The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
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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"Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the other workers to whom the Lord has given skill and understanding, who know how to make everything needed to build the sacred Tent, are to make everything 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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Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the other skilled men to whom the Lord had given ability and who were willing to help, and Moses told them to start working.
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 him all the offerings which the Israelites had brought for constructing the sacred Tent. But the people of Israel continued to bring Moses their offerings every morning.
4 Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;
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Then the skilled men who were doing the work went
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 told Moses, "The people are bringing more than is needed for the work which 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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So Moses sent a command throughout the camp that no one was to make any further contribution for the sacred Tent; so the people did not bring any 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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What had already been brought was more than enough to finish 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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The most skilled men among those doing the work made the Tent of the Lord's presence. They made it out of ten pieces of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered with figures of winged creatures.
9 Every curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.
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Each piece was the same size, 14 yards long and 2 yards wide.
10 And five curtains were joined together, and the other five curtains were joined together.
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They sewed five of them together in one set 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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They made loops of blue cloth on the edge of the outside piece in each 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 put fifty loops on the first piece of the first set and fifty loops matching them on the last piece of the second set.
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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They made fifty gold hooks, with which to join the two sets into one piece.
14 And they made curtains of goats' hair for the tent; eleven curtains were made.
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Then they made a cover for the Tent out of eleven pieces of cloth made of goats' hair.
15 Every curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.
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They made them all the same size, 15 yards long and 2 yards 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 sewed five of them together in one set and the other six in 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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They put fifty loops on the edge of the last piece of one set and fifty loops on the edge of 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 hooks to join the two sets, so as to form one cover.
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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They made two more coverings, one of rams' skin dyed red and the other of fine leather, to serve as an outer cover.
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 Tent.
21 The boards were ten cubits long and one cubit and a half wide.
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Each frame was 15 feet tall and 27 inches wide,
22 Every board had two tongues fixed into it; all the boards were made in this way.
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with two matching projections, so that the frames could be joined together. All the frames had these projections.
23 They made twenty boards for the south side of the House:
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They made twenty frames for the south side
24 And for these twenty boards, forty silver bases, two bases under every board, to take its tongues.
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and forty silver bases to go under them, two bases under each frame to hold its two projections.
25 And for the second side of the House, on the north, they made twenty boards,
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They made twenty frames for the north side of the Tent
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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For the back of the Tent, on the west, they made six frames
28 And two boards for the angles at the back.
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and two frames for the corners.
29 These were joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, so forming the two angles.
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These corner frames were joined at the bottom and connected all the way to the top. The two frames that formed the two corners were made in this way.
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 made fifteen crossbars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the Tent,
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 the frames on the other side, and five for the frames on the west end, at the back.
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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The middle crossbar, set halfway up the frames, extended from one end of the Tent to the other.
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 covered the frames with gold and fitted them with gold rings to hold the crossbars, which were also covered 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 a curtain of fine linen, woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered it with figures of winged creatures.
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 to hold the curtain, covered them with gold, and fitted them with gold hooks. Then they made four silver bases to hold the posts.
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 of the Tent they made a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and decorated with embroidery.
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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For this curtain they made five posts fitted with hooks, covered their tops and their rods with gold, and made five bronze bases for the posts.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.