“1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in
whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all
manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that
the LORD had commanded. 2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and
every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, [even]
every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: 3
And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of
Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make
it [withal]. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came
every man from his work which they made; 5 And they spake unto Moses,
saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the
work, which the LORD commanded to make. 6 And Moses gave commandment,
and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let
neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the
sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. 7 For the stuff
they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.”
“8 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the
tabernacle made ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and
purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubims of cunning work made he them. 9
The length of one curtain [was] twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth
of one curtain four cubits: the curtains [were] all of one size. 10 And
he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and [the other] five
curtains he coupled one unto another. 11 And he made loops of blue on
the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he
made in the uttermost side of [another] curtain, in the coupling of the
second. 12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he
in the edge of the curtain which [was] in the coupling of the second:
the loops held one [curtain] to another. 13 And he made fifty taches of
gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it
became one tabernacle.”
“14 And he made curtains [of] goats’ [hair] for the tent over the
tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. 15 The length of one curtain
[was] thirty cubits, and four cubits [was] the breadth of one curtain:
the eleven curtains [were] of one size. 16 And he coupled five curtains
by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. 17 And he made fifty
loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty
loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 18
And he made fifty taches [of] brass to couple the tent together, that it
might be one. 19 And he made a covering for the tent [of] rams’ skins
dyed red, and a covering [of] badgers’ skins above [that]. 20 And he
made boards for the tabernacle [of] shittim wood, standing up. 21 The
length of a board [was] ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit
and a half. 22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from
another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 And
he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side
southward: 24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty
boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets
under another board for his two tenons. 25 And for the other side of the
tabernacle, [which is] toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and
two sockets under another board. 27 And for the sides of the tabernacle
westward he made six boards. 28 And two boards made he for the corners
of the tabernacle in the two sides. 29 And they were coupled beneath,
and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to
both of them in both the corners. 30 And there were eight boards; and
their sockets [were] sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two
sockets. 31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the
one side of the tabernacle, 32 And five bars for the boards of the other
side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle
for the sides westward. 33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through
the boards from the one end to the other. 34 And he overlaid the boards
with gold, and made their rings [of] gold [to be] places for the bars,
and overlaid the bars with gold.”
“35 And he made a vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen: [with] cherubims made he it of cunning work. 36 And he
made thereunto four pillars [of] shittim [wood], and overlaid them with
gold: their hooks [were of] gold; and he cast for them four sockets of
silver. 37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door [of] blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; 38 And the
five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and
their fillets with gold: but their five sockets [were of] brass.” (Ex
36:1-38 AV)
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