The Tabernacle Underwritten

36 “Now Bezalel, Oholiab, and every ^[a]skillful person in whom the Lord has put ^[b]skill and understanding to know how to perform all the work ^[c]in the construction of the sanctuary, shall perform in accordance with everything that the Lord has commanded.”

² Then Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab, and every ^[d]skillful person in ^[e]whom the Lord had put ^[f]skill, ^(A)everyone whose heart stirred him, to come to the work to perform it. ³ They received from Moses every ^[g]contribution which the sons of Israel had brought to perform ^[h]the work ^[i]in the construction of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him ^[j]voluntary offerings every morning. ⁴ And all the ^[k]skillful people who were performing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from ^[l]the work which they were performing, ⁵ and they said to ^[m]Moses, “^(B)The people are bringing much more than enough for the ^[n]construction work which the Lord commanded us to ^[o]perform.” ⁶ So Moses issued a command, and circulated a ^[p]proclamation throughout the camp, saying, “No man or woman is to perform work any longer for the ^[q]contributions of the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing any more. ^7 (C)For the ^[r]material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to perform it.

Construction Begins

^8 (D)All the ^[s]skillful people among those who were performing the work made the ^[t]tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twisted linen and ^[u]violet, purple, and scarlet material, with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer, ^[v]Bezalel made them. ⁹ The length of each curtain was ^[w]twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had ^[x]the same measurements. ¹⁰ He ^[y]joined five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he ^[z]joined to one another. ¹¹ And he made loops of violet on the edge of the ^[aa]outermost curtain in the first ^[ab]set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was ^[ac]outermost in the second ^[ad]set. ¹² He made ^(E)fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the ^[ae]edge of the curtain that was in the second ^[af]set; the loops were opposite each other. ¹³ He also made ^(F)fifty clasps of gold, and ^[ag]joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was ^[ah]a unit.

¹⁴ Then ^(G)he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he ^[ai]made eleven curtains in all. ¹⁵ The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had ^[aj]the same measurements. ¹⁶ He ^[ak]joined five curtains by themselves, and the other six curtains by themselves. ¹⁷ Moreover, he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the first ^[al]set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second ^[am]set. ¹⁸ He also made fifty clasps of ^[an]bronze to ^[ao]join the tent together so that it would be ^[ap]a unit. ¹⁹ And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins ^[aq]dyed red, and a covering of ^[ar]fine leather above.

^20 (H)Then he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright. ²¹ Ten cubits was the length of ^[as]each board, and one and a half cubits the width of each board. ²² There were two tenons for each board, ^[at]fitted to one another; he did this to all the boards of the tabernacle. ²³ So he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards ^[au]for the south side; ²⁴ and he made forty bases of silver under the twenty boards; two bases under one board for its two tenons, and two bases under another board for its two tenons. ²⁵ Then for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards, ²⁶ and their forty bases of silver; two bases under one board, and two bases under another board. ²⁷ And for the ^[av]back of the tabernacle, to the west, he made six boards. ²⁸ He made two boards for the corners of the ^[aw]tabernacle at the ^[ax]back. ²⁹ They were double beneath, and together they were complete to its ^[ay]top, ^[az]to the first ring; he did this with both of them for the two corners. ³⁰ There were eight boards with their bases of silver, sixteen bases, two bases under every board.

³¹ Then he made ^(I)bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle, ³² and five bars for the boards of the ^[ba]other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the ^[bb]back side to the west. ³³ And he made the middle bar to pass through in the ^[bc]center of the boards from end to end. ³⁴ Then he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

^35 (J)Moreover, he made the veil of violet, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer. ³⁶ And he made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast four bases of silver for them. ³⁷ He also made a ^(K)curtain for the doorway of the tent, of violet, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, the work of a ^[bd]weaver; ³⁸ and he made its ^(L)five pillars with their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their ^[be]bands with gold; but their five bases were of ^[bf]bronze.