Exodus 36:8-38
Legacy Standard Bible
8 (A)And all those [a]wise at heart among those who were doing the work made the [b]tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twisted linen and [c]blue and purple and scarlet material, with cherubim, the work of a skillful designer, [d]Bezalel made them. 9 The length of each curtain was [e]twenty-eight cubits and the width of each curtain four [f]cubits; all the curtains had [g]the same measurements. 10 He [h]joined five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he [i]joined to one another. 11 He made loops of [j]blue on the edge of the [k]outermost curtain in the first [l]set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was [m]outermost in the second [n]set. 12 He made (B)fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the [o]edge of the curtain that was in the second [p]set; the loops were opposite each other. 13 He made (C)fifty clasps of gold and [q]joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so the tabernacle was one unit.
14 Then (D)he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains [r]in all. 15 The length of each curtain was [s]thirty cubits and four cubits the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had [t]the same measurements. 16 He [u]joined five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves. 17 Moreover, he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the first [v]set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second [w]set. 18 He made fifty clasps of [x]bronze to [y]join the tent together so that it would be [z]a unit. 19 He made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins [aa]dyed red and a covering of porpoise skins above.
20 (E)Then he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright. 21 Ten cubits was the length of [ab]each board and one and a half cubits the width of each board. 22 There were two tenons for each board, [ac]fitted to one another; thus he did for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards [ad]for the south side; 24 and he made forty bases of silver under the twenty boards; two bases under one board for its two tenons and two bases under another board for its two tenons. 25 Then for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards, 26 and their forty bases of silver; two bases under one board and two bases under another board. 27 For the [ae]rear of the tabernacle, to the west, he made six boards. 28 And he made two boards for the corners of the [af]tabernacle at the [ag]rear. 29 And they were [ah]separated beneath, but were together at their completion at the [ai]top, [aj]at the first ring; thus he did with both of them for the two corners. 30 And there were eight boards with their bases of silver, sixteen bases, two bases under every board.
31 Then he made (F)bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle, 32 and five bars for the boards of the [ak]other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the [al]rear side to the west. 33 And he made the middle bar to pass through in the [am]center of the boards from end to end. 34 He also overlaid the boards with gold and made their rings of gold as holders for the bars and overlaid the bars with gold.
35 (G)Moreover, he made the veil of [an]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of a skillful designer. 36 And he made four pillars of acacia for it and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast four bases of silver for them. 37 And he made a (H)screen for the doorway of the tent, of [ao]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a [ap]weaver; 38 and he made its (I)five pillars with their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their [aq]bands with gold; but their five bases were of [ar]bronze.
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- Exodus 36:8 Or skillful
- Exodus 36:8 Lit dwelling place
- Exodus 36:8 Or violet
- Exodus 36:8 Lit he
- Exodus 36:9 Approx. 43 ft. or 12.6 m
- Exodus 36:9 A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
- Exodus 36:9 Lit one measure
- Exodus 36:10 Or coupled
- Exodus 36:10 Or coupled
- Exodus 36:11 Or violet
- Exodus 36:11 Lit one curtain from the end in the coupling
- Exodus 36:11 Lit coupling
- Exodus 36:11 Lit one curtain from the end in the coupling
- Exodus 36:11 Lit coupling
- Exodus 36:12 Lit end
- Exodus 36:12 Lit coupling
- Exodus 36:13 Or coupled
- Exodus 36:14 Lit in number
- Exodus 36:15 Approx. 45 ft. or 13.5 m
- Exodus 36:15 Lit one measure
- Exodus 36:16 Or coupled
- Exodus 36:17 Lit coupling
- Exodus 36:17 Lit coupling
- Exodus 36:18 Or copper
- Exodus 36:18 Or couple
- Exodus 36:18 Lit one
- Exodus 36:19 Or tanned
- Exodus 36:21 Lit the
- Exodus 36:22 Lit bound
- Exodus 36:23 Lit to the side of the Negev, to the south
- Exodus 36:27 Lit extreme parts
- Exodus 36:28 Lit dwelling place
- Exodus 36:28 Lit extreme parts
- Exodus 36:29 Lit twins
- Exodus 36:29 Or head
- Exodus 36:29 Or with reference to
- Exodus 36:32 Or second
- Exodus 36:32 Lit extreme parts
- Exodus 36:33 Lit midst
- Exodus 36:35 Or violet
- Exodus 36:37 Or violet
- Exodus 36:37 A weaver in colors; lit variegator
- Exodus 36:38 Or fillets, rings
- Exodus 36:38 Or copper
Exodus 36:8-38
Evangelical Heritage Version
The Coverings for the Dwelling
8 All the skilled craftsmen among the workers made the dwelling[a] out of ten curtains made from finely woven linen[b] and with blue, purple, and scarlet material. They[c] decorated the curtains with cherubim, which were the work of a skillful craftsman. 9 The length of each panel of the curtain was forty-two feet, and the width of each panel was six feet. All the panels were the same size. 10 One set of five curtains was connected together into one panel, and the other set of five curtains was connected together. 11 They attached blue loops to the edge of the last panel in the first set of curtains. In the same way they attached loops to the edge of the last panel of the second set. 12 They made fifty loops for the edge of the first set of curtains and fifty loops for the edge of the second set of curtains. The two sets of loops lined up opposite one another. 13 They made fifty gold clasps, and they connected one set of curtains to the other with the clasps, so that the tent became one connected piece.
14 They made a curtain from panels of goats’ hair to serve as a tent over the dwelling.[d] They made eleven panels. 15 The length of each panel was forty-five feet, and the width of each panel was six feet. The eleven panels were the same size. 16 They connected five panels into one unit, and six panels into another unit. 17 They made fifty loops for the edge of the last curtain of one set, and fifty loops for the edge of the last curtain in the second set. 18 They made fifty bronze clasps and put the clasps into the loops to join the two pieces of the tent together, so that it was one unit.
19 They made another cover for the tent from rams’ skins dyed red and another cover from hides of sea cows to go above that one.
The Framework
20 They made upright boards[e] of acacia wood for the Dwelling. 21 Each board was fifteen feet tall, and the width of each board was twenty-seven inches. 22 There were two pegs on each board to join them to one another.[f] This is the way they made all the boards for the Dwelling.
23 They made twenty boards for the south side of the Dwelling. 24 They made forty socket bases of silver to go under the twenty boards—two sockets under the first board for its two pegs, and two sockets under the next board for its two pegs.
25 For the second side of the Dwelling, the north side, they made twenty boards, 26 with forty socket bases of silver—two sockets under the first board, and two sockets under the next board.
27 For the far side of the Dwelling, the west side, they made six boards. 28 They made two boards for each of the back corners of the Dwelling. 29 These two corner boards were double on the bottom, but they both were joined at the top by one ring.[g] Both sets were like this. 30 Altogether there were eight boards with silver socket bases. There were sixteen socket bases—two socket bases under each board.
The Crossbars
31 They made crossbars of acacia wood—five for the boards on one side of the Dwelling, 32 five crossbars for the boards on the other side of the Dwelling, and five crossbars for the boards on the back of the Dwelling on the west. 33 The middle bar, placed halfway up the boards, passed through from one end to the other end. 34 They overlaid the boards with gold and made gold rings to attach to them as a housing for the crossbars, and they overlaid the crossbars with gold.
The Partitions for the Sanctuary
35 They made a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen, decorated with cherubim, the work of a skillful craftsman. 36 They made four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold. The posts stood on four socket bases of silver. The hooks were made of gold.
37 They made a screen for the entry to the tent out of blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen, the work of an embroiderer. 38 They made five posts of acacia to support the screen and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were gold, and they cast five bronze socket bases for them.
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- Exodus 36:8 Here dwelling refers to the inmost of the four layers that covered the sanctuary. Elsewhere, the Dwelling refers to the whole sanctuary.
- Exodus 36:8 Also translated twisted linen. It may refer to twisting different materials into one thread or to weaving them together.
- Exodus 36:8 Throughout the account of the construction of the Dwelling many of the Hebrew verbs and pronouns are singular, referring to Bezalel as the leader of the workers. Others are plural referring to those who worked under his direction. The Hebrew fluctuates between singular and plural. In this section the translation uses plural pronouns and verbs, because the work was done through Bezalel’s assistants, as verse 8 specifically says.
- Exodus 36:14 Here dwelling refers to the inner covering of the sanctuary. Elsewhere, the Dwelling refers to the whole sanctuary. Here tent refers to the second of the four coverings of the sanctuary. Elsewhere, Tent refers to the whole sanctuary.
- Exodus 36:20 Or frames
- Exodus 36:22 These pegs may be on the side of each board to connect it to the board next to it. Verse 24 describes two pegs on the bottom of each board to anchor the boards to the socket bases below the boards.
- Exodus 36:29 There is much disagreement about what it means that the boards are double at the bottom. Some think it means they are separate; some think it means they are joined together. The translation above suggests that two planks were joined together in one L-shaped cornerpiece.
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