| English Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1“Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the LORD has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the LORD has commanded.” | 1Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the skilled people are to work based on everything the LORD has commanded. The LORD has given them wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work of constructing the sanctuary." |
| 2And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the LORD had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work. | 2So Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person in whose heart the LORD had placed wisdom, everyone whose heart moved him, to come to the work and do it. |
| 3And they received from Moses all the contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning, | 3They took from Moses' presence all the contributions that the Israelites had brought for the task of making the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning. |
| 4so that all the craftsmen who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task that he was doing, | 4Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work for the sanctuary came one by one from the work they were doing |
| 5and said to Moses, “The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the LORD has commanded us to do.” | 5and said to Moses, "The people are bringing more than is needed for the construction of the work the LORD commanded to be done." |
| 6So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, “Let no man or woman do anything more for the contribution for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing, | 6After Moses gave an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: "Let no man or woman make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary." So the people stopped. |
| 7for the material they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more. | 7The materials were sufficient for them to do all the work. There was more than enough. |
| 8And all the craftsmen among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains. They were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns, with cherubim skillfully worked. | 8All the skilled craftsmen among those doing the work made the tabernacle with 10 curtains. Bezalel made them of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with a design of cherubim worked into them. |
| 9The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains were the same size. | 9The length of each curtain was 42 feet, and the width of each curtain six feet; all the curtains had the same measurements. |
| 10He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another. | 10He joined five of the curtains to each other, and the other five curtains he joined to each other. |
| 11He made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain of the first set. Likewise he made them on the edge of the outermost curtain of the second set. | 11He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the last curtain in the first set and did the same on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set. |
| 12He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set. The loops were opposite one another. | 12He made 50 loops on the one curtain and 50 loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set, so that the loops lined up with each other. |
| 13And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to the other with clasps. So the tabernacle was a single whole. | 13He also made 50 gold clasps and joined the curtains to each other, so that the tabernacle became a single unit. |
| 14He also made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains. | 14He made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made 11 of them. |
| 15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains were the same size. | 15The length of each curtain was 45 feet, and the width of each curtain six feet. All 11 curtains had the same measurements. |
| 16He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. | 16He joined five of the curtains together, and the other six together. |
| 17And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain of the one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other connecting curtain. | 17He made 50 loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set and 50 loops on the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set. |
| 18And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together that it might be a single whole. | 18He made 50 bronze clasps to join the tent together as a single unit. |
| 19And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams’ skins and goatskins. | 19He also made a covering for the tent from ram skins dyed red and a covering of manatee skins on top of it. |
| 20Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood. | 20He made upright planks of acacia wood for the tabernacle. |
| 21Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame. | 21The length of each plank was 15 feet, and the width of each was 27 inches. |
| 22Each frame had two tenons for fitting together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle. | 22There were two tenons connected to each other for each plank. He did the same for all the planks of the tabernacle. |
| 23The frames for the tabernacle he made thus: twenty frames for the south side. | 23He made planks for the tabernacle as follows: 20 for the south side, |
| 24And he made forty bases of silver under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons. | 24and he made 40 silver bases to put under the 20 planks, two bases under the first plank for its two tenons, and two bases under each of the following planks for their two tenons; |
| 25For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames | 25for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made 20 planks, |
| 26and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame and two bases under the next frame. | 26with their 40 silver bases, two bases under the first plank and two bases under each of the following ones; |
| 27For the rear of the tabernacle westward he made six frames. | 27and for the west side of the tabernacle he made six planks. |
| 28He made two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear. | 28He also made two additional planks for the two back corners of the tabernacle. |
| 29And they were separate beneath but joined at the top, at the first ring. He made two of them this way for the two corners. | 29They were paired at the bottom and joined together at the top in a single ring. This is what he did with both of them for the two corners. |
| 30There were eight frames with their bases of silver: sixteen bases, under every frame two bases. | 30So there were eight planks with their 16 silver bases, two bases under each one. |
| 31He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle, | 31He made five crossbars of acacia wood for the planks on one side of the tabernacle, |
| 32and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the tabernacle at the rear westward. | 32five crossbars for the planks on the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for those at the back of the tabernacle on the west. |
| 33And he made the middle bar to run from end to end halfway up the frames. | 33He made the central crossbar run through the middle of the planks from one end to the other. |
| 34And he overlaid the frames with gold, and made their rings of gold for holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. | 34He overlaid them with gold and made their rings out of gold as holders for the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold. |
| 35He made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; with cherubim skillfully worked into it he made it. | 35Then he made the veil with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. He made it with a design of cherubim worked into it. |
| 36And for it he made four pillars of acacia and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four bases of silver. | 36He made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold. And he cast four silver bases for the posts. |
| 37He also made a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework, | 37He made a screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen for the entrance to the tent, |
| 38and its five pillars with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals, and their fillets were of gold, but their five bases were of bronze. | 38together with its five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze. |
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