Chapter 36 Then wrought Basaliel, and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man,
in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding, to know how to work all
manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord
had commanded.
And Moses called Basaliel, and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart
the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto
the work to do it.
And they received of Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had
brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it with all.
And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
And all the wise men that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from
his work which they made.
And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for
the service of the work which the Lord commanded to make.
And Moses gave commandment, and they caused 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, for the stuff they had was
sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
And every wise-hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle,
made ten curtains of fine twine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet,
with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one
curtain four cubits.
The curtains were all of one size.
And he coupled the five curtains one unto another, and the other five curtains he
coupled one unto another.
And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the
coupling.
Likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the
second.
Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the
curtain which was in the coupling of the second.
The loops held one curtain to another.
And he made fifty tacks of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another
with the tacks, so it became one tabernacle.
And he made curtains of goat's hair for the tent over the tabernacle.
Eleven curtains he made them.
The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of
one curtain.
The eleven curtains were of one size.
And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by
themselves.
And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling.
And fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
And he made fifty tacks of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
And he made a covering for the tent of ram's skin dyed red, and a covering of
badger's skin above that.
And he made boards for the tabernacle of Shittum Wood standing up.
The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board was one cubit
and a half.
One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another.
Thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
And he made boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side
southward.
And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards, two sockets under one
board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner,
he made twenty boards, and there forty sockets of silver, two sockets under one
board, and two sockets under another board.
And for the
And he made five bars for the boards of the tabernacle, for the sides westward.
And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the
other.
And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places
for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twine linen.
With cherubims made he it of cunning work.
And he made thereunto four pillars of shittum wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Their hooks were of gold.
And he cast for them four sockets of silver.
And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine twine linen of needlework, and the five pillars of it with their
hooks.
And he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold.
But their five sockets were of brass.