Exodus Chapter 36 (NIV)

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undefined 36 So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the Lord has commanded.”

undefined Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord had given ability and who was willing to come and do the work.

undefined They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning.

undefined So all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work

undefined and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done.”

undefined Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: “No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” And so the people were restrained from bringing more,

undefined because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.

undefined The TabernacleAll the skilled men among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim worked into them by a skilled craftsman.

undefined All the curtains were the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.

undefined They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five.

undefined Then they made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and the same was done with the end curtain in the other set.

undefined They also made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.

undefined Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.

undefined They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether.

undefined All eleven curtains were the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

undefined They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set.

undefined Then they made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set.

undefined They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit.

undefined Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of hides of sea cows.

undefined They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

undefined Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,

undefined with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

undefined They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle

undefined and made forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection.

undefined For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames

undefined and forty silver bases—two under each frame.

undefined They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,

undefined and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end.

undefined At these two corners the frames were double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both were made alike.

undefined So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

undefined They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

undefined five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.

undefined They made the center crossbar so that it extended from end to end at the middle of the frames.

undefined They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

undefined They made the curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim worked into it by a skilled craftsman.

undefined They made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold. They made gold hooks for them and cast their four silver bases.

undefined For the entrance to the tent they made a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer;

undefined and they made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold and made their five bases of bronze.

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