“Bezalel and Oholiab are to work with every wise-hearted man in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Yahweh has commanded.”
Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every wise-hearted man in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it,
and they received from Moses all the offering that the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary with which to make it. They brought yet to him freewill offerings every morning.
All the wise men who performed all the work of the sanctuary each came from his work that they did.
They spoke to Moses, saying, “The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work that Yahweh commanded to make.”
Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman make anything else for the offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing.
For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman they made them.
The length of each curtain was 28 cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had the same measure.
He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.
He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling.
He made 50 loops in the one curtain, and he made 50 loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite one to another.
He made 50 clasps of gold and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps, so the tabernacle was a unit.
He made curtains of goats’ hair for a covering over the tabernacle. He made them 11 curtains.
The length of each curtain was 30 cubits, and four cubits was the width of each curtain. The 11 curtains had the same measurement.
He coupled five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves.
He made 50 loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the coupling, and he made 50 loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling.
He made 50 clasps of bronze to couple the tent together, that it might be a unit.
He made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of dugong skins on top.
He made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.
Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the width of each board.
Each board had two tenons joined one to another. He made all the boards of the tabernacle this way.
He made the boards for the tabernacle: 20 boards for the south side southward.
He made 40 bases of silver under the 20 boards; two bases under one board for its two tenons, and two bases under another board for its two tenons.
For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made 20 boards
and their 40 bases of silver; two bases under one board and two bases under another board.
For the far part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far part.
They were double beneath, and in the same way they were all the way to its top to one ring. He did this to both of them in the two corners.
There were eight boards, and their bases of silver, 16 bases; under every board two bases.
He made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the back side on the west.
He made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards from the one end to the other.
He overlaid the boards with gold and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
He made the curtain of blue, purple, scarlet, and finely twisted linen, with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.
He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four bases of silver for them.
He made a screen for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, scarlet, and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer,
and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their bands with gold, and their five bases were of bronze.