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1 "Let Bezalel, Oholiab, and every other skilled worker whom the LORD has given skill, ability, and knowledge for the work of building the sanctuary do all that the LORD has commanded."
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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 Moses then called together Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had given skill and who was eager to come and do 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 Moses gave them all the gift offerings that the Israelites had contributed to the work on the sanctuary. They kept bringing him spontaneous gifts, morning after 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 Finally, all the skilled workers building the sanctuary left their work that they were doing one by one to come
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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 say to Moses, "The people are contributing way too much material for doing the work that the LORD has commanded us 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 issued a command that was proclaimed throughout the camp: "Every man and woman should stop making gift offerings for the sanctuary project." So the people stopped bringing anything 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 because what they had already brought was more than enough to do all the work.
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because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.
8 All the skilled workers made the dwelling out of ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and deep red yarns, with figures of winged heavenly creatures worked into their design.
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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 Each curtain was forty-two feet long and six feet wide. All the curtains were the same size.
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All the curtains were the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.
10 They joined five of the curtains to each other and joined the other five curtains to each other.
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They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five.
11 They made loops of blue thread on the edge of the outer curtain of the first set. They did the same on the edge of the outer curtain of the second set.
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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 They made fifty loops on the one curtain and fifty loops on the outer curtain that was in the second set. The loops were opposite each other.
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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 They also made fifty gold clasps, and they used the clasps to join the curtains to each other so that the dwelling was one whole structure.
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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 They also made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the dwelling. They made eleven curtains.
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They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether.
15 Each curtain was forty-five feet long and each curtain six feet wide. All eleven curtains were the same size.
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All eleven curtains were the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
16 They joined five curtains together and the six other curtains together.
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They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set.
17 They made fifty loops on the edge of the outer curtain of the one set and fifty loops on the edge of the other set of curtains.
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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 They made fifty copper clasps to join the tent together so that it would be one whole structure.
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They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit.
19 They also made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and an outer covering of beaded leather.
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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 Then they made acacia-wood boards to stand upright as a frame for the dwelling.
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They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
21 Each board was fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide.
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Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,
22 Each board had two pegs for joining them to each other. They did this for all the dwelling's boards.
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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 dwelling's southern side.
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They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle
24 They made forty silver bases under the twenty boards, with two bases under the first board for its two pegs, two bases under the next board for its two pegs, and so on.
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and made forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection.
25 For the dwelling's other side 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 and forty silver bases, two bases under the first board, two bases under the next board, and so on.
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and forty silver bases—two under each frame.
27 For the back of the dwelling on the west, 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 They made two additional boards for the dwelling's rear corners.
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and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end.
29 They were spread out at the bottom but joined together at the top with one ring. In this way, these two boards formed the two corners.
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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 And so there were eight boards with their sixteen silver bases, with two bases under every board.
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So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
31 They also made acacia-wood bars: five for the boards on one side of the dwelling,
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They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
32 five bars for the boards on the other side of the dwelling, and five bars for the boards on the back wall of the dwelling 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 They made the middle bar, which was halfway up the boards, run 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 They covered the boards with gold. They made gold rings to house the bars and covered the bars 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 They made the veil of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and fine twisted linen, with figures of winged heavenly creatures worked into its design.
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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 They made for it four acacia-wood posts covered in gold with gold hooks and cast four silver bases for them.
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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 They made a screen for the entrance to the tent of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and fine twisted linen, decorated with needlework.
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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 They made its five posts with hooks. They covered their tops and bands with gold, but made their five bases out of copper.
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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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