Exodus 36:1-13 ▼

1 “ And Bezalel and Oholiab and every man wise of heart in whom YHWH has put wisdom and understanding, to know to do all of the work of the service of the Holy Place, to do according to all that YHWH has commanded.”

2 And Moses called to Bezalel and to Oholiab and to to every man wise of heart in whom YHWH had put wisdom in his heart—everyone whose heart lifted him—to come near to the work to do it.

3 And they took from before the face of Moses all the contribution that the sons of Israel had brought out to do the work of the service of the Holy Place. And they continued bringing to him a freewill offering morning by morning.

4 And all the wise ones doing all the work of the Holy Place came, every man, from his work that they were doing,

5 and they spoke to Moses, saying, “The people are bringing much more than enough for the service of the work that YHWH has commanded us to do.”

6 And Moses commanded, and they caused a voice to pass throughout the camp, saying, “Let not man or woman do anymore work for a contribution of the Holy Place.” And the people were restrained from bringing.

7 And the work they had was sufficient for all the work to be done, and there was excess.

8 And everyone wise of heart among those doing the work made the tabernacle; ten curtains of finely woven linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn; cherubim—the work of a designer—he made them.

9 The length of the one curtain was eight and twenty by the cubit, and the width of the one curtain was four by the cubit, one measurement for all the curtains.

10 And he joined five curtains one to one, and five curtains he joined one to one.

11 And He made loops of blue on the edge of the one, the curtain from the end at the joining; likewise he did on the edge of the outermost curtain at the seam of the second.

12 Fifty loops he made in the one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain that is at the seam of the second; that the loops may be clasped one to one.

13 And he made fifty clasps of gold and joined the curtains one to one with the clasps, and the tabernacle shall be one.