Exodus 36:1-9

1 "Bezalel and Oholiab and ¹every craftsman in whom the LORD has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the LORD has commanded."

2 And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the LORD had put skill, everyone ²whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work.

3 And they received from Moses all the ³contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him ⁴freewill offerings every morning,

4 so that all the craftsmen who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task that he was doing,

5 and said to Moses, ⁵"The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the LORD has commanded us to do."

6 So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, "Let no man or woman do anything more for the ⁶contribution for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing,

7 for the material they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more.

8 ⁷And all the craftsmen among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains. They were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns, with cherubim skillfully worked.

9 The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits,^[a] and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains were the same size.

Exodus 36:1-9 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.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 28:3; Exodus 31:6; Exodus 35:10, 25
• 2. See Exodus 25:2
• 3. Exodus 35:24
• 4. See Exodus 35:29
• 5. [2 Chronicles 31:10; 2 Corinthians 8:2, 3]
• 6. ver. 3
• 7. For ver. 8-19, see Exodus 26:1-14

Footnotes

• [a]. A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters