Exodus 36
The Tabernacle Underwritten
1 “Now Bezalel, Oholiab, and every ▼▼Lit man wise of heart
skillful person in whom the Lord has put ▼▼Lit wisdom
skill and understanding to know how to perform all the work ▼▼Or connected with the service of; lit of the service of
in the construction of the sanctuary, shall perform in accordance with everything that the Lord has commanded.” 2 Then Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab, and every ▼▼Lit man wise of heart
skillful person in ▼▼Lit whose heart
whom the Lord had put ▼▼Lit wisdom
skill, geveryone whose heart stirred him, to come to the work to perform it. 3They received from Moses every ▼▼Or uplifted offering
contribution which the sons of Israel had brought to perform ▼▼Lit it for the work
the work ▼▼Lit of the service of
in the construction of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him ▼▼Or freewill offering
voluntary offerings every morning. 4And all the ▼▼Lit wise
skillful people who were performing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from ▼▼Lit his
the work which they were performing, 5and they said to ▼▼Lit Moses, saying,
Moses, “ oThe people are bringing much more than enough for the ▼▼Lit service for the work
construction work which the Lord commanded us to ▼▼Lit perform it
perform.” 6So Moses issued a command, and circulated a ▼▼Lit voice
proclamation throughout the camp, saying, “No man or woman is to perform work any longer for the ▼▼Or uplifted offering
contributions of the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing any more. 7 tFor the ▼▼Lit work
material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to perform it. Construction Begins
8 vAll the ▼▼Lit wise of heart
skillful people among those who were performing the work made the ▼▼Lit dwelling place
tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twisted linen and ▼▼Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch
violet, purple, and scarlet material, with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer, ▼▼Lit he
Bezalel made them. 9The length of each curtain was ▼▼About 42 ft. long and 6 ft. wide or 13 m and 1.8 m
twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had ▼▼Lit one measure
the same measurements. 10He ▼▼Or coupled
joined five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he ▼▼Or coupled
joined to one another. 11And he made loops of violet on the edge of the ▼▼Lit one curtain from the end in the coupling
outermost curtain in the first ▼▼Lit coupling
set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was ▼▼Lit one curtain from the end in the coupling
outermost in the second ▼▼Lit coupling
set. 12He made aififty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the ▼▼Lit end
edge of the curtain that was in the second ▼▼Lit coupling
set; the loops were opposite each other. 13He also made alfifty clasps of gold, and ▼▼Or coupled
joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was ▼▼Lit one
a unit. 14 Then aohe made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he ▼▼Lit made them
made eleven curtains in all. 15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had ▼▼Lit one measure
the same measurements. 16He ▼▼Or coupled
joined five curtains by themselves, and the other six curtains by themselves. 17Moreover, he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the first ▼▼Lit tie
set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second ▼▼Lit tie
set. 18He also made fifty clasps of ▼▼Or copper
bronze to ▼▼Or couple
join the tent together so that it would be ▼▼Lit one
a unit. 19And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins ▼▼Or tanned
dyed red, and a covering of ▼▼Meaning of the Heb uncertain
fine leather above. 20 azThen he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright. 21Ten cubits was the length of ▼▼Lit the
each board, and one and a half cubits the width of each board. 22There were two tenons for each board, ▼▼Lit bound
fitted to one another; he did this to all the boards of the tabernacle. 23So he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards ▼▼Lit to the side of the Negev, to the south
for the south side; 24and he made forty bases of silver under the twenty boards; two bases under one board for its two tenons, and two bases under another board for its two tenons. 25Then for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards, 26and their forty bases of silver; two bases under one board, and two bases under another board. 27And for the ▼▼Lit far parts
back of the tabernacle, to the west, he made six boards. 28He made two boards for the corners of the ▼▼Lit dwelling place
tabernacle at the ▼▼Lit far parts
back. 29They were double beneath, and together they were complete to its ▼▼Or head
top, ▼▼Or with reference to
to the first ring; he did this with both of them for the two corners. 30There were eight boards with their bases of silver, sixteen bases, two bases under every board. 31 Then he made bibars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle, 32and five bars for the boards of the ▼▼Or second
other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the ▼▼Lit far parts
back side to the west. 33And he made the middle bar to pass through in the ▼▼Lit midst
center of the boards from end to end. 34Then he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 35 bmMoreover, he made the veil of violet, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer. 36And he made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast four bases of silver for them. 37He also made a bncurtain for the doorway of the tent, of violet, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, the work of a ▼▼Lit variegator; i.e., a weaver in colors
weaver; 38and he made its bpfive pillars with their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their ▼▼Or rings
bands with gold; but their five bases were of ▼▼Or copper
bronze.
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