36 摩西说:“比撒列、亚何利亚伯以及所有蒙耶和华赐智慧聪明、有技能、懂得如何建造圣所的人,都要按照耶和华的吩咐去做。”

于是,摩西召来比撒列、亚何利亚伯和所有蒙耶和华赐智慧、有技能、愿意参与建造的人。 他们从摩西那里领取了以色列百姓奉献出来建造圣所的一切礼物。每天早上,百姓仍然甘心乐意地来奉献礼物, 以致所有建造圣所的能工巧匠都放下自己的工作, 前来对摩西说:“百姓的奉献太多了,我们建造耶和华吩咐的圣所用不了。”

于是,摩西传令全营:“大家不用再为圣所奉献礼物了。”百姓这才停止奉献。 因为所献的材料已经足够建造圣所,而且绰绰有余。

工人中的能工巧匠用十幅幔子做成了圣幕,幔子用细麻线和蓝色、紫色、朱红色的线织成,上面精工绣制了基路伯天使。 每幅幔子的尺寸都一样,长十二米、宽两米。 10 又把每五幅幔子连在一起,共连成两幅大幔子。 11 然后在每幅大幔子边缘钉上了蓝色的扣环, 12 每幅各钉上五十个扣环,都是两两相对。 13 又做了五十个金钩,把两幅大幔子连在一起,成为圣幕。

14 比撒列用山羊毛织成十一幅幔子,做圣幕的罩棚, 15 每幅幔子的尺寸都一样,长十三米、宽两米。 16 然后把五幅连成一大幅,余下的六幅又连成一大幅。 17 又在这两幅大幔子边缘各钉上五十个对称的扣环, 18 再用五十个铜钩,把两幅大幔子连在一起,成为一个罩棚, 19 并在罩棚上面盖一层染成红色的公羊皮,再盖一层海狗皮做顶盖。

20 他用皂荚木做支撑圣幕的木板, 21 每块木板长四米,宽六十六厘米, 22 上面都有两个接榫,用来把木板连接在一起。圣幕的所有木板都这样做。 23 圣幕的南面共有二十块木板, 24 在这些木板下面又造了四十个带凹槽的银底座,每块木板下面有两个,套在木板的两个接榫上。 25 圣幕北面也有二十块木板, 26 木板下面同样有四十个带凹槽的银底座,每块木板下面有两个银底座。 27 圣幕的后面,就是西面,有六块木板, 28 圣幕的两个拐角各有两块木板, 29 木板的下端连于底座,顶端用一个环固定。两个拐角都要这样做。 30 这样后面共有八块木板,每块木板下面各有两个银底座,一共是十六个银底座。

31-32 他用皂荚木做横闩,圣幕左右两边和后面的墙板上各有五根横闩, 33 拦腰固定墙板的那根横闩从这端贯穿到那端。 34 所有的木板和横闩都包上金,并在木板上造金环,用来穿横闩。

35 他用细麻线和蓝色、紫色、朱红色的线织成一幅幔子,精工绣上基路伯天使, 36 把这幅幔子挂在四根用皂荚木造的柱子上,柱子外面包上金,加上金钩,四根柱子下面有四个银底座。 37 他又用细麻线和蓝色、紫色、朱红色的线绣制圣幕的门帘, 38 用皂荚木做五根挂门帘的柱子,上面有金钩,柱顶和横杆包上金。柱子的五个底座是铜造的。

36 Así que Besalel y Oholiab, y todo el que tenga capacidad artística, y a quien el Señor le haya dado sabiduría y entendimiento para hacer bien todo lo necesario para el culto del santuario, llevarán a cabo lo que el Señor ha ordenado.»

La gente trae abundantes ofrendas

Moisés llamó a Besalel y a Oholiab, y a todos los que tenían capacidad artística, y a quienes el Señor había dado esa capacidad y se habían ofrecido voluntariamente para ayudar en este trabajo. Ellos recibieron de manos de Moisés las ofrendas que los israelitas habían traído, para comenzar a hacer lo necesario para el culto del santuario.

Mientras tanto, los israelitas seguían trayendo ofrendas voluntarias día tras día. Entonces los artesanos que estaban haciendo lo necesario para el santuario, suspendieron su trabajo y fueron a decirle a Moisés: «La gente está trayendo más de lo que se necesita para el trabajo que el Señor ordenó hacer.»

Moisés hizo correr por todo el campamento la voz de que ni hombres ni mujeres siguieran haciendo más labores como ofrendas para el santuario. Así se impidió que el pueblo siguiera trayendo ofrendas, pues no sólo había material suficiente para llevar a cabo el trabajo, sino que sobraba.

Construcción del santuario(A)

Los que tenían más capacidad artística que el resto de los trabajadores, hicieron el santuario. Lo hicieron de diez cortinas de lino torcido, tela morada, tela de púrpura y tela roja, en las que bordaron artísticamente dos seres alados. Cada cortina medía doce metros y medio de largo por dos de ancho. Todas medían lo mismo. 10 Cinco cortinas las cosieron juntas, una sobre la otra, lo mismo que las otras cinco. 11 Luego pusieron unos ojales de cordón morado en el borde de la primera cortina de un grupo, y también en el borde de la última cortina del otro grupo. 12 Tanto a la cortina del primer grupo como a la del segundo grupo les hicieron cincuenta ojales, de tal manera que los ojales quedaran uno frente al otro. 13 También hicieron cincuenta ganchos de oro para enganchar un grupo de cortinas sobre el otro, y así el santuario formaba un todo.

14 Besalel hizo también once cortinas de pelo de cabra para formar una tienda de campaña que cubriera el santuario. 15 Cada cortina medía trece metros y medio de largo por dos de ancho. Todas medían lo mismo. 16 Cosió cinco cortinas juntas por una parte, y seis por otra. 17 Luego hizo cincuenta ojales en el borde de la cortina que cerraba el primer grupo, y otros cincuenta ojales en el borde de la última cortina del segundo grupo. 18 También hizo cincuenta ganchos de bronce para unir completamente la tienda de campaña.

19 Para la tienda de campaña, Besalel hizo una cubierta de pieles de carnero teñidas de rojo, y para la parte superior hizo una cubierta de pieles finas. 20 Luego hizo las tablas de madera de acacia para el santuario, y las puso bien derechas. 21 Cada tabla medía cuatro metros y medio de largo por sesenta y cinco centímetros de ancho, 22 y tenía dos espigas para quedar ensamblada con otra tabla. Todas las tablas para el santuario las hizo así. 23 Hizo veinte tablas para el lado sur, 24 y puso cuarenta bases de plata debajo de ellas. Cada tabla tenía dos bases debajo, para sus dos espigas. 25 También para el otro lado del santuario, o sea el lado norte, hizo veinte tablas 26 con sus cuarenta bases de plata, para que debajo de cada tabla hubiera dos bases. 27 Para la parte posterior del santuario, o sea el lado oeste, hizo seis tablas, 28 y dos tablas más para las esquinas de la parte posterior. 29 Estas tablas formaban pareja y estaban unidas por la parte de arriba hasta el primer anillo. Esto fue lo que hizo con las dos tablas para las dos esquinas, 30 así que había ocho tablas con sus correspondientes dieciséis bases de plata, y debajo de cada tabla había dos bases.

31 Besalel hizo también cinco travesaños de madera de acacia para las tablas de un lado del santuario, 32 cinco travesaños para las tablas del otro lado del santuario, y otros cinco travesaños para las tablas de la parte posterior, la que daba al oeste. 33 El travesaño central lo hizo de modo que pasara de un lado al otro, a la mitad de las tablas. 34 Luego recubrió de oro las tablas, y les hizo argollas de oro para pasar a través de ellas los travesaños, ya recubiertos de oro.

35 Hizo además el velo de tela morada, tela de púrpura, tela roja y lino torcido, y en él tejió artísticamente dos seres alados. 36 Luego, con unos ganchos de oro, lo colgó de cuatro postes de madera de acacia, los cuales estaban recubiertos de oro y sobre cuatro bases de plata.

37 Para la entrada de la tienda de campaña hizo una cortina de tela morada, tela de púrpura, tela roja y lino torcido, bordada artísticamente. 38 También hizo cinco postes con ganchos y con sus cinco bases de bronce, y recubrió de oro la parte superior de los postes y sus anillos.

36 So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person(A) to whom the Lord has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary(B) are to do the work just as the Lord has commanded.”

Then Moses summoned Bezalel(C) and Oholiab(D) and every skilled person to whom the Lord had given ability and who was willing(E) to come and do the work. They received from Moses all the offerings(F) the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning. So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough(G) for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done.”

Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: “No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” And so the people were restrained from bringing more, because what they already had was more(H) than enough to do all the work.

The Tabernacle(I)

All those who were skilled among the workers made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by expert hands. All the curtains were the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.[a] 10 They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five. 11 Then they made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and the same was done with the end curtain in the other set. 12 They also made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other. 13 Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.(J)

14 They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether. 15 All eleven curtains were the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.[b] 16 They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set. 17 Then they made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set. 18 They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit.(K) 19 Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.[c]

20 They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. 21 Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,[d] 22 with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. 23 They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle 24 and made forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection. 25 For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames 26 and forty silver bases—two under each frame. 27 They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle, 28 and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end. 29 At these two corners the frames were double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both were made alike. 30 So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

31 They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, 32 five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle. 33 They made the center crossbar so that it extended from end to end at the middle of the frames. 34 They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

35 They made the curtain(L) of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker. 36 They made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold. They made gold hooks for them and cast their four silver bases. 37 For the entrance to the tent they made a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer;(M) 38 and they made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold and made their five bases of bronze.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 36:9 That is, about 42 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide
  2. Exodus 36:15 That is, about 45 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 14 meters long and 1.8 meters wide
  3. Exodus 36:19 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals (see 35:7)
  4. Exodus 36:21 That is, about 15 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide or about 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide

36 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.

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:

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Building the Tabernacle

36 “And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every (A)gifted artisan in whom the Lord has put wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the (B)sanctuary,[a] shall do according to all that the Lord has commanded.”

The People Give More than Enough

Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, everyone (C)whose heart [b]was stirred, to come and do the work. And they received from Moses all the (D)offering which the children of Israel (E)had brought for the work of the service of making the sanctuary. So they continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning. Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work he was doing, and they spoke to Moses, saying, (F)“The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the Lord commanded us to do.”

So Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.” And the people were restrained from bringing, for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done—indeed too (G)much.

Building the Tabernacle(H)

(I)Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim they made them. The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the curtains were all the same size. 10 And he coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another. 11 He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the curtain on the selvedge of one set; likewise he did on the outer edge of the other curtain of the second set. 12 (J)Fifty loops he made on one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain on the end of the second set; the loops held one curtain to another. 13 And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps, that it might be one tabernacle.

14 (K)He made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains. 15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains were the same size. 16 He coupled five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. 17 And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second set. 18 He also made fifty bronze clasps to couple the tent together, that it might be one. 19 (L)Then he made a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red, and a covering of [c]badger skins above that.

20 For the tabernacle (M)he made boards of acacia wood, standing upright. 21 The length of each board was ten cubits, and the width of each board a cubit and a half. 22 Each board had two [d]tenons (N)for binding one to another. Thus he made for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 And he made boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side. 24 Forty sockets of silver he made to go under the twenty boards: two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons. 25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty boards 26 and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under each of the boards. 27 For the west side of the tabernacle he made six boards. 28 He also made two boards for the two back corners of the tabernacle. 29 And they were coupled at the bottom and [e]coupled together at the top by one ring. Thus he made both of them for the two corners. 30 So there were eight boards and their sockets—sixteen sockets of silver—two sockets under each of the boards.

31 And he made (O)bars of acacia wood: five for the boards on one side of the tabernacle, 32 five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle on the far side westward. 33 And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from one end to the other. 34 He overlaid the boards with gold, made their rings of gold to be holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

35 And he made (P)a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen; it was worked with an artistic design of cherubim. 36 He made for it four pillars of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast four sockets of silver for them.

37 He also made a (Q)screen for the tabernacle door, of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a [f]weaver, 38 and its five pillars with their hooks. And he overlaid their capitals and their rings with gold, but their five sockets were bronze.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 36:1 holy place
  2. Exodus 36:2 lifted him up
  3. Exodus 36:19 Or dolphin
  4. Exodus 36:22 Projections for joining, lit. hands
  5. Exodus 36:29 Lit. doubled
  6. Exodus 36:37 Lit. variegator, a weaver in colors