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1 So let Bezalel and Oholiab get to work, with every wise-hearted man to whom the Lord has given wisdom and knowledge, to do whatever is necessary for the ordering of the holy place, as the Lord has given orders.
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So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the LORD has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the LORD has commanded.”
2 Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab, and for all the wise-hearted men to whom the Lord had given wisdom, even everyone who was moved by the impulse of his heart to come and take part in the work:
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Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the LORD had given ability and who was willing to come and do the work.
3 And they took from Moses all the offerings which the children of Israel had given for the building of the holy place. And still they went on giving him more free offerings every morning.
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They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning.
4 Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;
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So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing
5 And said to Moses, The people are giving much more than is needed for the work which the Lord has given us orders to do.
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and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD commanded to be done.”
6 So Moses made an order and had it given out through all the tents, saying, Let no man or woman make any more offerings for the holy place. So the people were kept from giving more.
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Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: “No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” And so the people were restrained from bringing more,
7 For the material they had was enough and more than enough for all the work which had to be done.
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because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.
8 Then all the expert workmen among them made the House with its ten curtains; of the best linen, blue and purple and red, they made them, with winged ones worked by expert designers.
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All those who were skilled among the workers made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by expert hands.
9 Every curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.
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All the curtains were the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.
10 And five curtains were joined together, and the other five curtains were joined together.
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They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five.
11 And they put twists of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and in the same way on the outside curtain of the second group.
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Then they made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and the same was done with the end curtain in the other set.
12 Fifty twists on the one curtain and fifty on the edge of the curtain of the other group; the twists being opposite to one another.
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They also made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.
13 And they made fifty hooks of gold, joining the curtains one to another with the hooks; and so the House was made.
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Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.
14 And they made curtains of goats' hair for the tent; eleven curtains were made.
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They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether.
15 Every curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.
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All eleven curtains were the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
16 Five curtains were joined together to make one group, and six curtains were joined together to make the other group.
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They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set.
17 And they put fifty twists of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group,
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Then they made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set.
18 And fifty hooks of brass for joining them together to make the tent.
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They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit.
19 And they made a cover of sheepskins coloured red, to go over the tent, and a cover of leather over that.
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Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.
20 And for the uprights of the House they made boards of hard wood.
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They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
21 The boards were ten cubits long and one cubit and a half wide.
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Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,
22 Every board had two tongues fixed into it; all the boards were made in this way.
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with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
23 They made twenty boards for the south side of the House:
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They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle
24 And for these twenty boards, forty silver bases, two bases under every board, to take its tongues.
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and made forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection.
25 And for the second side of the House, on the north, they made twenty boards,
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For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames
26 With their forty silver bases, two bases for every board.
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and forty silver bases—two under each frame.
27 And for the west side of the House, at the back, they made six boards,
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They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,
28 And two boards for the angles at the back.
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and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end.
29 These were joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, so forming the two angles.
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At these two corners the frames were double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both were made alike.
30 So there were eight boards with sixteen bases of silver, two bases under every board.
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So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
31 And they made rods of hard wood; five for the boards on one side of the House,
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They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
32 And five for the boards on the other side of the House, and five for the boards at the back, on the west.
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five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.
33 The middle rod was made to go right through the rings of all the boards from one end to the other.
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They made the center crossbar so that it extended from end to end at the middle of the frames.
34 All the boards were plated with gold, and the rings through which the rods went were of gold, and the rods were plated with gold.
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They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
35 And he made the veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with winged ones designed by expert workmen.
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They made the curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.
36 And they made four pillars for it of hard wood plated with gold: they had hooks of gold and four silver bases.
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They made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold. They made gold hooks for them and cast their four silver bases.
37 And they made a curtain for the door of the tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red;
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For the entrance to the tent they made a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer;
38 And five pillars for the curtain, with their hooks; the heads of the pillars were of gold and they were circled with bands of gold; and their five bases were of brass.
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and they made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold and made their five bases of bronze.
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