Exodus 36:3-13

3 They received from Moses all of the offerings the people of Israel had brought. They had brought the offerings for all of the work for every purpose connected with the holy tent. That included setting it up. The people kept bringing the offerings they chose to give. They brought them morning after morning.

4 So all of the skilled workers who were working on the holy tent stopped what they were doing.

5 They said to Moses, "The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD commanded us to do."

6 Then Moses gave an order. A message was sent through the whole camp. It said, "No man or woman should make anything else and offer it for the holy tent." And so the people were kept from bringing more offerings.

7 There was already more than enough to do all of the work.

The Holy Tent

8 All of the skilled workers made the holy tent. They made ten curtains out of finely twisted linen. They made them with blue, purple and bright red yarn. A skilled worker sewed cherubim into the pattern.

9 All of the curtains were the same size. They were 42 feet long and six feet wide.

10 The workers joined five of the curtains together. They did the same thing with the other five.

11 Then they made loops out of blue strips of cloth along the edge of the end curtain in one set. They did the same thing with the end curtain in the other set.

12 They also made 50 loops on the end curtain of the one set. They did the same thing on the end curtain of the other set. They put the loops across from each other.

13 Then they made 50 gold hooks. They used them to join curtains together so that the holy tent was all one piece.

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Exodus 36:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 36

Bezaleel and Aholiab, with the artificers under them, having a call as well as qualifications for the service of the sanctuary, and having received from Moses the materials for it, set about it, Ex 36:1-3 but the people bringing more than was necessary, they acquaint Moses with it, who by a proclamation restrained from it, Ex 36:4-7 and next an account is given of the several things that were wrought by them, as first the curtains for the tabernacle, both of linen and goats' hair, and the coverings of them, Ex 36:8-19 next the boards for the tabernacle, and the sockets they were set in, and the bars for the boards, Ex 36:20-34 and then the vail which parted the most holy place from the holy place, and the hanging which divided between the holy place and the court, Ex 36:35-38.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 36:3-13

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The Holy Tent

Exodus 36:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 36