36And Bezalel and Oholiab and everyone who is skilled of heart in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and skill to know and to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary—they will do it, according to all that Yahweh has commanded.”

Making the Tabernacle

²And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and everyone skilled of heart, in whose heart Yahweh had put skill, all whose heart lifted him to come near to the work in order to do it. ³And they took from Moses all the contributions^a that the Israelites^b had brought for the work of the service for the sanctuary in order to do it, and they still brought to him voluntary offerings every morning.^c ⁴And all the skilled workers who were doing all the work for the sanctuary came, each^d from his work that they were doing. ⁵And they said to Moses, saying, “The people are bringing more^e than enough for the service of the work that Yahweh has commanded to be done.”^f ⁶And Moses commanded, and they proclaimed the message^g in the camp, saying, “Let no man or woman again make anything for the sanctuary contribution.” And so the people were restrained from bringing. ⁷And the material was enough for doing all the work, and it was left over.

⁸And all who were skilled of heart among the doers of the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue and purple and crimson yarns, with cherubim; he made them, the work of a skilled craftsman. ⁹The length of the one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width was four cubits for the one curtain; one measurement was for all the curtains. ¹⁰And he joined five of the curtains one to another,^h and five curtains he joined one to another.ⁱ ¹¹And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the set; so he did on the edge of the end curtain in the second set. ¹²He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the end of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite^j one to another.^k ¹³And he made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains one to another^l with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was one.

¹⁴And he made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made them eleven curtains. ¹⁵The length of the one curtain was thirty cubits, and the width was four cubits for the one curtain; one measure was for the eleven curtains. ¹⁶And he joined five curtains together and six curtains together. ¹⁷And he made fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in the set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set. ¹⁸And he made fifty bronze clasps for joining the tent to become one.

¹⁹And he made a covering for the tent of red-dyed ram skin and a covering of fine leather to go above.

²⁰And he made the frames^m for the tabernacle of acacia wood as uprights.ⁿ ²¹The length of the frame^o was ten cubits, and the width of the one frame^p was one and a half cubits. ²²He made two pegs^q for the one frame^r for joining one to another^s and likewise for all the frames^t of the tabernacle. ²³And he made the frames^u for the tabernacle with twenty frames^v for the south^w side. ²⁴And he made forty silver bases under the twenty frames,^x with two bases under the one frame^y for its two pegs^z and two bases under the next^a frame^b for its two pegs.^c ²⁵And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames^d ²⁶and their forty silver bases, with two bases under the one frame^e and two bases under the next^f frame.^g

²⁷And for the rear of the tabernacle on the west^h he made six frames.ⁱ ²⁸And he made two frames^j for the tabernacle corners at the rear. ²⁹And they were double at the bottom, and they were completely together on its top to the one ring; he did likewise for the two of them, for the two corners. ³⁰And there were eight frames^k and their sixteen silver bases, two bases, two bases under the one frame.^l

³¹And he made five bars of acacia wood for the frames^m on the one side of the tabernacle, ³²and five bars for the framesⁿ on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames^o at the rear on the west.^p ³³And he made the middle bar to run in the midst of the frames^q from end to end. ³⁴And he overlaid the frames^r with gold, and he made their rings of gold as holders^s for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold. ³⁵And he made the curtain of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of a craftsman; he made it with cherubim. ³⁶And he made for it four acacia pillars, and he overlaid them with gold, with their gold hooks, and he cast for them four silver bases.

³⁷And he made for the entrance of the tent a screen of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer, ³⁸and the five pillars and their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their connections with gold, and their five bases were bronze.

Making the Ark of the Covenant

37And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its height. ²And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and he made for it a gold molding all around. ³And he cast for it four gold rings on its four feet; and two rings were on its one side, and two rings were on its second side. ⁴And he made poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold. ⁵And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

⁶And he made an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width. ⁷And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the atonement cover. ⁸One cherub was at one end,^a and one cherub was at the other end^b of the atonement cover; he made the cherubim at its two ends. ⁹And the cherubim were with outspread wings above, covering with their wings over the atonement cover and facing each other;^c the faces of the cherubim were toward the atonement cover.

Making the Table and the Lampstand

¹⁰And he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its height. ¹¹And he overlaid it with pure gold, and he made for it a gold molding all around. ¹²And he made for it a handbreadth rim all around, and he made a gold molding for its rim all around. ¹³And he cast for it four gold rings, and he put the rings on the four corners where its four legs^d were. ¹⁴The rings were near the rim as holders^e for the poles to carry the table. ¹⁵And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold to carry the table. ¹⁶And he made the vessels that were on the table—its plates and its ladles,^f and its bowls and its pitchers with which libations were poured—of pure gold.

¹⁷And he made the lampstand of pure gold; he made the lampstand of hammered work—its base and its branch, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were all part of it.^g ¹⁸And six branches were going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side. ¹⁹Three almond-flower cups were on the one branch with a bud and a blossom, and three almond-flower cups were on the one branch with a bud and a blossom—likewise for the six branches going out from the lampstand. ²⁰And on the lampstand were four almond-flower cups, with its^h buds and its blossoms. ²¹And a bud was under the two branches that came from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, likewise for the six branches coming out from the lampstand. ²²Their buds and their branches were from it, all of it one piece of pure gold, hammered work. ²³And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its fire pans of pure gold. ²⁴He made it from a talent of pure gold and all its pieces of equipment.

Making the Incense Altar and Anointing Oil

²⁵And he made the incense altar of acacia wood, a cubit its length and a cubit its width—a square—and two cubits its height; its horns were of one piece with it.ⁱ ²⁶And he overlaid it with pure gold—its top and its sides all around and its horns—and he made for it a gold molding all around. ²⁷And he made for it two gold rings under its molding on two opposite sides^j as holders^k for poles to carry it with them. ²⁸And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold. ²⁹And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense—work of a perfumer.

Making the Bronze Altar and the Basin

38And he made the burnt-offering altar of acacia wood; its length was five cubits, and its width was five cubits—it was square—and its height was three cubits. ²And he made its horns on its four corners; its horns were of one piece with it;^a and he overlaid it with bronze. ³And he made all the equipment of the altar—the pots and the shovels and the sprinkling bowls and the forks^b and the fire pans—all its equipment he made with bronze. ⁴And he made for the altar a grating, a work of bronze network under its ledge, below, up to its middle. ⁵And he cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze grating as holders^c for the poles. ⁶And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with bronze. ⁷And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow with boards.

⁸And he made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the entrance of the tent of assembly.

Making the Courtyard

⁹And he made the courtyard; for the south^d side were the hangings of the court of finely twisted linen, one hundred cubits, ¹⁰with their twenty pillars and their twenty bases of bronze and with the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. ¹¹And for the north side the hangings were one hundred cubits with their twenty pillars and their twenty bases of bronze and with the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. ¹²And for the west^e side fifty cubits of hangings with their ten pillars and their ten bases and with…

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Footnotes

aHebrew “contribution”
bLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
cLiterally “in the morning in the morning”
dLiterally “man man”
eLiterally “making much to bring”
fLiterally “to do it”
gLiterally “caused a voice to cross through”
hLiterally “one to one”
iLiterally “one to one”
jOr “interlinked” or “matching”
kLiterally “one to one”
lLiterally “one to one”
mOr “boards” or “planks”
nLiterally “standing”
oOr “board” or “plank”
pOr “board” or “plank”
qLiterally “hands”
rOr “board” or “plank”
sLiterally “one to one”
tOr “boards” or “planks”
uOr “boards” or “planks”
vOr “boards” or “planks”
wOr “southward southward”
xOr “boards” or “planks”
yOr “board” or “plank”
zLiterally “hands”
aLiterally “one”
bOr “board” or “plank”
cLiterally “hands”
dOr “boards” or “planks”
eOr “board” or “plank”
fLiterally “one”
gOr “board” or “plank”
hOr “westward,” literally “seaward,” toward the Mediterranean Sea
iOr “boards” or “planks”
jOr “boards” or “planks”
kOr “boards” or “planks”
lOr “board” or “plank”
mOr “boards” or “planks”
nOr “boards” or “planks”
oOr “boards” or “planks”
pOr “westward,” literally “seaward,” toward the Mediterranean Sea
qOr “boards” or “planks”
rOr “boards” or “planks”
sLiterally “houses”
aLiterally “from end from this”
bLiterally “from end from this”
cLiterally “and their faces a man to his brother”
dLiterally “feet”
eLiterally “houses”
fOr “bowls”
gLiterally “from it”
hRefers to the lampstand
iLiterally “from it”
jLiterally “on two of its sides on two of its sides”
kLiterally “houses”
aLiterally “from it”
b 1 Samuel 2:13 mentions a fork with “three teeth” used by priests
cLiterally “houses”
dOr “southward southward”
eLiterally “sea”