Exodus, 36

1. 'Bezalel, Oholiab and all the men whom Yahweh has endowed with the skill and knowledge to know how to carry out all the work to be done on the sanctuary, will do exactly as Yahweh has ordered.'

1. Bez'alel and Oho'liab and every able man in whom the LORD has put ability and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the LORD has commanded."

2. Moses then summoned Bezalel, Oholiab and all the skilled men whose hearts Yahweh had endowed with skill, all whose heart stirred them to come forward and do the work.

2. And Moses called Bez'alel and Oho'liab and every able man in whose mind the LORD had put ability, every one whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work;

3. From Moses they received everything that the Israelites had brought as contributions for carrying out the work of building the sanctuary, and, as they went on bringing their offerings every morning,

3. and they received from Moses all the freewill offering which the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning,

4. the skilled men who were doing all the work for the sanctuary, all left their particular work

4. so that all the able men who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task that he was doing,

5. and said to Moses, 'The people are bringing more than is needed for the work Yahweh has ordered to be done.'

5. and said to Moses, "The people bring much more than enough for doing the work which the LORD has commanded us to do."

6. Moses then gave the order and proclamation was made throughout the camp, 'No one, whether man or woman, must do anything more towards contributing for the sanctuary.' So the people were prevented from bringing any more,

6. So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, "Let neither man nor woman do anything more for the offering for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing;

7. for the material to hand was enough, and more than enough, to complete all the work.

7. for the stuff they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more.

8. All the most skilled of the men doing the work made the Dwelling. Moses made it with ten sheets of finely woven linen, dyed violet-purple, red-purple and crimson and embroidered with great winged creatures.

8. And all the able men among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains; they were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet stuff, with cherubim skilfully worked.

9. The length of a single sheet was twenty-eight cubits, its width four cubits, all the sheets being of the same size.

9. The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had the same measure.

10. He joined five of the sheets to one another, and the other five sheets to one another.

10. And he coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.

11. He made violet loops along the edge of the first sheet, at the end of the set, and did the same along the edge of the last sheet in the other set.

11. And he made loops of blue on the edge of the outmost curtain of the first set; likewise he made them on the edge of the outmost curtain of the second set;

12. He made fifty loops on the first sheet and fifty loops along the outer edge of the sheet of the second set, the loops corresponding to one another.

12. he made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite one another.

13. He made fifty gold clasps and joined the sheets together with the clasps. In this way the Dwelling was a unified whole.

13. And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to the other with clasps; so the tabernacle was one whole.

14. Next he made sheets of goats' hair for the tent over the Dwelling; he made eleven of these.

14. He also made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.

15. The length of a single sheet was thirty cubits and its width four cubits; the eleven sheets were all of the same size.

15. The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains had the same measure.

16. He joined five sheets together into one set and six sheets into another.

16. He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

17. He made fifty loops along the edge of the last sheet of the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the sheet of the second set.

17. And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outmost curtain of the one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other connecting curtain.

18. He made fifty bronze clasps, to draw the tent together and make it a unified whole.

18. And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together that it might be one whole.

19. And for the tent he made a cover of rams' skins dyed red, and a cover of fine leather over that.

19. And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams' skins and goatskins.

20. For the Dwelling he made vertical frames of acacia wood.

20. Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.

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

21. Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame.

22. Each frame had twin tenons; this was how he made all the frames for the Dwelling.

22. Each frame had two tenons, for fitting together; he did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.

23. He made frames for the Dwelling: twenty frames for the south side, to the south,

23. The frames for the tabernacle he made thus: twenty frames for the south side;

24. and made forty silver sockets under the twenty frames, two sockets under one frame for its two tenons, two sockets under the next frame for its two tenons;

24. and he made forty bases of silver under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under another frame for its two tenons.

25. and for the other side of the Dwelling, the north side, twenty frames

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

26. and forty silver sockets, two sockets under one frame, two sockets under the next frame.

26. and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame and two bases under another frame.

27. For the back of the Dwelling, on the west, he made six frames.

27. And for the rear of the tabernacle westward he made six frames.

28. He also made two frames for the corners at the back of the Dwelling;

28. And he made two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear.

29. these were coupled together at the bottom, staying so up to the top, to the level of the first ring; this he did with the two frames forming the two corners.

29. And they were separate beneath, but joined at the top, at the first ring; he made two of them thus, for the two corners.

30. Thus there were eight frames with their sixteen silver sockets; two sockets under each frame.

30. There were eight frames with their bases of silver: sixteen bases, under every frame two bases.

31. He made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames of the first side of the Dwelling,

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

32. five crossbars for the frames of the other side of the Dwelling and five crossbars for the frames which formed the back of the Dwelling, to the west.

32. and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the tabernacle at the rear westward.

33. He made the middle bar, to join the frames from one end to the other, halfway up.

33. And he made the middle bar to pass through from end to end halfway up the frames.

34. He overlaid the frames with gold, made gold rings for them, through which to place the crossbars, and overlaid the crossbars with gold.

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

35. He made a curtain of finely woven linen, dyed violet-purple, red-purple and crimson and embroidered with great winged creatures,

35. And he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen; with cherubim skilfully worked he made it.

36. and for it he made four poles of acacia wood, overlaying them with gold, with golden hooks for them, for which he cast four sockets of silver.

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

37. For the entrance to the tent he made a screen of finely woven linen embroidered with violet-purple, red-purple and crimson,

37. He also made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework;

38. as also the five columns for it and their hooks; he overlaid their capitals and rods with gold, but their five sockets were of bronze.

38. and its five pillars with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals, and their fillets were of gold, but their five bases were of bronze.