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1 “Bezalel
and Oholiab shall
work with
every wise-hearted man,
in whom the
LORD has put
wisdom and
understanding to
know how to
do all the
work for the
service of the
sanctuary, according to
all that the
LORD has
commanded.”
2 Moses
called Bezalel
and Oholiab, and
every wise-hearted man,
in whose heart
the LORD had
put wisdom, even
everyone whose
heart stirred him
up to come
to the work
to do it.
3 They
received from
Moses all the
offering which the
children of Israel
had brought for
the work of
the service of
the sanctuary,
with which to
make it. They
kept bringing free will
offerings to him
every morning.
4 All
the wise men,
who performed all
the work of
the sanctuary,
each came from his
work which he
did.
5 They spoke
to Moses, saying, “The
people have
brought much more
than enough for
the service of
the work which
the LORD commanded
to make.”
6 Moses
gave a commandment,
and they caused
it to be
proclaimed throughout
the camp, saying,
“Let neither man nor woman
make anything else
for the offering
for the sanctuary.”
So the people
were restrained
from bringing.
7 For
the stuff they
had was sufficient
to do all
the work, and
too much.
8 All
the wise-hearted men among
those who did
the work made
the tabernacle
with ten curtains
of fine twined
linen, blue,
purple, and
scarlet. They made
them with cherubim,
the work of
a skillful workman.
9 The length
of each curtain
was twenty-eight cubits,
and the width
of each
curtain four cubits. All
the curtains had
one measure.
10 He
coupled five
curtains to
one another, and
the other five
curtains he
coupled to
one another.
11 He
made loops of
blue on the
edge of the
one curtain from
the edge in
the coupling.
Likewise he made
in the edge
of the curtain
that was outermost
in the second
coupling.
12 He
made fifty loops
in the one
curtain, and he
made fifty loops
in the edge
of the curtain
that was in
the second
coupling. The
loops were opposite
to one another.
13 He
made fifty clasps
of gold, and
coupled the
curtains to
one another with
the clasps: so
the tabernacle was
a unit.
14 He
made curtains of
goats’ hair for
a covering over
the tabernacle. He
made them eleven
curtains.
15 The length
of each curtain
was thirty cubits,
and four cubits the
width of each
curtain. The
eleven curtains
had one measure.
16 He
coupled five
curtains by themselves,
and six curtains
by themselves.
17 He
made fifty loops
on the edge
of the curtain
that was outermost
in the coupling,
and he made
fifty loops on
the edge of
the curtain which
was outermost in
the second
coupling.
18 He
made fifty clasps
of bronze to
couple the tent
together, that
it might be a unit.
19 He
made a covering
for the tent
of rams’ skins
dyed red, and a
covering of sea cow
hides above.
20 He
made the boards
for the tabernacle
of acacia wood,
standing up.
21 Ten cubits
was the length of
a board, and
a cubit and a
half the width
of each board.
22 Each
board had two
tenons, joined to
one another. He
made all the
boards of the
tabernacle this
way.
23 He
made the boards
for the tabernacle,
twenty boards for
the south side
southward.
24 He
made forty sockets of
silver under the
twenty boards:
two sockets under
one board for
its two tenons,
and two sockets
under another board
for its two
tenons.
25 For
the second side
of the tabernacle,
on the north
side, he made
twenty boards
26 and
their forty sockets of
silver: two sockets
under one board,
and two sockets
under another board.
27 For
the far part
of the tabernacle
westward he made
six boards.
28 He
made two boards
for the corners
of the tabernacle
in the far
part.
29 They
were double
beneath, and in
the same way
they were all
the way to
its top to
one ring. He
did this to
both of them
in the two
corners.
30 There
were eight boards
and their sockets
of silver,
sixteen sockets—under
every board
two sockets.
31 He
made bars of
acacia wood: five
for the boards
of the one
side of the
tabernacle,
32 and
five bars for
the boards of
the other side
of the tabernacle,
and five bars
for the boards
of the tabernacle
for the hinder
part westward.
33 He
made the middle
bar to pass
through in the
middle of the
boards from the
one end to
the other.
34 He
overlaid the
boards with gold,
and made their
rings of gold
as places for
the bars, and
overlaid the bars
with gold.
35 He
made the veil
of blue, purple,
scarlet, and fine
twined linen, with
cherubim. He made
it the work
of a skillful
workman.
36 He
made four pillars
of acacia for
it, and overlaid
them with gold.
Their hooks were
of gold. He
cast four sockets of
silver for them.
37 He
made a screen
for the door
of the tent, of
blue, purple,
scarlet, and fine
twined linen, the
work of an
embroiderer;
38 and
the five pillars
of it with
their hooks. He
overlaid their capitals
and their fillets
with gold, and
their five sockets
were of bronze.