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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.”

1“The LORD has gifted Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other skilled craftsmen with wisdom and ability to perform any task involved in building the sanctuary. Let them construct and furnish the Tabernacle, just as the LORD has commanded.”

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 and Oholiab and all the others who were specially gifted by the LORD and were eager to get to work.

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,

3Moses gave them the materials donated by the people of Israel as sacred offerings for the completion of the sanctuary. But the people continued to bring additional gifts each 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,

4Finally the craftsmen who were working on the sanctuary left their work.

5and said to Moses, “The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the LORD has commanded us to do.”

5They went to Moses and reported, “The people have given more than enough materials to complete the job the LORD has commanded us to do!”

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,

6So Moses gave the command, and this message was sent throughout the camp: “Men and women, don’t prepare any more gifts for the sanctuary. We have enough!” So the people stopped bringing their sacred offerings.

7for the material they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more.

7Their contributions were more than enough to complete the whole project. Building the Tabernacle

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.

8The skilled craftsmen made ten curtains of finely woven linen for the Tabernacle. Then Bezalel decorated the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.

9The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains were the same size.

9All ten curtains were exactly the same size—42 feet long and 6 feet wide.

10He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.

10Five of these curtains were joined together to make one long curtain, and the other five were joined to make a second long curtain.

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 fifty loops of blue yarn and put them along the edge of the last curtain in each 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.

12The fifty loops along the edge of one curtain matched the fifty loops along the edge of the other curtain.

13And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to the other with clasps. So the tabernacle was a single whole.

13Then he made fifty gold clasps and fastened the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle was made of one continuous piece.

14He also made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains.

14He made eleven curtains of goat-hair cloth to serve as a tent covering for the Tabernacle.

15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains were the same size.

15These eleven curtains were all exactly the same size—45 feet long and 6 feet wide.

16He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

16Bezalel joined five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, and the other six were joined to make a second long curtain.

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 fifty loops for the edge of each large curtain.

18And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together that it might be a single whole.

18He also made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the long curtains together. In this way, the tent covering was made of one continuous piece.

19And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams’ skins and goatskins.

19He completed the tent covering with a layer of tanned ram skins and a layer of fine goatskin leather.

20Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.

20For the framework of the Tabernacle, Bezalel constructed frames of acacia wood.

21Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame.

21Each frame was 15 feet high and 27 inches wide,

22Each frame had two tenons for fitting together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.

22with two pegs under each frame. All the frames were identical.

23The frames for the tabernacle he made thus: twenty frames for the south side.

23He made twenty of these frames to support the curtains on the south side of the Tabernacle.

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.

24He also made forty silver bases—two bases under each frame, with the pegs fitting securely into the bases.

25For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames

25For the north side of the Tabernacle, he made another twenty frames,

26and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame and two bases under the next frame.

26with their forty silver bases, two bases under each frame.

27For the rear of the tabernacle westward he made six frames.

27He made six frames for the rear—the west side of the Tabernacle—

28He made two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear.

28along with two additional frames to reinforce the rear 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.

29These corner frames were matched at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with a single ring, forming a single corner unit. Both of these corner units were made the same way.

30There were eight frames with their bases of silver: sixteen bases, under every frame two bases.

30So there were eight frames at the rear of the Tabernacle, set in sixteen silver bases—two bases under each frame.

31He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,

31Then he made crossbars of acacia wood to link the frames, five crossbars for the north 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.

32and five for the south side. He also made five crossbars for the rear of the Tabernacle, which faced west.

33And he made the middle bar to run from end to end halfway up the frames.

33He made the middle crossbar to attach halfway up the frames; it ran all the way from one end of the Tabernacle 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 the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. Then he overlaid the crossbars with gold as well.

35He made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; with cherubim skillfully worked into it he made it.

35For the inside of the Tabernacle, Bezalel made a special curtain of finely woven linen. He decorated it with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.

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.

36For the curtain, he made four posts of acacia wood and four gold hooks. He overlaid the posts with gold and set them in four silver bases.

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,

37Then he made another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent. He made it of finely woven linen and embroidered it with exquisite designs using blue, purple, and scarlet thread.

38and its five pillars with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals, and their fillets were of gold, but their five bases were of bronze.

38This curtain was hung on gold hooks attached to five posts. The posts with their decorated tops and hooks were overlaid with gold, and the five bases were cast from bronze.

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