Exodus 36

Abundance of Offerings Exodus 36:4–7

⁴Verse 4. All the wise men, who performed all the work of the sanctuary, each came from his work which they did. ⁵Verse 5. They spoke to Moses, saying, “The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Yahweh commanded to make.” ⁶Verse 6. Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman make anything else for the offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing. ⁷Verse 7. For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

Construction of the Tabernacle Exodus 36:8–14

⁸Verse 8. All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them. ⁹Verse 9. The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure. ¹⁰Verse 10. He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another. ¹¹Verse 11. He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second coupling.

¹²Verse 12. He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite to one another. ¹³Verse 13. He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps: so the tabernacle was a unit. ¹⁴Verse 14. He made curtains of goats’ hair for a covering over the tabernacle. He made them eleven curtains.

Boards and Framework Exodus 36:15–30

¹⁵Verse 15. The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the width of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure. ¹⁶Verse 16. He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. ¹⁷Verse 17. He made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was outermost in the second coupling. ¹⁸Verse 18. He made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be a unit. ¹⁹Verse 19. He made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.

²⁰Verse 20. He made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up. ²¹Verse 21. Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the width of each board. ²²Verse 22. Each board had two tenons, joined to one another. He made all the boards of the tabernacle this way. ²³Verse 23. He made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward. ²⁴Verse 24. He made 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. ²⁵Verse 25. For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards,

²⁶Verse 26. and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. ²⁷Verse 27. For the far part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. ²⁸Verse 28. He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far part. ²⁹Verse 29. They were double beneath, and in the same way they were all the way to its top to one ring. He did this to both of them in the two corners. ³⁰Verse 30. There were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets.

Finishing Touches Exodus 36:31–38

³¹Verse 31. He made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, ³²Verse 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 hinder part westward. ³³Verse 33. He made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards from the one end to the other. ³⁴Verse 34. He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold as places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. ³⁵Verse 35. He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.

³⁶Verse 36. He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them. ³⁷Verse 37. He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer; ³⁸Verse 38. and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of brass.