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Exodus 36
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36 “Bezalel and Oholiab and (A)every craftsman in whom the Lord has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded.”

2 And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the Lord had put skill, everyone (B)whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work. 3 And they received from Moses all the (C)contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him (D)freewill offerings every morning, 4 so that all the craftsmen who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task that he was doing, 5 and said to Moses, (E)“The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the Lord has commanded us to do.” 6 So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, “Let no man or woman do anything more for the (F)contribution for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing, 7 for the material they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more.

8 (G)And all the craftsmen among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains. They were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns, with cherubim skillfully worked. 9 The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits,[a] and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains were the same size.

10 He[b] coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another. 11 He made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain of the first set. Likewise he made them on the edge of the outermost curtain of the second set. 12 He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set. The loops were opposite one another. 13 And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to the other with clasps. So the tabernacle was a single whole.

14 He also made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains. 15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth 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 outermost curtain of the one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other connecting curtain. 18 And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together that it might be a single whole. 19 And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams' skins and goatskins.

20 (H)Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of (I)acacia wood. 21 Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame. 22 Each frame had two tenons for fitting together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle. 23 The frames for the tabernacle he made thus: twenty frames for the south side. 24 And he made forty bases of silver under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons. 25 For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames 26 and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame and two bases under the next frame. 27 For the rear of the tabernacle westward he made six frames. 28 He made two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear. 29 And they were separate beneath but joined at the top, at the first ring. He made two of them this way for the two corners. 30 There were eight frames with their bases of silver: sixteen bases, under every frame two bases.

31 He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle, 32 and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the tabernacle at the rear westward. 33 And he made the middle bar to run from end to end halfway up the frames. 34 And he overlaid the frames with gold, and made their rings of gold for holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

35 (J)He made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; with cherubim skillfully worked into it he made it. 36 And for it he made four pillars of acacia and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four bases of silver. 37 He also made a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework, 38 and its five pillars with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals, and their fillets were of gold, but their five bases were of bronze.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 36:9 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  2. Exodus 36:10 Probably Bezalel (compare 35:30; 37:1)
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Exodus 36
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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

  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
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Éxodo 36
La Biblia de las Américas

36 Y Bezaleel, Aholiab y toda persona hábil[a] en quien el Señor ha puesto sabiduría e inteligencia para saber hacer toda la obra de construcción[b] del santuario, harán todo conforme a lo que el Señor ha ordenado.

2 Entonces llamó Moisés a Bezaleel y a Aholiab y a toda persona hábil[c] en quien[d] el Señor había puesto sabiduría, y a todo aquel cuyo corazón le impulsaba a venir a la obra para hacerla(A). 3 Y recibieron de Moisés todas las ofrendas[e] que los hijos de Israel habían traído para hacer la obra de la construcción[f] del santuario. Y ellos seguían trayéndole ofrendas voluntarias cada mañana. 4 Así que vinieron todos los hombres hábiles[g] que hacían todo el trabajo del santuario, cada cual del[h] trabajo que estaba[i] haciendo, 5 y dijeron a Moisés[j]: El pueblo trae más de lo que se necesita para la obra de construcción[k] que el Señor nos ha ordenado que se haga[l](B). 6 Entonces Moisés dio una orden, y se pasó una proclama[m] por todo el campamento, diciendo: Ningún hombre ni mujer haga más trabajo para las contribuciones[n] del santuario. Así se impidió que el pueblo trajera más. 7 Porque el material[o] que tenían era abundante, y más que suficiente para hacer toda la obra(C).

Construcción del tabernáculo

8 (D)Y todos los hombres hábiles[p] de entre los que estaban haciendo la obra hicieron el tabernáculo[q] con diez cortinas de lino fino torcido, y tela azul[r], púrpura y escarlata, con querubines, obra de hábil artífice; Bezaleel las hizo. 9 La longitud de cada cortina era de veintiocho codos[s], y la anchura de cada cortina de cuatro codos; todas las cortinas tenían una misma medida. 10 Y unió cinco cortinas una con otra, también las otras cinco cortinas las unió una con otra. 11 E hizo lazos de tela azul en el borde de la cortina del extremo del primer enlace; lo mismo hizo en el borde de la cortina del extremo del segundo enlace. 12 Hizo cincuenta lazos en una cortina, e hizo cincuenta lazos en el borde de la cortina que estaba en el segundo enlace; los lazos se correspondían unos a otros(E). 13 Hizo además cincuenta broches de oro, y unió las cortinas una a la otra con los broches, de manera que el tabernáculo llegó a ser una unidad[t](F).

14 (G)Hizo también cortinas de pelo de cabra a manera de tienda sobre el tabernáculo; hizo once cortinas en total[u]. 15 La longitud de cada cortina era de treinta codos, y la anchura de cada cortina de cuatro codos; las once cortinas tenían una misma medida. 16 Unió cinco cortinas entre sí y las otras seis cortinas también entre sí. 17 Hizo cincuenta lazos en el borde de la cortina del extremo del primer enlace, y cincuenta lazos hizo en el borde de la cortina del extremo del segundo enlace. 18 Hizo además cincuenta broches de bronce[v] para unir la tienda, a fin de que fuera un todo[w]. 19 Hizo también para la tienda una cubierta de pieles de carnero teñidas de[x] rojo, y otra cubierta de pieles de marsopa por encima.

20 (H)Hizo luego para el tabernáculo tablas de madera de acacia, colocándolas verticalmente. 21 La longitud de cada[y] tabla era de diez codos, y de un codo y medio la anchura de cada tabla. 22 Cada tabla tenía dos espigas para unirlas[z] una con otra; así hizo con todas las tablas del tabernáculo. 23 Hizo, pues, las tablas para el tabernáculo: veinte tablas para el lado sur[aa]. 24 También hizo cuarenta basas de plata debajo de las veinte tablas: dos basas debajo de una tabla para sus dos espigas, y dos basas debajo de otra tabla para sus dos espigas. 25 Y para el segundo lado del tabernáculo, el lado norte, hizo veinte tablas, 26 y sus cuarenta basas de plata: dos basas debajo de una tabla y dos basas debajo de la otra tabla. 27 Y para la parte posterior[ab] del tabernáculo, hacia el occidente, hizo seis tablas. 28 Hizo además dos tablas para las esquinas del tabernáculo en la parte posterior[ac]. 29 Eran dobles por abajo y estaban unidas por arriba[ad] hasta la[ae] primera argolla; así hizo con las dos para las dos esquinas. 30 Había ocho tablas con sus basas de plata; dieciséis basas, dos basas debajo de cada tabla.

31 (I)Hizo también barras de madera de acacia; cinco para las tablas de un lado del tabernáculo, 32 y cinco barras para las tablas del otro[af] lado del tabernáculo, y cinco barras para las tablas del lado posterior[ag] del tabernáculo, hacia el occidente. 33 La barra del medio en el centro de las tablas la hizo pasar de un extremo al otro. 34 Y revistió de oro las tablas, e hizo de oro sus argollas por donde pasaran[ah] las barras, y revistió de oro las barras.

35 (J)Hizo además, el velo de tela azul, púrpura y escarlata y lino fino torcido; lo hizo con querubines, obra de hábil artífice. 36 Y le hizo cuatro columnas de acacia y las revistió de oro; sus ganchos eran también de oro, y fundió para ellas cuatro basas de plata. 37 Hizo también una cortina para la entrada de la tienda de tela azul, púrpura y escarlata y de lino fino torcido, obra de tejedor[ai](K), 38 con sus cinco columnas y sus ganchos; y revistió de oro sus capiteles y sus molduras; pero sus cinco basas eran de bronce[aj](L).

Footnotes

  1. Éxodo 36:1 Lit., de corazón sabio
  2. Éxodo 36:1 O, relacionada con el ministerio; lit., del servicio
  3. Éxodo 36:2 Lit., de corazón sabio
  4. Éxodo 36:2 Lit., en cuyo corazón
  5. Éxodo 36:3 O, la ofrenda alzada
  6. Éxodo 36:3 Lit., para hacerla para el servicio
  7. Éxodo 36:4 Lit., sabios
  8. Éxodo 36:4 Lit., de su
  9. Éxodo 36:4 Lit., estaban
  10. Éxodo 36:5 Lit., a Moisés, diciendo
  11. Éxodo 36:5 Lit., para el servicio para la obra
  12. Éxodo 36:5 Lit., la haga
  13. Éxodo 36:6 Lit., voz
  14. Éxodo 36:6 O, la ofrenda alzada
  15. Éxodo 36:7 Lit., el trabajo
  16. Éxodo 36:8 Lit., sabios de corazón
  17. Éxodo 36:8 O, la morada, y así en el resto del cap.
  18. Éxodo 36:8 O, violeta, y así en el resto del cap.
  19. Éxodo 36:9 Un codo equivale aprox. a 45 cm.
  20. Éxodo 36:13 Lit., uno
  21. Éxodo 36:14 Lit., número
  22. Éxodo 36:18 O, cobre
  23. Éxodo 36:18 Lit., uno
  24. Éxodo 36:19 O, curtidas en
  25. Éxodo 36:21 Lit., la
  26. Éxodo 36:22 Lit., unidas
  27. Éxodo 36:23 Lit., hacia el lado del Neguev, al sur
  28. Éxodo 36:27 Lit., los extremos
  29. Éxodo 36:28 Lit., los extremos
  30. Éxodo 36:29 O, su cabeza
  31. Éxodo 36:29 O, con relación a la
  32. Éxodo 36:32 Lit., segundo
  33. Éxodo 36:32 Lit., los extremos
  34. Éxodo 36:34 Lit., como lugares para
  35. Éxodo 36:37 O, recamador
  36. Éxodo 36:38 O, cobre
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Exodus 36
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36 1 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.”

2 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. 3 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. 4 So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing 5 and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough(G) for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done.”

6 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, 7 because what they already had was more(H) than enough to do all the work.

The Tabernacle(I)

8 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. 9 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
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