Exodus 36

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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 Therefore, Bezalel, and Oholiab, and every wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and intelligence, so as to know how to work skillfully, made that which was necessary for the uses of the Sanctuary and which the Lord had instructed.
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 And when Moses had called them and every man of learning, to whom the Lord had given wisdom, and who, of their own accord, had offered themselves in order to accomplish this 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 he handed over to them all the donations of the sons of Israel. And while they were pursuing this work, the people offered what they had vowed each day, in the morning.
4 the skil ed men who were doing all the work for the sanctuary, al left their particular work	4 The artisans were compelled by this to go
5 and said to Moses, 'The people are bringing more than is needed for the work Yahweh has ordered tobe done.'	5 to Moses and to say, “The people offer more than is needed.”
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 Therefore, Moses ordered this to be recited, with a voice of proclamation: “Let neither man nor woman offer anything further for the work of the Sanctuary.” And so they ceased from offering gifts,
7 for the material to hand was enough, and more than enough, to complete al the work.	7 because what was offered was sufficient and was more than an abundance.
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 And all those who were wise of heart, in order to accomplish the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, with diverse workmanship by the art of embroidery.
9 The length of a single sheet was twenty-eight cubits, its width four cubits, al the sheets being of thesame size.	9 Each of these was twenty-eight cubits in length, and in width, four. All the curtains were of one measure.
10 He joined five of the sheets to one another, and the other five sheets to one another.	10 And he joined five curtains to one another, and the other five he coupled to one another.
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 He also made loops of hyacinth along the edge of one curtain on both sides, and similarly along the edge of the other curtain,
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 so that the loops might meet against one another and might be joined together.
13 He made fifty gold clasps and joined the sheets together with the clasps. In this way the Dwel ing wasa unified whole.	13 For these, he also cast fifty gold rings, which would retain the loops of the curtains and so make the tabernacle one.
14 Next he made sheets of goats' hair for the tent over the Dwel ing; he made eleven of these.	14 He also made eleven canopies from the hair of goats, in order to cover the roof of the tabernacle:
15 The length of a single sheet was thirty cubits and its width four cubits; the eleven sheets were al ofthe same size.	15 one canopy held in length thirty cubits, and in width four cubits. All the canopies were of one measure.
16 He joined five sheets together into one set and six sheets into another.	16 Five of these he joined by themselves, and the other six separately.
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 And he made fifty loops along the edge of one canopy, and fifty along the edge of the other canopy, so that they might be joined to one another,
18 He made fifty bronze clasps, to draw the tent together and make it a unified whole.	18 and fifty buckles of brass, with which the roof might be woven together, so that from all the canopies there would be made one covering.
19 And for the tent he made a cover of rams' skins dyed red, and a cover of fine leather over that.	19 He also made a covering for the tabernacle from the skins of rams, dyed-red; and another cover above it, from violet skins.
20 For the Dwelling he made vertical frames of acacia wood.	20 He also made the standing panels of the tabernacle, from setim wood.
21 Each frame was ten cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.	21 Ten cubits was the length of one panel, and one and one half cubits comprised the width.
22 Each frame had twin tenons; this was how he made al the frames for the Dwelling.	22 There were two dovetails along every panel, so that one might be joined to the other. Thus did he make all the panels of the tabernacle.
23 He made frames for the Dwel ing: twenty frames for the south side, to the south,	23 Of these, twenty were toward the meridian area, opposite the south,
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 bases of silver. Two bases were set under one panel at each of two sides at the corners, where the joints of the sides terminate in corners.
25 and for the other side of the Dwel ing, the north side, twenty frames	25 Likewise, at that side of the tabernacle which looks toward the north, he made twenty panels,
26 and forty silver sockets, two sockets under one frame, two sockets under the next frame.	26 with forty bases of silver, two bases for each board.
27 For the back of the Dwel ing, on the west, he made six frames.	27 Yet truly, opposite the west, that is, toward that part of the tabernacle which looks out toward the sea, he made six panels,
28 He also made two frames for the corners at the back of the Dwel ing;	28 and two others at each corner of the tabernacle at the back,
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 which were joined from bottom to top and held together by one joint. So did he make both corners on that side.
30 Thus there were eight frames with their sixteen silver sockets; two sockets under each frame.	30 So then, there were altogether eight panels, and they had sixteen bases of silver, with, of course, two bases under each panel.
31 He made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames of the first side of the Dwel ing,	31 He also made bars from setim wood: five to hold together the panels at one side of the tabernacle,
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 and five others to fit together the panels of the other side, and, in addition to these, five other bars toward the western area of the tabernacle, opposite the sea.
33 He made the middle bar, to join the frames from one end to the other, halfway up.	33 He also made another bar, which came through the middle of the panels from corner to corner.
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 But the panels themselves he overlaid with gold, casting silver bases for them. And he made their rings from gold, through which the bars might be able to be drawn. And he covered the bars themselves with layers of gold.
35 He made a curtain of finely woven linen, dyed violet-purple, red-purple and crimson and embroideredwith great winged creatures,	35 He also made a veil from hyacinth, and purple, from vermillion as well as fine twisted linen, with varied and distinctive embroidery,
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 and four columns of setim wood, which, along with their heads, he overlaid with gold, casting silver bases 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 He also made a tent at the entrance of the tabernacle from hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine twisted linen, wrought with embroidery,
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 and five columns with their heads, which he covered with gold, and he cast their bases from brass.