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36 ¶ Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab and every wise hearted man unto whom the LORD gave wisdom and intelligence to know how to do all the work of the service of the sanctuary, all the things that the LORD had commanded.
2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab and every wise hearted man in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom and every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it;
3 and they took from the presence of Moses all the offering which the sons of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it with. And they brought yet unto him free will offerings every morning.
4 So much that all the wise men that wrought all the work of the sanctuary came every man from his work which they made,
5 and they spoke with Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the work of the ministry which the LORD commanded to make.
6 And Moses commanded 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,
7 for they had abundant material for all the work; more than enough to make it with.
8 ¶ And everyone with a wise heart among those that wrought the work made the tabernacle of ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet, which they made of cunning work, with cherubim.
9 The length of one curtain was twenty-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 in the border in the coupling; likewise he made in the border of the second curtain in the coupling.
12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the second curtain in the border in the coupling, the loops in front of the others.
13 And he made fifty hooks of gold and coupled the curtains one unto another with the hooks, so it became one tabernacle.
14 ¶ Likewise he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.
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 edge of the uttermost curtain in the coupling, and he made another fifty loops upon the edge of the other curtain in the coupling.
18 And he also made fifty hooks 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 another covering of badgers’ skins above that.
20 And he made the boards for the tabernacle of cedar wood, standing up.
21 The length of each board was ten cubits, and the breadth one cubit and a half.
22 Each board had two tenons, equally distant one from another; thus did he make all the boards of the tabernacle.
23 He made, therefore, the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side towards the Negev.
24 He also made the forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, on the side of the Aquilon, {the north wind} he made twenty boards,
26 with their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
27 And for the westward side of the tabernacle he made six boards.
28 And he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides,
29 which were coupled beneath and likewise coupled together above to a ring; thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
30 There were, therefore, eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
31 And he also made bars of cedar 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 westward side.
33 And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from the one end to the other.
34 And he covered the boards with gold and made their rings of gold for the bars to pass through and covered the bars with gold also.
35 ¶ Likewise he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, which he made with cherubim of cunning work.
36 And for it he made four pillars of cedar and covered them with gold; their capitals were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
37 Likewise he made the veil for the tabernacle door of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, of needlework,
38 and its five pillars with their capitals; and he covered their heads and their fillets with gold; and their five sockets he made of brass.
37 ¶ Bezaleel also made the ark of cedar wood; two cubits and a half was the length of it, a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it;
2 and he covered it with pure gold within and without and made a moulding of gold to it round about.
3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it: even two rings upon the one side of it and two rings upon the other side of it.
4 He also made the staves of cedar wood and covered them with gold.
5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
6 He made the seat of reconciliation likewise of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length, and one cubit and a half its breadth.
7 He also made the two cherubim of gold, beaten out of one piece he made them, on the two ends of the seat of reconciliation;
8 one cherub on the end on this side and another cherub on the other end on that side of the seat of reconciliation; he made the cherubim on the two ends thereof.
9 And the cherubim spread out their wings above, covering with their wings the seat of reconciliation, with their faces one to another; the faces of the cherubim were facing the covering.
10 ¶ And he made the table of cedar wood; two cubits was the length thereof and a cubit the breadth thereof and a cubit and a half the height thereof;
11 and he covered it with pure gold and made it a moulding of gold round about.
12 He also made it a border of a handbreadth round about and made a moulding of gold for the border thereof round about.
13 And he cast for it four rings of gold and put the rings upon the four corners that correspond to the four feet thereof.
14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.
15 And he made the staves of cedar wood and covered them with gold, to bear the table.
16 He also made the vessels which were upon the table, its dishes, its spoons, its bowls, and its covers to cover the bread, of pure gold.
17 He made the lampstand likewise of pure gold; of beaten work he made the lampstand, its shaft and its branch, its bowls, its knops, and its flowers were of the same.
18 Out of the sides thereof went six branches, three branches out of one side of the lampstand and three branches out of the other side of the lampstand;
19 in one branch there were three bowls made after the fashion of almonds, a knop and a flower; and in the other branch there were three bowls made like almonds, a knop and a flower, so throughout the six branches going out of the lampstand.
20 And in the lampstand were four bowls made like almonds, their knops, and their flowers,
21 and a knop under the two branches of the same and another knop under two branches of the same and a knop under the two other branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.
22 Their knops and their branches were of the same; all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
23 He made likewise its seven lamps and its snuffers and its snuff dishes of pure gold.
24 Of a talent of pure gold he made it and all its vessels.
25 ¶ He also made the altar of incense of cedar wood: the length of it was a cubit and the breadth of it a cubit; it was square; and two cubits was the height of it; its horns were of the same piece.
26 And he covered it with pure gold, its top and its sides round about and its horns; and he made it a moulding of gold round about.
27 He also made two rings of gold for it under the moulding thereof, by the two corners of it, upon its two sides, to be places for the staves to bear it with.
28 And he made the staves of cedar wood and covered them with gold.
29 He made likewise the oil of the holy anointing and the pure aromatic incense, according to the work of the apothecary.
38 ¶ And he made the altar of burnt offering of cedar wood: five cubits was its length and five cubits its breadth; it was square, and its height was three cubits.
2 And he made its horns on the four corners of it; its horns were of the same piece; and he covered it with brass.
3 He made likewise all the vessels of the altar: the pots and the shovels and the basins and the fleshhooks, and the firepans; all its vessels he made of brass.
4 And he made for the altar the brasen grate of network under the circumference thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
5 He also cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
6 And he made the staves of cedar wood and covered them with brass.
7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it with; he made the altar hollow with boards.
8 He also made the laver of brass and the base of it of brass, of the looking glasses of the women who were vigilant at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.
9 ¶ He made the court likewise; on the south side towards the Negev the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;
10 their pillars were twenty with their twenty brasen sockets; the capitals of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
11 And for the side of the Aquilon, the hangings were one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty with their twenty sockets of brass, the capitals of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
12 On the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten, the capitals of the pillars and their fillets of silver,
13 and for the east side eastward fifty cubits
14 the hangings of the one side fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three;
15 and for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three.
16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass, the capitals of the pillars and their fillets of silver and the coverings of their heads of silver; likewise all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen; twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, the same as the hangings of the court.
19 And its pillars were four with its four sockets of brass, their capitals of silver, and the coverings of their heads and their fillets of silver.
20 And all the stakes of the tabernacle and of the court round about were of brass.
21 ¶ This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the ministry of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
22 And Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a master workman, an engineer, and an embroiderer in blue and in purple and in scarlet and fine linen.
24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, which was gold of offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
25 And the silver of those that were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary:
26 A half per head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, which were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil: one hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made the capitals for the pillars and covered their heads and filleted them.
29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels,
30 with which he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony and the brasen altar and the brasen grate for it and all the vessels of the altar
31 and the sockets of the court round about and the sockets of the court gate and all the stakes of the tabernacle, and all the stakes of the court round about.
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