New Living Translation

King James Bible

1“The LORD has gifted Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other skilled craftsmen with wisdom and ability to perform any task involved in building the sanctuary. Let them construct and furnish the Tabernacle, just as the LORD has commanded.”

1Then 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.

2So Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and all the others who were specially gifted by the LORD and were eager to get to work.

2And 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:

3Moses gave them the materials donated by the people of Israel as sacred offerings for the completion of the sanctuary. But the people continued to bring additional gifts each morning.

3And 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.

4Finally the craftsmen who were working on the sanctuary left their work.

4And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;

5They went to Moses and reported, “The people have given more than enough materials to complete the job the LORD has commanded us to do!”

5And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.

6So Moses gave the command, and this message was sent throughout the camp: “Men and women, don’t prepare any more gifts for the sanctuary. We have enough!” So the people stopped bringing their sacred offerings.

6And 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.

7Their contributions were more than enough to complete the whole project. Building the Tabernacle

7For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

8The skilled craftsmen made ten curtains of finely woven linen for the Tabernacle. Then Bezalel decorated the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.

8And 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.

9All ten curtains were exactly the same size—42 feet long and 6 feet wide.

9The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.

10Five of these curtains were joined together to make one long curtain, and the other five were joined to make a second long curtain.

10And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.

11He made fifty loops of blue yarn and put them along the edge of the last curtain in each set.

11And 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.

12The fifty loops along the edge of one curtain matched the fifty loops along the edge of the other curtain.

12Fifty 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.

13Then he made fifty gold clasps and fastened the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle was made of one continuous piece.

13And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.

14He made eleven curtains of goat-hair cloth to serve as a tent covering for the Tabernacle.

14And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.

15These eleven curtains were all exactly the same size—45 feet long and 6 feet wide.

15The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.

16Bezalel joined five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, and the other six were joined to make a second long curtain.

16And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

17He made fifty loops for the edge of each large curtain.

17And 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.

18He also made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the long curtains together. In this way, the tent covering was made of one continuous piece.

18And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

19He completed the tent covering with a layer of tanned ram skins and a layer of fine goatskin leather.

19And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that.

20For the framework of the Tabernacle, Bezalel constructed frames of acacia wood.

20And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.

21Each frame was 15 feet high and 27 inches wide,

21The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.

22with two pegs under each frame. All the frames were identical.

22One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

23He made twenty of these frames to support the curtains on the south side of the Tabernacle.

23And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:

24He also made forty silver bases—two bases under each frame, with the pegs fitting securely into the bases.

24And 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.

25For the north side of the Tabernacle, he made another twenty frames,

25And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,

26with their forty silver bases, two bases under each frame.

26And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

27He made six frames for the rear—the west side of the Tabernacle—

27And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

28along with two additional frames to reinforce the rear corners of the Tabernacle.

28And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

29These corner frames were matched at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with a single ring, forming a single corner unit. Both of these corner units were made the same way.

29And 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.

30So there were eight frames at the rear of the Tabernacle, set in sixteen silver bases—two bases under each frame.

30And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.

31Then he made crossbars of acacia wood to link the frames, five crossbars for the north side of the Tabernacle

31And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

32and five for the south side. He also made five crossbars for the rear of the Tabernacle, which faced west.

32And 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.

33He made the middle crossbar to attach halfway up the frames; it ran all the way from one end of the Tabernacle to the other.

33And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.

34He overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. Then he overlaid the crossbars with gold as well.

34And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

35For the inside of the Tabernacle, Bezalel made a special curtain of finely woven linen. He decorated it with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.

35And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

36For the curtain, he made four posts of acacia wood and four gold hooks. He overlaid the posts with gold and set them in four silver bases.

36And 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.

37Then he made another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent. He made it of finely woven linen and embroidered it with exquisite designs using blue, purple, and scarlet thread.

37And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

38This curtain was hung on gold hooks attached to five posts. The posts with their decorated tops and hooks were overlaid with gold, and the five bases were cast from bronze.

38And 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.

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