1 “ 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

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

2 T hen 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.

And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:

3 T hey 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.

And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.

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

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

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

And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make.

6 S o 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.

And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.

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

For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

8 A ll 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.

And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.

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

The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.

10 H e joined five curtains to each other. And the other five curtains he joined to each other.

And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.

11 H e 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.

And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

12 H e 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.

Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.

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

And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.

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

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

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

The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.

16 H e joined five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves.

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

17 H e 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.

And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

18 H e made fifty hooks of brass. And he put the hooks through the sewed pieces of cloth and joined the tent together as one.

And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

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

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

20 T hen he made the pillars of acacia wood for the meeting tent.

And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.

21 E ach piece of wood was as long as five long steps, and as wide as one step.

The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.

22 H e 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.

One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

23 H e made twenty pieces of wood for the south side of the meeting tent.

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

24 H e made forty silver bases under the twenty pieces of wood, two bases under each piece of wood.

And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.

25 T hen he made twenty pieces of wood for the north side of the meeting tent.

And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,

26 A nd he made forty silver bases, with two bases under each piece of wood.

And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

27 H e made six pieces of wood for the back or west side of the meeting tent.

And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

28 H e made two pieces of wood for the back corners.

And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

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

And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.

30 T here were eight pieces of wood, with sixteen silver bases, two under each piece of wood.

And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.

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

And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

32 a nd 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.

And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.

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

And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.

34 H e 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.

And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

35 H e 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.

And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

36 H e 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.

And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

37 H e 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.

And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

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

And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.