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

“Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Yahweh has 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.

Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to 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 from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. They brought yet to him freewill 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.

All the wise men, who performed all the work of the sanctuary, each came from his work which they did.

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

They spoke to Moses, saying, “The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Yahweh 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.

Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman make anything else for the offering for 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.

All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made 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 each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure.

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

He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one 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.

He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second coupling.

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.

He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite to one 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.

He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps: so the tabernacle was a unit.

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

He made curtains of goats’ hair for a covering over the tabernacle. He made them eleven curtains.

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 each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the width of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.

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

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.

He made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was outermost in the second coupling.

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.

He made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be a unit.

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

He made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.

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

He made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.

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

Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the width of each board.

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.

Each board had two tenons, joined to one another. He made all the boards of the tabernacle this way.

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

He made the 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.

He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.

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

For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, 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.

For the far part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

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

He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far part.

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.

They were double beneath, and in the same way they were all the way to its top to one ring. He did this to both of them in the two corners.

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

There were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; 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,

He made bars of acacia 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 hinder part westward.

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

He made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of 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.

He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for 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.

He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.

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.

He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them.

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.

He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;

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. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of brass.