Exodus 36Book 2 of 66 · 38 verses · MBT primary, NKJV fallback where MBT pending

  1. And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whom the LORD has put skill and understanding to know how to do all manner of work for the construction of the sanctuary, shall do according to all that the LORD has commanded.
  2. Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom and skill, everyone whose heart moved them to come and do the work.
  3. And they received from Moses all the contributions which the children of Israel had brought for the work of constructing the sanctuary, and the people still continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning.
  4. Then all the skilled craftsmen who were performing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work he was doing.
  5. And they spoke to Moses, saying, "The people bring much more than enough for the construction work which the LORD commanded us to do."
  6. So Moses gave a command, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, "Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the contribution of the sanctuary." And the people were restrained from bringing.
  7. For the material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work to be done.
  8. Then all the gifted artisans among those who were performing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim they made them.
  9. The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had the same measurements.
  10. He joined five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he joined to one another.
  11. He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the outermost curtain of the first set, and likewise he did the same on the outer edge of the last curtain of the second set.
  12. Fifty loops he made on one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain on the end of the second set; the loops were opposite one another so they held one curtain to another.
  13. And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle became one unified whole.
  14. He made curtains of goats' hair for a tent covering over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains in all.
  15. The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains had the same measurements.
  16. He joined five curtains together by themselves and six curtains by themselves.
  17. He made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in one set, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.
  18. He also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together so that it might be one whole unit.
  19. Then he made a covering for the tent of tanned ram skins dyed red, and a covering of fine leather above that.
  20. For the tabernacle he made upright frames of acacia wood standing upright.
  21. The length of each board was ten cubits, and the width of each board one and a half cubits.
  22. Each board had two tenons for fitting together one to another, and thus he did for all the boards of the tabernacle.
  23. He made the frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side.
  24. Forty bases of silver he made to go under the twenty boards, two bases under each of the boards for its two tenons.
  25. And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty boards.
  26. and their forty bases of silver: two bases under each of the boards.
  27. For the rear of the tabernacle on the west side he made six boards.
  28. He also made two boards for the two back corners of the tabernacle at the rear.
  29. They were coupled at the bottom and joined together at the top by one ring, and thus he made both of them the same way for the two corners.
  30. So there were eight frames with their bases of silver—sixteen bases in all—two bases under each of the frames.
  31. Then he made crossbars of acacia wood, five for the boards on one side of the tabernacle.
  32. Five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle at the rear westward.
  33. And he made the middle bar to pass through the center of the boards from one end to the other.
  34. He overlaid the frames with gold, made their rings of gold to be holders for the crossbars, and overlaid the crossbars with gold.
  35. And he made a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine twined linen; it was worked with a skillfully crafted design of cherubim.
  36. He made four pillars of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold, and he cast four silver bases for them.
  37. He also made a screen for the entrance of the tabernacle, of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, the work of an embroiderer.
  38. He made its five pillars with their hooks and overlaid their tops and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.