hooks. And he overlaid their capitals and their rings with gold, but their five sockets were bronze.