Chapter 36
1 "Bezalel, therefore, will set to work with
Oholiab and with all the experts whom the LORD has endowed with skill and
understanding in knowing how to execute all the work for the service of the
sanctuary, just as the LORD has commanded."
2 Moses then called Bezalel and Oholiab and all the
other experts whom the LORD had endowed with skill, men whose hearts moved them
to come and take part in the work. 3 They
received from Moses all the contributions which the Israelites had brought for
establishing the service of the sanctuary. Still, morning after morning the
people continued to bring their voluntary offerings to Moses. 4 Thereupon the experts who were executing the various
kinds of work for the sanctuary, all left the work they were doing, 5 and told Moses, "The people are bringing much
more than is needed to carry out the work which the LORD has commanded us to
do." 6 Moses, therefore, ordered a
proclamation to be made throughout the camp: "Let neither man nor woman
make any more contributions for the sanctuary." So the people stopped
bringing their offerings; 7 there was already
enough at hand, in fact, more than enough, to complete the work to be done.
8 The various experts who were executing the work,
made the Dwelling with its ten sheets woven of fine linen twined, having
cherubim embroidered on them with violet, purple and scarlet yarn. 9 The length of each sheet was twenty-eight cubits,
and the width four cubits; all the sheets were of the same size. 10 Five of the sheets were sewed together, edge to
edge; and the same for the other five. 11 Loops
of violet yarn were made along the edge of the end sheet in the first set, and
the same along the edge of the end sheet in the second set. 12 Fifty loops were thus put on one inner sheet, and
fifty loops on the inner sheet in the other set, with the loops directly
opposite each other. 13 Then fifty clasps of
gold were made, with which the sheets were joined so that the Dwelling formed
one whole.
14 Sheets of goat hair were also woven as a tent over
the Dwelling. Eleven such sheets were made. 15
The length of each sheet was thirty cubits and the width four cubits; all
eleven sheets were the same size. 16 Five of
these sheets were sewed edge to edge into one set; and the other six sheets
into another set. 17 Fifty loops were made along
the edge of the end sheet in one set, and fifty loops along the edge of the
corresponding sheet in the other set. 18 Fifty
bronze clasps were made with which the tent was joined so that it formed one
whole. 19 A covering for the tent was made of
rams' skins dyed red, and above that, a covering of tahash skins.
20 Boards of acacia wood were made as walls for the
Dwelling. 21 The length of each board was ten
cubits, and the width one and a half cubits. 22
Each board had two arms, fastening them in line. In this way all the boards of
the Dwelling were made. 23 They were set up as
follows: twenty boards on the south side, 24
with forty silver pedestals under the twenty boards, so that there were two
pedestals under each board, at its two arms; 25
twenty boards on the other side of the Dwelling, the north side, 26 with their forty silver pedestals, two under each
board; 27 six boards at the rear of the
Dwelling, to the west; 28 and two boards at the
corners in the rear of the Dwelling. 29 These
were double at the bottom, and likewise double at the top, to the first ring.
That is how both boards in the corners were made. 30
Thus, there were in the rear eight boards, with their sixteen silver pedestals,
two pedestals under each board. 31 Bars of
acacia wood were also made, five for the boards on one side of the Dwelling, 32 five for those on the other side, and five for
those at the rear, to the west. 33 The center
bar, at the middle of the boards, was made to reach across from end to end. 34 The boards were plated with gold, and gold rings
were made on them as holders for the bars, which were also plated with gold.
35 The veil was woven of violet, purple and scarlet
yarn, and of fine linen twined, with cherubim embroidered on it. 36 Four gold-plated columns of acacia wood, with gold
hooks, were made for it, and four silver pedestals were cast for them. 37 The curtain for the entrance of the tent was made
of violet, purple and scarlet yarn, and of fine linen twined, woven in a
variegated manner. 38 Its five columns, with
their hooks as well as their capitals and bands, were plated with gold; their
five pedestals were of bronze."
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