Exodus 36

¹Therefore, Bezalel, and Oholiab, and every wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and intelligence, so as to know how to work skillfully, made that which was necessary for the uses of the Sanctuary and which the Lord had instructed.

²And when Moses had called them and every man of learning, to whom the Lord had given wisdom, and who, of their own accord, had offered themselves in order to accomplish this work,

³he handed over to them all the donations of the sons of Israel. And while they were pursuing this work, the people offered what they had vowed each day, in the morning.

⁴The artisans were compelled by this to go

⁵to Moses and to say, “The people offer more than is needed.”

⁶Therefore, Moses ordered this to be recited, with a voice of proclamation: “Let neither man nor woman offer anything further for the work of the Sanctuary.” And so they ceased from offering gifts,

⁷because what was offered was sufficient and was more than an abundance.

⁸And all those who were wise of heart, in order to accomplish the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, with diverse workmanship by the art of embroidery.

⁹Each of these was twenty-eight cubits in length, and in width, four. All the curtains were of one measure.

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

¹¹He also made loops of hyacinth along the edge of one curtain on both sides, and similarly along the edge of the other curtain,

¹²so that the loops might meet against one another and might be joined together.

¹³For these, he also cast fifty gold rings, which would retain the loops of the curtains and so make the tabernacle one.

¹⁴He also made eleven canopies from the hair of goats, in order to cover the roof of the tabernacle:

¹⁵one canopy held in length thirty cubits, and in width four cubits. All the canopies were of one measure.

¹⁶Five of these he joined by themselves, and the other six separately.

¹⁷And he made fifty loops along the edge of one canopy, and fifty along the edge of the other canopy, so that they might be joined to one another,

¹⁸and fifty buckles of brass, with which the roof might be woven together, so that from all the canopies there would be made one covering.

¹⁹He also made a covering for the tabernacle from the skins of rams, dyed-red; and another cover above it, from violet skins.

²⁰He also made the standing panels of the tabernacle, from setim wood.

²¹Ten cubits was the length of one panel, and one and one half cubits comprised the width.

²²There were two dovetails along every panel, so that one might be joined to the other. Thus did he make all the panels of the tabernacle.

²³Of these, twenty were toward the meridian area, opposite the south,

²⁴with forty bases of silver. Two bases were set under one panel at each of two sides at the corners, where the joints of the sides terminate in corners.

²⁵Likewise, at that side of the tabernacle which looks toward the north, he made twenty panels,

²⁶with forty bases of silver, two bases for each board.

²⁷Yet truly, opposite the west, that is, toward that part of the tabernacle which looks out toward the sea, he made six panels,

²⁸and two others at each corner of the tabernacle at the back,

²⁹which were joined from bottom to top and held together by one joint. So did he make both corners on that side.

³⁰So then, there were altogether eight panels, and they had sixteen bases of silver, with, of course, two bases under each panel.

³¹He also made bars from setim wood: five to hold together the panels at one side of the tabernacle,

³²and five others to fit together the panels of the other side, and, in addition to these, five other bars toward the western area of the tabernacle, opposite the sea.

³³He also made another bar, which came through the middle of the panels from corner to corner.

³⁴But the panels themselves he overlaid with gold, casting silver bases for them. And he made their rings from gold, through which the bars might be able to be drawn. And he covered the bars themselves with layers of gold.

³⁵He also made a veil from hyacinth, and purple, from vermillion as well as fine twisted linen, with varied and distinctive embroidery,

³⁶and four columns of setim wood, which, along with their heads, he overlaid with gold, casting silver bases for them.

³⁷He also made a tent at the entrance of the tabernacle from hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine twisted linen, wrought with embroidery,

³⁸and five columns with their heads, which he covered with gold, and he cast their bases from brass.

Exodus 36

¹Beseleel therefore, and Ooliab, and every wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and understanding, to know how to work artificially, made the things that are necessary for the uses of the sanctuary, and which the Lord commanded.

²And when Moses had called them, and every skilful man, to whom the Lord had given wisdom, and such as of their own accord had offered themselves to the making of the work,

³He delivered all the offerings of the children of Israel unto them. And while they were earnest about the work, the people daily in the morning offered their vows.

⁴Whereupon the workmen being constrained to come,

⁵Said to Moses: The people offereth more than is necessary.

⁶Moses therefore commanded proclamation to be made by the crier's voice: Let neither man nor woman offer any more for the work of the sanctuary. And so they ceased from offering gifts,

⁷Because the things that were offered did suffice, and were too much.

⁸And all the men that were wise of heart, to accomplish the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of twisted fine linen, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, with varied work, and the art of embroidering:

⁹The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth four: all the curtains were of the same size.

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

¹¹He made also loops of violet in the edge of one curtain on both sides, and in the edge of the other curtain in like manner,

¹²That the loops might meet one against another, and might be joined each with the other.

¹³Whereupon also he cast fifty rings of gold, that might catch the loops of the curtains, and they might be made one tabernacle.

¹⁴He made also eleven curtains of goats' hair, to cover the roof of the tabernacle:

¹⁵One curtain was thirty cubits long, and four cubits broad: all the curtains were of one measure.

¹⁶Five of which he joined apart, and the other six apart.

¹⁷And he made fifty loops in the edge of one curtain, and fifty in the edge of another curtain, that they might be joined one to another.

¹⁸And fifty buckles of brass wherewith the roof might be knit together, that of all the curtains there might be made one covering.

¹⁹He made also a cover for the tabernacle of rams' skins dyed red; and another cover over that of violet skins.

²⁰He made also the boards of the tabernacle of setim wood standing.

²¹The length of one board was ten cubits; and the breadth was one cubit and a half.

²²There were two mortises throughout every board, that one might be joined to the other. And in this manner he made for all the boards of the tabernacle.

²³Of which twenty were at the south side southward,

²⁴With forty sockets of silver, two sockets were put under one board on the two sides of the corners, where the mortises of the sides end in the corners.

²⁵At that side also of the tabernacle, that looketh towards the north, he made twenty boards,

²⁶With forty sockets of silver, two sockets for every board.

²⁷But against the west, to wit, at that side of the tabernacle, which looketh to the sea, he made six boards,

²⁸And two others at each corner of the tabernacle behind:

²⁹Which were also joined from beneath unto the top, and went together into one joint. Thus he did on both sides at the corners:

³⁰So there were in all eight boards, and they had sixteen sockets of silver, to wit, two sockets under every board.

³¹He made also bars of setim wood, five to hold together the boards of one side of the tabernacle,

³²And five others to join together the boards of the other side; and besides these, five other bars at the west side of the tabernacle towards the sea.

³³He made also another bar, that might come by the midst of the boards from corner to corner.

³⁴And the boards themselves he overlaid with gold casting for them sockets of silver. And their rings he made of gold, through which the bars might be drawn: and he covered the bars themselves with plates of gold.

³⁵He made also a veil of violet, and purple, scarlet and fine twisted linen, varied and distinguished with embroidery:

³⁶And four pillars of setim wood, which with their heads he overlaid with gold, casting for them sockets of silver.

³⁷He made also a hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, with the work of an embroiderer.

³⁸And five pillars with their heads, which he covered with gold, and their sockets he cast of brass.