1 B ezalel and Aholiab and every wisehearted man in whom the Lord has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary shall work according to all that the Lord has commanded.

Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every man that was wise-hearted, in whom Jehovah had put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work of the service of the sanctuary—according to all that Jehovah had commanded.

2 A nd Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab and every able and wisehearted man in whose mind the Lord had put wisdom and ability, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work;

And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every man that was wise-hearted, in whose heart God had put wisdom, every one whose heart moved him to come to the work to do it.

3 A nd they received from Moses all the freewill offerings which the Israelites had brought for doing the work of the sanctuary, to prepare it for service. And they continued to bring him freewill offerings every morning.

And they took from Moses every heave-offering that the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it. And they still brought him voluntary offerings morning by morning.

4 A nd all the wise and able men who were doing the work on the sanctuary came, every man from the work he was doing,

And all the wise men that wrought all the work of the sanctuary came, every man from his work which they wrought,

5 A nd they said to Moses, The people bring much more than enough for doing the work which the Lord commanded to do.

and spoke to Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work that Jehovah commanded to be done.

6 S o Moses commanded and it was proclaimed in all the camp, Let no man or woman do anything more for the sanctuary offering. So the people were restrained from bringing,

Then Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed through the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the heave-offering of the sanctuary! So the people were restrained from bringing;

7 F or the stuff they had was sufficient to do all the work and more.

for the work they had was sufficient for all the work to do it, and it was too much.

8 A nd all the able and wisehearted men among them who did the work on the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim skillfully worked on them.

And every wise-hearted man among those that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of twined byssus, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: cherubim of artistic work did he make them.

9 T he length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits and its breadth four cubits; all the curtains were one size.

The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits—one measure for all the curtains.

10 c oupled five curtains one to another and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.

And he coupled five of the curtains one to another, and five curtains coupled he one to another.

11 A nd he made loops of blue on the outer edge of the last curtain in the first set; this he did also on the inner edge of the first curtain in the second set.

And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain at the edge of the coupling; he did likewise in the edge of the outermost curtain in the other coupling.

12 F ifty loops he made in the one curtain and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which was the second set; the loops were opposite one another.

He made fifty loops in one curtain, and he made fifty loops at the end of the curtain that was in the other coupling: the loops were opposite to one another.

13 A nd he made fifty clasps of gold and coupled the curtains together with the clasps so that the tabernacle became one unit.

And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle became one.

14 A nd he made eleven curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle.

And he made curtains of goats' for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains did he make them.

15 T he length of one curtain was thirty cubits and four cubits was the breadth; the eleven curtains were of equal size.

The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of one curtain—one measure for the eleven curtains.

16 A nd he coupled five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves.

And he coupled five of the curtains by themselves, and six of the curtains by themselves.

17 A nd he made fifty loops on the outmost edge of the curtain to be coupled and fifty loops he made on the inner edge of the second curtain to be coupled.

And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain in the other coupling.

18 H e made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together into one whole.

And he made fifty clasps of copper to couple the tent, that it might be one.

19 H e made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins tanned red, and above it a covering of dolphin or porpoise skins.

And he made a covering for the tent rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above.

20 H e made boards of acacia wood for the upright framework of the tabernacle.

And he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia-wood, standing up;

21 T he length of a board was ten cubits and the breadth one cubit and a half.

ten cubits the length of the boards, and one cubit and a half the breadth of one board;

22 E ach board had two tenons (projections) to fit into a mortise to form a clutch; he did this for all the boards of the tabernacle.

two tenons in one board, connected one with the other: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

23 A nd he made thus the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side,

And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward;

24 A nd he made under the twenty boards forty sockets or bases of silver, two sockets under one board for its two tenons or hands, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.

and 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.

25 F or the other side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty boards

And for the other side of the tabernacle, on the side toward the north, he made twenty boards,

26 A nd their forty sockets or bases of silver, two sockets under each board.

and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one board, and two bases under another board.

27 A nd for the rear or west side of the tabernacle he made six boards.

And at the rear of the tabernacle, westward, he made six boards;

28 A nd two boards he made for each corner of the tabernacle in the rear.

and he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear;

29 T hey were separate below but linked together at the top with one ring; thus he made both of them in both corners.

and they were joined beneath, and were coupled together at the top thereof into one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners;

30 T here were eight boards with sixteen sockets or bases of silver, and under each board two sockets.

and there were eight boards, and their silver bases: sixteen bases, under every board two bases.

31 H e made bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

—And he made bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

32 A nd five bars for the boards of its other side, and five bars for the boards at the rear or west side.

and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle at the rear, westward.

33 A nd he made the middle bar pass through halfway up the boards from one end to the other.

And he made the middle bar in the midst of the boards reach from one end to the other.

34 H e overlaid the boards and the bars with gold and made their rings of gold as places for the bars.

And he overlaid the boards with gold; and made their rings of gold receptacles for the bars; and overlaid the bars with gold.

35 A nd he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet and fine twined linen, with cherubim skillfully worked.

And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus: of artistic work he made it cherubim.

36 F or he made four pillars of acacia and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four sockets or bases of silver.

And he made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four bases of silver.

37 A nd he made a screen for the tent door of blue, purple, and scarlet and fine twined linen, embroidered,

And he made a curtain for the entrance of the tent of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus, of embroidery;

38 A nd he made the five pillars of it with their hooks, and overlaid their ornamental tops and joinings with gold, but their five sockets were of bronze.

and its five pillars with their hooks; and he overlaid their capitals and their connecting-rods with gold; and their five bases were of copper.