Exodus 36:1-21 ▼

1 Bezalel and Oholiab and all the skilled craftsmen to whom the LORD gave wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work in constructing the sanctuary are to do everything that the LORD has commanded.|

2 Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the skilled people to whom the LORD had given ability, including everyone whose hearts stirred them to come forward to do the work.

3 They received from Moses all the offerings that the Israelis had brought for doing the work of constructing the sanctuary, and the people continued to bring freewill offerings every morning.

4 All the craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left the work they were doing

5 and told Moses, |The people are bringing much more than enough for the work that the LORD has commanded us to do.|

6 Then Moses issued an order, and the message was taken throughout the camp, |Men and women, don't bring any more offerings for the sanctuary.| The people were restrained from bringing any more,

7 since the material was more than sufficient for doing all the work.

8 All the skilled craftsmen among the workers made the tent with ten curtains of fine woven linen, blue, purple, and scarlet material. He made them with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

9 The length of each curtain was 28 cubits, and the width of each curtain two cubits. All the curtains had the same measurements.

10 He joined five of the curtains together, and the other five curtains he joined together.

11 He made loops of blue material along the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set, and likewise, he made loops along the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

12 He made 50 loops in the one curtain, and he made 50 loops along the edge of the curtain that is in the second set, with the loops opposite each other.

13 Then he made 50 gold clasps, and joined the curtains to each other with the clasps so the tent was one piece.

14 He made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tent; he made 11 curtains.

15 The length of each curtain was 30 cubits, and the width of each curtain was two cubits; the measurements of each of the eleven curtains was the same.

16 He joined five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

17 He made 50 loops along the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set, and 50 loops along the edge of the curtain of the other set.

18 He made 50 bronze clasps to join the tent together so it would be one piece.

19 Then he made a cover for the tent of ram skins dyed red and a covering of dolphin skins above that.

20 Then he made upright boards of acacia wood for the tent.

21 Each board was ten cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide.