Exodus 36

36¹Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the skilled ^ypeople 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.” ^z

²So Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled ^aperson in whose heart the Lord had placed wisdom, everyone whose heart moved him, ^bto come to the work and do it. 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.

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 are bringing more than is needed ^cfor 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 ^dthe skilled craftsmen ^eamong 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 42 feet, ^fand the width of each curtain six feet; ^gall 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 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. ¹³He also made 50 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 11 of them. ¹⁵The length of each curtain was 45 feet, ^hand the width of each curtain six feet. ⁱAll 11 curtains had the same measurements. ¹⁶He joined five of the curtains together, and the other six together. 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. ¹⁸He made 50 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 manatee skins ^jon top of it.

²⁰He ^kmade upright planks ^lof acacia wood for the tabernacle. ²¹The length of each plank was 15 feet, ^mand the width of each was 27 inches. ⁿ²²There were two tenons connected to each other for each plank. He did the same for all the planks of the tabernacle. ²³He made planks for the tabernacle as follows: 20 for the south side, 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, the north side, he made 20 planks, ²⁶with their 40 silver bases, two bases under the first plank and two bases under each of the following ones; ²⁷and for the west side of the tabernacle he made six planks. ²⁸He also made two additional planks for the two back corners of the tabernacle. ²⁹They were paired at the bottom and joined together ^oat the ^ptop in a single ring. This is what he did with both of them for the two corners. ³⁰So there were eight planks with their 16 silver bases, two bases under each one.

³¹He made five crossbars of acacia wood for the planks on one side of the tabernacle, 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. ³³He made the central crossbar run through the middle of the planks 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 ^qhe made the veil with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. He made it with a design of cherubim worked into it. 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 made a screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen for the entrance to the tent, 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.