Exodus 36–40

36Bezalel, 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.”^l

²So Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person in whose heart the Lord had placed wisdom, all whose hearts moved them,^m to come to the work and do it. ³They took from Moses’s 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.

⁴Then all the artisans 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 are bringing more than is neededⁿ for the construction of the work the Lord commanded to be done.”

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. ⁷The materials were sufficient for them to do all the work. There was more than enough.

BUILDING THE TABERNACLE

⁸All^a the skilled artisans^E among those doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains. Bezalel made them of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with a design of cherubim worked into them. ⁹Each curtain was forty-two feet^F long and six feet wide; all the curtains had the same measurements. ¹⁰He joined five of the curtains to each other, and the other five curtains he joined to each other. 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 fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set, so that the loops lined up with each other. ¹³He also made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains to each other, so that the tabernacle became a single unit.

¹⁴He made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven of them. ¹⁵Each curtain was forty-five feet^H long and six feet wide. All eleven curtains had the same measurements. ¹⁶He joined five of the curtains together, and the other six together. ¹⁷He made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set and fifty loops on the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set. ¹⁸He made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a single unit. ¹⁹He also made a covering for the tent from ram skins dyed red and a covering of fine leather^A on top of it.

²⁰He^b made upright supports^B of acacia wood for the tabernacle. ²¹Each support was fifteen feet^C long and twenty-seven inches^D wide. ²²Each support had two tenons for joining one to another. He did the same for all the supports of the tabernacle. ²³He made supports for the tabernacle as follows: He made twenty for the south side, ²⁴and he made forty silver bases to put under the twenty supports, two bases under the first support for its two tenons, and two bases under each of the following supports for their two tenons. ²⁵For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty supports, ²⁶with their forty silver bases, two bases under the first support and two bases under each of the following ones. ²⁷And for the back of the tabernacle, on the west side, he made six supports. ²⁸He also made two additional supports for the two back corners of the tabernacle. ²⁹They were paired at the bottom and joined together^E at the^F top in a single ring. This is what he did with both of them for the two corners. ³⁰So there were eight supports with their sixteen silver bases, two bases under each one.

³¹He made five crossbars of acacia wood for the supports on one side of the tabernacle, ³²five crossbars for the supports on the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for those at the back of the tabernacle on the west. ³³He made the central crossbar run through the middle of the supports from one end to the other. ³⁴He overlaid them with gold and made their rings out of gold as holders for the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

³⁵Then^c he made the curtain with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. He made it with a design of cherubim worked into it. ³⁶He made four pillars of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold. And he cast four silver bases for the pillars.

³⁷He made a screen embroidered^G with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen for the entrance to the tent, ³⁸together with its five pillars and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the pillars and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.

MAKING THE ARK

37Bezalel^d made the ark of acacia wood, forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.^{H 2}He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding all around it. ³He cast four gold rings for it, for its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side. ⁴He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. ⁵He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark for carrying the ark.

⁶He made a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.^{A 7}He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat, ⁸one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At each end, he made a cherub of one piece with the mercy seat. ⁹They had wings spread out. They faced each other and covered the mercy seat with their wings. The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.

MAKING THE TABLE

¹⁰He^a constructed the table of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.^{B 11}He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it. ¹²He made a three-inch^C frame all around it and made a gold molding all around its frame. ¹³He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings to the four corners at its four legs. ¹⁴The rings were next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table. ¹⁵He made the poles for carrying the table from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. ¹⁶He also made the utensils that would be on the table out of pure gold: its plates and cups, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.

MAKING THE LAMPSTAND

¹⁷Then^b he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold. He made it all of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its buds and petals. ¹⁸Six branches extended from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side. ¹⁹There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on the next branch. It was this way for the six branches that extended from the lampstand. ²⁰There were four cups shaped like almond blossoms on the lampstand shaft along with its buds and petals. ²¹For the six branches that extended from it, a bud was under the first pair of branches from it, a bud under the second pair of branches from it, and a bud under the third pair of branches from it. ²²Their buds and branches were of one piece with it. All of it was a single hammered piece of pure gold. ²³He also made its seven lamps, snuffers, and firepans of pure gold. ²⁴He made it and all its utensils of seventy-five pounds^D of pure gold.

MAKING THE ALTAR OF INCENSE

²⁵He^c made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, eighteen inches long and eighteen inches wide; it was thirty-six inches high.^E Its horns were of one piece with it. ²⁶He overlaid it, its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold. Then he made a gold molding all around it. ²⁷He made two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; he put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with. ²⁸He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

²⁹He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant, and expertly blended incense.^d

MAKING THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING

38Bezalel^e constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, 7½ feet long and 7½ feet wide,^A and was 4½ feet^B high. ²He made horns for it on its four corners; the horns were of one piece with it. Then he overlaid it with bronze.

³He made all the altar’s utensils: the pots, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze. ⁴He constructed for the altar a grate of bronze mesh under its ledge,^C halfway up from the bottom. ⁵He cast four rings at the four corners of the bronze grate as holders for the poles. ⁶He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. ⁷Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar in order to carry it with them. He constructed the altar with boards so that it was hollow.

MAKING THE BRONZE BASIN

⁸He made the bronze basin and its stand from the bronze mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.^f

MAKING THE COURTYARD

⁹Then^g he made the courtyard. The hangings on the south side of the courtyard were of finely spun linen, 150 feet long, ¹⁰including their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands for the posts. ¹¹The hangings on the north side were also 150 feet long, including their twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver. ¹²The hangings on the west side were 75 feet long, including their ten posts and their ten bases, with silver hooks and silver bands for the posts. ¹³And for the east side toward the sunrise, 75 feet long, ¹⁴the hangings on one side of the gate were 22½ feet, including their three posts and their three bases. ¹⁵It was the same for the other side of the courtyard gate. The hangings were 22½ feet, including their three…