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Exodus 36:8-38
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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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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 36:8 Or skillful
  2. Exodus 36:8 Lit dwelling place
  3. Exodus 36:8 Or violet
  4. Exodus 36:8 Lit he
  5. Exodus 36:9 Approx. 43 ft. or 12.6 m
  6. Exodus 36:9 A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
  7. Exodus 36:9 Lit one measure
  8. Exodus 36:10 Or coupled
  9. Exodus 36:10 Or coupled
  10. Exodus 36:11 Or violet
  11. Exodus 36:11 Lit one curtain from the end in the coupling
  12. Exodus 36:11 Lit coupling
  13. Exodus 36:11 Lit one curtain from the end in the coupling
  14. Exodus 36:11 Lit coupling
  15. Exodus 36:12 Lit end
  16. Exodus 36:12 Lit coupling
  17. Exodus 36:13 Or coupled
  18. Exodus 36:14 Lit in number
  19. Exodus 36:15 Approx. 45 ft. or 13.5 m
  20. Exodus 36:15 Lit one measure
  21. Exodus 36:16 Or coupled
  22. Exodus 36:17 Lit coupling
  23. Exodus 36:17 Lit coupling
  24. Exodus 36:18 Or copper
  25. Exodus 36:18 Or couple
  26. Exodus 36:18 Lit one
  27. Exodus 36:19 Or tanned
  28. Exodus 36:21 Lit the
  29. Exodus 36:22 Lit bound
  30. Exodus 36:23 Lit to the side of the Negev, to the south
  31. Exodus 36:27 Lit extreme parts
  32. Exodus 36:28 Lit dwelling place
  33. Exodus 36:28 Lit extreme parts
  34. Exodus 36:29 Lit twins
  35. Exodus 36:29 Or head
  36. Exodus 36:29 Or with reference to
  37. Exodus 36:32 Or second
  38. Exodus 36:32 Lit extreme parts
  39. Exodus 36:33 Lit midst
  40. Exodus 36:35 Or violet
  41. Exodus 36:37 Or violet
  42. Exodus 36:37 A weaver in colors; lit variegator
  43. Exodus 36:38 Or fillets, rings
  44. Exodus 36:38 Or copper
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Exodus 36:8-38
New English Translation

The Building of the Tabernacle

8 All the skilled among those who were doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarn; they were made with cherubim that were the work of an artistic designer. 9 The length of one curtain was 42 feet, and the width of one curtain was 6 feet—the same size for each of the curtains. 10 He joined[a] five of the curtains to one another, and the other[b] five curtains he joined to one another. 11 He made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in the first set; he did the same along the edge of the end curtain in the second set. 12 He made fifty loops on the first curtain, and he made fifty loops on the end curtain that was in the second set, with the loops opposite one another. 13 He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains together to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was a unit.[c]

14 He made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.[d] 15 The length of one curtain was 45 feet, and the width of one curtain was 6 feet—one size for all eleven curtains. 16 He joined five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. 17 He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set and fifty loops along the edge of the curtain that joined the second set. 18 He made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together so that it might be a unit.[e] 19 He made a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red and over that a covering of fine leather.[f]

20 He made the frames[g] for the tabernacle of acacia wood[h] as uprights.[i] 21 The length of each[j] frame was 15 feet, the width of each[k] frame was 2¼ feet, 22 with[l] two projections per frame parallel one to another.[m] He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. 23 So he made frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side. 24 He made forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases under the first frame for its two projections, and likewise[n] two bases under the next frame for its two projections, 25 and for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames 26 and their forty silver bases, two bases under the first frame and two bases under the next[o] frame. 27 And for the back of the tabernacle on the west he made six frames. 28 He made two frames for the corners of the tabernacle on the back. 29 At the two corners[p] they were doubled at the lower end and[q] finished together at the top in one ring. So he did for both. 30 So there were eight frames and their silver bases, sixteen bases, two bases under each frame.

31 He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle 32 and five bars for the frames on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the tabernacle for the back side on the west. 33 He made the middle bar to reach from end to end in the center of the frames. 34 He overlaid the frames with gold and made their rings of gold to provide places[r] for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.

35 He made the special curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; he made[s] it with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer. 36 He made for it four posts of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, with gold hooks,[t] and he cast for them four silver bases.

37 He made a hanging for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer, 38 and its five posts and their hooks. He overlaid their tops[u] and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.[v]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 36:10 tn The verb is singular since it probably is referring to Bezalel, but since he would not do all the work himself, it may be that the verbs could be given a plural subject: “they joined.”
  2. Exodus 36:10 tn The words “the other” have been supplied.
  3. Exodus 36:13 tn Heb “one.”
  4. Exodus 36:14 tn Heb “eleven curtains he made them.”
  5. Exodus 36:18 tn The construction uses the infinitive construct from the verb “to be” to express this purpose clause: “to be one,” or, “so that it might be a unit.”
  6. Exodus 36:19 tn See the note on this phrase in Exod 25:5.
  7. Exodus 36:20 tn There is debate whether the word הַקְּרָשִׁים (haqqerashim) means “boards” or “frames” or “planks” (see Ezek 27:6) or “beams,” given the size of them. The literature on this includes M. Haran, “The Priestly Image of the Tabernacle,” HUCA 36 (1965): 192; B. A. Levine, “The Description of the Tabernacle Texts of the Pentateuch,” JAOS 85 (1965): 307-18; J. Morgenstern, “The Ark, the Ephod, and the Tent,” HUCA 17 (1942/43): 153-265; 18 (1943/44): 1-52.
  8. Exodus 36:20 tn “Wood” is an adverbial accusative.
  9. Exodus 36:20 tn The plural participle “standing” refers to how these items will be situated; they will be vertical rather than horizontal (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 354).
  10. Exodus 36:21 tn Heb “the frame.”
  11. Exodus 36:21 tn Heb “the one.”
  12. Exodus 36:22 tn Heb “two hands to the one frame.”
  13. Exodus 36:22 tn Heb “joined one to one.”
  14. Exodus 36:24 tn The clause is repeated to show the distributive sense; it literally says, “and two bases under the one frame for its two projections.”
  15. Exodus 36:26 tn Heb “under the one frame” again.
  16. Exodus 36:29 tn This is the last phrase of the verse, moved forward for clarity.
  17. Exodus 36:29 tn This difficult verse uses the perfect tense at the beginning, and the second clause parallels it with יִהְיוּ (yihyu), which has to be taken here as a preterite without the consecutive vav (ו). The predicate “finished” or “completed” is the word תָּמִּים (tammim); it normally means “complete, sound, whole,” and related words describe the sacrifices as without blemish.
  18. Exodus 36:34 tn Literally “houses”; i.e., places to hold the bars.
  19. Exodus 36:35 tn The verb is simply “he made” but as in Exod 26:31 it probably means that the cherubim were worked into the curtain with the yarn, and so embroidered on the curtain.
  20. Exodus 36:36 tn Heb “and their hooks gold.”
  21. Exodus 36:38 tn The word is “their heads”; technically it would be “their capitals” (so ASV, NAB, NRSV). The bands were bands of metal surrounding these capitals just beneath them. These are not mentioned in Exod 26:37, and it sounds like the posts are to be covered with gold. But the gradation of metals is what is intended: the posts at the entrance to the Most Holy Place are all of gold; the posts at the entrance to the tent are overlaid with gold at the top; and the posts at the entrance to the courtyard are overlaid with silver at the top (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 387, citing Dillmann without reference).
  22. Exodus 36:38 sn For a good summary of the differences between the instruction section and the completion section, and the reasons for the changes and the omissions, see B. Jacob, Exodus, 1022-23.
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