Exodus
Chapter 36
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1Bezalel and Oholiab, and every person wise of heart in whom God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. has put wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all the work of the service of the holy place, shall do according to all that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. has commanded.
2Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every person wise of heart in whose heart God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had put wisdom, everyone whose heart lifted him to come near the work, to do it.
3They took from before Moses all the contribution that the sons of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the holy place, to do it. And they still brought him a free gift, morning by morning.
4All the skilled men who were doing all the work of the holy place came, each from the work that he was doing,
5and they said to Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for the service, for the work that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. commanded, to do it.”
6Moses commanded, and they passed a call through the camp: “Man or woman, do not make any more work for the contribution of the holy place.” So the people were held back from bringing.
7The material was enough for them for all the work, to do it, and it was left over.
8All the wise of heart among those doing the work made the dwelling of ten curtains of twisted fine linen, and violet-blue, and purple, and scarlet, with Winged beings that serve near God., the work of a designer. He made them.
9The length of the one curtain was twenty-eight Lengths of about a forearm each., and the width four Lengths of about a forearm each., the one curtain. One measure for all the curtains.
10He joined five curtains to one another, and five curtains he joined to one another.
11He made violet-blue loops on the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the join. He did the same on the edge of the end curtain in the second join.
12He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the end of the curtain that was in the second join. The loops were matched, one to one.
13He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains one to one with the clasps, and the dwelling was one.
14He made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the dwelling. Eleven curtains he made.
15The length of the one curtain was thirty Lengths of about a forearm each., and four Lengths of about a forearm each. the width of the one curtain. One measure for the eleven curtains.
16He joined five of the curtains by themselves, and six of the curtains by themselves.
17He made fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in the join, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the second joining curtain.
18He made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent, so that it would be one.
19He made a covering for the tent of reddened ram skins, and a covering of tachash skins above.
20He made the frames for the dwelling of acacia wood, standing upright.
21Ten Lengths of about a forearm each. the length of a frame, and a A length about as long as a person’s forearm. and a half the width of each frame.
22Two tenons for the one frame, joined one to the other. So he made for all the frames of the dwelling.
23He made the frames for the dwelling, twenty frames for the south side, to the south.
24He made forty silver bases under the twenty frames, two bases under the one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons.
25For the other side of the dwelling, the north side, he made twenty frames,
26and their forty bases of silver, two bases under the one frame and two bases under the next frame.
27For the rear of the dwelling, to the west, he made six frames.
28He made two frames for the corners of the dwelling at the rear.
29They were double at the bottom, and together they were complete at its top, to the one ring. So he made for both of them, for the two corners.
30There were eight frames, and their bases of silver, sixteen bases: two bases, two bases, under the one frame.
31He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the dwelling,
32and five bars for the frames of the other side of the dwelling, and five bars for the frames of the dwelling at the rear, to the west.
33He made the middle bar to run in the middle of the frames, from end to end.
34He overlaid the frames with gold, and he made their rings of gold, holders for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.
35He made the curtain of violet-blue, purple, scarlet, and twisted fine linen. He made it the work of a designer, with Winged beings that serve near God..
36He made for it four pillars of acacia and overlaid them with gold, their hooks gold, and he cast for them four bases of silver.
37He made a screen for the entrance of the tent, of violet-blue, purple, scarlet, and twisted fine linen, the work of an embroiderer,
38and its five pillars and their hooks. He overlaid their tops and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.