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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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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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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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Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;
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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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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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For the material they had was enough and more than enough for all the work which had to be done.
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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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Every curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.
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And five curtains were joined together, and the other five curtains were joined together.
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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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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.