Exodus 36
New King James Version
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
2 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. 3 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. 4 Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work he was doing, 5 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.”
6 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, 7 for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done—indeed too (G)much.
Building the Tabernacle(H)
8 (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. 9 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
- Exodus 36:1 holy place
- Exodus 36:2 lifted him up
- Exodus 36:19 Or dolphin
- Exodus 36:22 Projections for joining, lit. hands
- Exodus 36:29 Lit. doubled
- Exodus 36:37 Lit. variegator, a weaver in colors
Exodus 36
Lexham English Bible
36 And Bezalel and Oholiab and everyone who is skilled of heart in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and skill to know and to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary—they will do it, according to all that Yahweh has commanded.”
Making the Tabernacle
2 And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and everyone skilled of heart, in whose heart Yahweh had put skill, all whose heart lifted him to come near to the work in order to do it. 3 And they took from Moses all the contributions[a] that the Israelites[b] had brought for the work of the service for the sanctuary in order to do it, and they still brought to him voluntary offerings every morning.[c] 4 And all the skilled workers who were doing all the work for the sanctuary came, each[d] from his work that they were doing. 5 And they said to Moses, saying, “The people are bringing more[e] than enough for the service of the work that Yahweh has commanded to be done.”[f] 6 And Moses commanded, and they proclaimed the message[g] in the camp, saying, “Let no man or woman again make anything for the sanctuary contribution.” And so the people were restrained from bringing. 7 And the material was enough for doing all the work, and it was left over.
8 And all who were skilled of heart among the doers of the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue and purple and crimson yarns, with cherubim; he made them, the work of a skilled craftsman. 9 The length of the one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width was four cubits for the one curtain; one measurement was for all the curtains. 10 And he joined five of the curtains one to another,[h] and five curtains he joined one to another.[i] 11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the set; so he did on the edge of the end curtain in the second set. 12 He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the end of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite[j] one to another.[k] 13 And he made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains one to another[l] with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was one.
14 And he made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made them eleven curtains. 15 The length of the one curtain was thirty cubits, and the width was four cubits for the one curtain; one measure was for the eleven curtains. 16 And he joined five curtains together and six curtains together. 17 And he made fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in the set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set. 18 And he made fifty bronze clasps for joining the tent to become one.
19 And he made a covering for the tent of red-dyed ram skin and a covering of fine leather to go above.
20 And he made the frames[m] for the tabernacle of acacia wood as uprights.[n] 21 The length of the frame[o] was ten cubits, and the width of the one frame[p] was one and a half cubits. 22 He made two pegs[q] for the one frame[r] for joining one to another[s] and likewise for all the frames[t] of the tabernacle. 23 And he made the frames[u] for the tabernacle with twenty frames[v] for the south[w] side. 24 And he made forty silver bases under the twenty frames,[x] with two bases under the one frame[y] for its two pegs[z] and two bases under the next[aa] frame[ab] for its two pegs.[ac] 25 And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames[ad] 26 and their forty silver bases, with two bases under the one frame[ae] and two bases under the next[af] frame.[ag]
27 And for the rear of the tabernacle on the west[ah] he made six frames.[ai] 28 And he made two frames[aj] for the tabernacle corners at the rear. 29 And they were double at the bottom, and they were completely together on its top to the one ring; he did likewise for the two of them, for the two corners. 30 And there were eight frames[ak] and their sixteen silver bases, two bases, two bases under the one frame.[al]
31 And he made five bars of acacia wood for the frames[am] on the one side of the tabernacle, 32 and five bars for the frames[an] on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames[ao] at the rear on the west.[ap] 33 And he made the middle bar to run in the midst of the frames[aq] from end to end. 34 And he overlaid the frames[ar] with gold, and he made their rings of gold as holders[as] for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold. 35 And he made the curtain of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of a craftsman; he made it with cherubim. 36 And he made for it four acacia pillars, and he overlaid them with gold, with their gold hooks, and he cast for them four silver bases.
37 And he made for the entrance of the tent a screen of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer, 38 and the five pillars and their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their connections with gold, and their five bases were bronze.
Footnotes
- Exodus 36:3 Hebrew “contribution”
- Exodus 36:3 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 36:3 Literally “in the morning in the morning”
- Exodus 36:4 Literally “man man”
- Exodus 36:5 Literally “making much to bring”
- Exodus 36:5 Literally “to do it”
- Exodus 36:6 Literally “caused a voice to cross through”
- Exodus 36:10 Literally “one to one”
- Exodus 36:10 Literally “one to one”
- Exodus 36:12 Or “interlinked” or “matching”
- Exodus 36:12 Literally “one to one”
- Exodus 36:13 Literally “one to one”
- Exodus 36:20 Or “boards” or “planks”
- Exodus 36:20 Literally “standing”
- Exodus 36:21 Or “board” or “plank”
- Exodus 36:21 Or “board” or “plank”
- Exodus 36:22 Literally “hands”
- Exodus 36:22 Or “board” or “plank”
- Exodus 36:22 Literally “one to one”
- Exodus 36:22 Or “boards” or “planks”
- Exodus 36:23 Or “boards” or “planks”
- Exodus 36:23 Or “boards” or “planks”
- Exodus 36:23 Or “southward southward”
- Exodus 36:24 Or “boards” or “planks”
- Exodus 36:24 Or “board” or “plank”
- Exodus 36:24 Literally “hands”
- Exodus 36:24 Literally “one”
- Exodus 36:24 Or “board” or “plank”
- Exodus 36:24 Literally “hands”
- Exodus 36:25 Or “boards” or “planks”
- Exodus 36:26 Or “board” or “plank”
- Exodus 36:26 Literally “one”
- Exodus 36:26 Or “board” or “plank”
- Exodus 36:27 Or “westward,” literally “seaward,” toward the Mediterranean Sea
- Exodus 36:27 Or “boards” or “planks”
- Exodus 36:28 Or “boards” or “planks”
- Exodus 36:30 Or “boards” or “planks”
- Exodus 36:30 Or “board” or “plank”
- Exodus 36:31 Or “boards” or “planks”
- Exodus 36:32 Or “boards” or “planks”
- Exodus 36:32 Or “boards” or “planks”
- Exodus 36:32 Or “westward,” literally “seaward,” toward the Mediterranean Sea
- Exodus 36:33 Or “boards” or “planks”
- Exodus 36:34 Or “boards” or “planks”
- Exodus 36:34 Literally “houses”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
2012 by Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software