Exodus 36

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 'Bezalel, Oholiab and al the men whom Yahweh has endowed with the skil and knowledge to knowhow to carry out al the work to be done on the sanctuary, wil do exactly as Yahweh has ordered.'	1 "Bezalel, therefore, will set to work with Oholiab and with all the experts whom the LORD has endowed with skill and understanding in knowing how to execute all the work for the service of the sanctuary, just as the LORD has commanded."
2 Moses then summoned Bezalel, Oholiab and al the skil ed men whose hearts Yahweh had endowedwith skil , al whose heart stirred them to come forward and do the work.	2 Moses then called Bezalel and Oholiab and all the other experts whom the LORD had endowed with skill, men whose hearts moved them to come and take part in the work.
3 From Moses they received everything that the Israelites had brought as contributions for carrying outthe work of building the sanctuary, and, as they went on bringing their offerings every morning,	3 They received from Moses all the contributions which the Israelites had brought for establishing the service of the sanctuary. Still, morning after morning the people continued to bring their voluntary offerings to Moses.
4 the skil ed men who were doing all the work for the sanctuary, al left their particular work	4 Thereupon the experts who were executing the various kinds of work for the sanctuary, all left the work they were doing,
5 and said to Moses, 'The people are bringing more than is needed for the work Yahweh has ordered tobe done.'	5 and told Moses, "The people are bringing much more than is needed to carry out the work which the LORD has commanded us to do."
6 Moses then gave the order and proclamation was made throughout the camp, 'No one, whether manor woman, must do anything more towards contributing for the sanctuary.' So the people were prevented frombringing any more,	6 Moses, therefore, ordered a proclamation to be made throughout the camp: "Let neither man nor woman make any more contributions for the sanctuary." So the people stopped bringing their offerings;
7 for the material to hand was enough, and more than enough, to complete al the work.	7 there was already enough at hand, in fact, more than enough, to complete the work to be done.
8 Al the most skil ed of the men doing the work made the Dwelling. Moses made it with ten sheets offinely woven linen, dyed violet-purple, red-purple and crimson and embroidered with great winged creatures.	8 The various experts who were executing the work, made the Dwelling with its ten sheets woven of fine linen twined, having cherubim embroidered on them with violet, purple and scarlet yarn.
9 The length of a single sheet was twenty-eight cubits, its width four cubits, al the sheets being of thesame size.	9 The length of each sheet was twenty-eight cubits, and the width four cubits; all the sheets were of the same size.
10 He joined five of the sheets to one another, and the other five sheets to one another.	10 Five of the sheets were sewed together, edge to edge; and the same for the other five.
11 He made violet loops along the edge of the first sheet, at the end of the set, and did the same alongthe edge of the last sheet in the other set.	11 Loops of violet yarn were made along the edge of the end sheet in the first set, and the same along the edge of the end sheet in the second set.
12 He made fifty loops on the first sheet and fifty loops along the outer edge of the sheet of the secondset, the loops corresponding to one another.	12 Fifty loops were thus put on one inner sheet, and fifty loops on the inner sheet in the other set, with the loops directly opposite each other.
13 He made fifty gold clasps and joined the sheets together with the clasps. In this way the Dwel ing wasa unified whole.	13 Then fifty clasps of gold were made, with which the sheets were joined so that the Dwelling formed one whole.
14 Next he made sheets of goats' hair for the tent over the Dwel ing; he made eleven of these.	14 Sheets of goat hair were also woven as a tent over the Dwelling. Eleven such sheets were made.
15 The length of a single sheet was thirty cubits and its width four cubits; the eleven sheets were al ofthe same size.	15 The length of each sheet was thirty cubits and the width four cubits; all eleven sheets were the same size.
16 He joined five sheets together into one set and six sheets into another.	16 Five of these sheets were sewed edge to edge into one set; and the other six sheets into another set.
17 He made fifty loops along the edge of the last sheet of the first set, and fifty loops along the edge ofthe sheet of the second set.	17 Fifty loops were made along the edge of the end sheet in one set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding sheet in the other set.
18 He made fifty bronze clasps, to draw the tent together and make it a unified whole.	18 Fifty bronze clasps were made with which the tent was joined so that it formed one whole.
19 And for the tent he made a cover of rams' skins dyed red, and a cover of fine leather over that.	19 A covering for the tent was made of rams' skins dyed red, and above that, a covering of tahash skins.
20 For the Dwelling he made vertical frames of acacia wood.	20 Boards of acacia wood were made as walls for the Dwelling.
21 Each frame was ten cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.	21 The length of each board was ten cubits, and the width one and a half cubits.
22 Each frame had twin tenons; this was how he made al the frames for the Dwelling.	22 Each board had two arms, fastening them in line. In this way all the boards of the Dwelling were made.
23 He made frames for the Dwel ing: twenty frames for the south side, to the south,	23 They were set up as follows: twenty boards on the south side,
24 and made forty silver sockets under the twenty frames, two sockets under one frame for its twotenons, two sockets under the next frame for its two tenons;	24 with forty silver pedestals under the twenty boards, so that there were two pedestals under each board, at its two arms;
25 and for the other side of the Dwel ing, the north side, twenty frames	25 twenty boards on the other side of the Dwelling, the north side,
26 and forty silver sockets, two sockets under one frame, two sockets under the next frame.	26 with their forty silver pedestals, two under each board;
27 For the back of the Dwel ing, on the west, he made six frames.	27 six boards at the rear of the Dwelling, to the west;
28 He also made two frames for the corners at the back of the Dwel ing;	28 and two boards at the corners in the rear of the Dwelling.
29 these were coupled together at the bottom, staying so up to the top, to the level of the first ring; thishe did with the two frames forming the two corners.	29 These were double at the bottom, and likewise double at the top, to the first ring. That is how both boards in the corners were made.
30 Thus there were eight frames with their sixteen silver sockets; two sockets under each frame.	30 Thus, there were in the rear eight boards, with their sixteen silver pedestals, two pedestals under each board.
31 He made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames of the first side of the Dwel ing,	31 Bars of acacia wood were also made, five for the boards on one side of the Dwelling,
32 five crossbars for the frames of the other side of the Dwel ing and five crossbars for the frames whichformed the back of the Dwel ing, to the west.	32 five for those on the other side, and five for those at the rear, to the west.
33 He made the middle bar, to join the frames from one end to the other, halfway up.	33 The center bar, at the middle of the boards, was made to reach across from end to end.
34 He overlaid the frames with gold, made gold rings for them, through which to place the crossbars,and overlaid the crossbars with gold.	34 The boards were plated with gold, and gold rings were made on them as holders for the bars, which were also plated with gold.
35 He made a curtain of finely woven linen, dyed violet-purple, red-purple and crimson and embroideredwith great winged creatures,	35 The veil was woven of violet, purple and scarlet yarn, and of fine linen twined, with cherubim embroidered on it.
36 and for it he made four poles of acacia wood, overlaying them with gold, with golden hooks for them,for which he cast four sockets of silver.	36 Four gold-plated columns of acacia wood, with gold hooks, were made for it, and four silver pedestals were cast for them.
37 For the entrance to the tent he made a screen of finely woven linen embroidered with violet-purple,red-purple and crimson,	37 The curtain for the entrance of the tent was made of violet, purple and scarlet yarn, and of fine linen twined, woven in a variegated manner.
38 as also the five columns for it and their hooks; he overlaid their capitals and rods with gold, but theirfive sockets were of bronze.	38 Its five columns, with their hooks as well as their capitals and bands, were plated with gold; their five pedestals were of bronze.