The People Bring More than Enough
And Bezalel and Oholiab shall work — and every wise-hearted man in whom the LORD has put wisdom and insight to know how to do all the work of the service of the holy place — according to all that the LORD has commanded.
And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom — everyone whose heart lifted him to come near to the work, to do it.
And they took from before Moses all the offering that the sons of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the holy place, to do it. And they kept bringing him freewill offerings, morning after morning.
And all the wise men who were doing all the work of the holy place came, each man from the work he was doing,
and they said to Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for the service of the work that the LORD has commanded to be done.”
And Moses gave command, and they passed a proclamation through the camp: “Let no man or woman do any more work for the offering of the holy place.” And the people were restrained from bringing —
for the material was enough for all the work, to do it, and more than enough.
The Ten Curtains for the Tabernacle
And all the wise-hearted among the doers of the work made the Dwelling of ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue and purple and scarlet yarn; with cherubim, the work of a skilled weaver, he made them.
The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of one curtain four cubits — one measure for all the curtains.
And he joined five of the curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he joined to one another.
And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, at the end of the first set; so he did on the edge of the outermost curtain of the second set.
Fifty loops he made on the one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the end of the curtain that was in the second set — the loops opposite one another.
And he made fifty clasps of gold, and joined the curtains to one another with the clasps — and the Dwelling was one.
The Eleven Curtains of Goat Hair
And he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the Dwelling; eleven curtains he made.
The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the width of one curtain — one measure for the eleven curtains.
And he joined five of the curtains by themselves and six of the curtains by themselves.
And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain of the first set, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second set.
And he made fifty clasps of bronze to join the tent together, to be one.
And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of fine leather skins above that.
The Frames and Bases
And he made the frames for the Dwelling of acacia wood, standing upright.
Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the width of each frame.
Two tenons had each frame, fitted to one another; so he did for all the frames of the Dwelling.
And he made the frames for the Dwelling: twenty frames for the south side, southward.
And forty bases of silver he made under the twenty frames — two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons.
And for the second side of the Dwelling, the north side, he made twenty frames,
and their forty bases of silver — two bases under one frame, and two bases under the next frame.
And for the rear of the Dwelling, westward, he made six frames.
And two frames he made for the corners of the Dwelling at the rear;
and they were doubled from below, and together they were complete up to its top, to the one ring; so he did for both of them, for the two corners.
And there were eight frames with their bases of silver — sixteen bases: two bases, two bases under each frame.
And he made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames of the one side of the Dwelling,
and five crossbars for the frames of the second side of the Dwelling, and five crossbars for the frames of the Dwelling at the rear, westward.
And he made the middle crossbar to run through, halfway up the frames, from end to end.
And the frames he overlaid with gold, and their rings he made of gold as holders for the crossbars; and he overlaid the crossbars with gold.
The Veil
And he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; the work of a skilled weaver he made it, with cherubim.
And he made for it four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast for them four bases of silver.
The Curtain for the Entrance
And he made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer,
with its five pillars and their hooks. And he overlaid their tops and their bands with gold — and their five bases were bronze.