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.

“Bezalel and Oholiab will do the work, together with every workman whom the Lord has made able and understands how to do all the work in the building of the holy place. They will do all that the Lord has said.” The People Bring More Than Enough

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;

Then Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every workman whom the Lord had made able, every one whose heart moved him to come to do the work.

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.

They received from Moses all the gifts the people of Israel had brought for the work of building the holy place. And they kept bringing gifts because they wanted to every 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,

All the able workmen came who were doing all the work on the holy place. Each man came from the work he had been doing.

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

They said to Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for the work the Lord told us to do.”

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,

So Moses made it be known to all the people, saying, “No man or woman is to give any more gifts for the holy place.” So the people were kept from bringing any more.

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

For the things they had were enough for doing all the work. There was more than enough. Building of the Tent

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.

All the able men among those who were doing the work made the meeting tent with ten curtains. They made them of fine linen and blue, purple and red cloth, with cherubim sewed into them by an able workman. Bezalel made them.

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

Each curtain was as long as fourteen long steps and as wide as two long steps, all of them the same.

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

He joined five curtains to each other. And the other five curtains he joined to each other.

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.

He took small pieces of blue cloth, longer than they were wide. He sewed both ends to the side of the last curtain in the first row. Then he did the same on the side of the last curtain in the second row.

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 put fifty of these pieces on the one curtain. And he put fifty on the side of the other curtain, so that the pieces met each other.

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

He made fifty hooks of gold. Then he joined the curtains together with the hooks so the meeting tent was as one.

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

He made curtains of goat hair for a covering over the meeting tent. He made eleven curtains in all.

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

Each curtain was as long as fifteen long steps, and as wide as two long steps, all of them the same.

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

He joined five curtains by themselves and six 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.

He took fifty small pieces of cloth, longer than they were wide. He sewed both ends of each to the side of the last curtain in the first row. Then he sewed fifty pieces onto the side of the last curtain in the second row.

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

He made fifty hooks of brass. And he put the hooks through the sewed pieces of cloth and joined the tent together as 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.

He made a covering for the tent out of rams’ skins made red, and a covering of badgers’ skins over this.

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

Then he made the pillars of acacia wood for the meeting tent.

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

Each piece of wood was as long as five long steps, and as wide as one step.

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.

He made two joining pieces in each piece of wood for joining them together. He did this for all the pieces of wood of the meeting tent.

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

He made twenty pieces of wood for the south side of the meeting tent.

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.

He made forty silver bases under the twenty pieces of wood, two bases under each piece of wood.

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

Then he made twenty pieces of wood for the north side of the meeting tent.

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

And he made forty silver bases, with two bases under each piece of wood.

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

He made six pieces of wood for the back or west side of the meeting tent.

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

He made two pieces of wood for the back corners.

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

They were together at the bottom, and joined at the top with one ring. They were made the same for the two corners.

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

There were eight pieces of wood, with sixteen silver bases, two under each piece of wood.

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

He made long, straight pieces of acacia wood, five for the pieces of wood on one side of the meeting tent,

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 for the pieces of wood on the other side of the meeting tent. Then he made five for the pieces of wood at the back of the meeting tent, the west side.

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

He made the long, straight cross-piece for the center to pass through from end to end.

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

He covered the pieces of wood with gold. He made rings of gold to hold the long, straight pieces of wood. And he covered these pieces of wood with gold.

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

He made the curtain of blue and purple and red cloth and fine linen. He made it with cherubim sewed into it by an able workman.

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.

He hung it on four pillars of acacia wood covered with gold. Their hooks were made of gold and he made four silver bases for it.

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

He made a curtain for the door of the meeting tent out of blue, purple and red cloth and fine linen, the work of an able workman.

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.

He made five pillars with their hooks and covered their tops with gold. But he made their five bases of brass.