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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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6 Then Bezalel and Oholiav, and kol ish chacham lev, in whom Hashem gave chochmah and tevunah to have da’as to do all manner of work for the Avodas HaKodesh, according to all that Hashem had 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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And Moshe called Bezalel and Oholiav, and kol ish chochmah lev, in whose lev Hashem had given chochmah, even every one whose lev stirred him up to come unto the work to do it;
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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And they received of Moshe kol haterumah, which the Bnei Yisroel had brought for the work of the Avodas HaKodesh, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him nedavah every boker.
4 Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;
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And all the chachamim, that wrought all the work of HaKodesh, came every man from his work which 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 they spoke unto Moshe, saying, HaAm bring much more than enough for the Avodah of the work, which Hashem commanded to do.
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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And Moshe gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the machaneh, saying, Let neither ish nor isha make any more work for the terumat HaKodesh. So HaAm were restrained from bringing.
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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For the work had been sufficient for all the work to do it v’hoter.
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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And kol chacham lev among them that wrought the work of the Mishkan made ten curtains of fine linen, twisted with turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool; with keruvim in a woven artistic design made he [Bezalel] them.
9 Every curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.
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The length of each curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the curtains were all of the one size.
10 And five curtains were joined together, and the other five curtains were joined together.
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And he joined five curtains one unto another; and the other five curtains he joined one unto another.
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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And he made loops of turquoise wool on the edge of one curtain at the end of the first set; likewise he made them along the edge of the end curtains of the second 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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Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the end curtain in the second set; the loops were to be opposite one another.
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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And he made fifty hooks of zahav, and joined the curtains one unto another with the hooks; so it became Mishkan Echad.
14 And they made curtains of goats' hair for the tent; eleven curtains were made.
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And he made curtains of goat hair for the Ohel over the Mishkan; eleven curtains he made them.
15 Every curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.
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The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the width of one curtain; the eleven curtains were of the one size.
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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And he joined five curtains into a set, and six curtains into a 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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And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain at the end of the set, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain of the other set.
18 And fifty hooks of brass for joining them together to make the tent.
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And he made fifty hooks of nechoshet to attach the Ohel together, that it might be echad (one).
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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And he made a Mikhseh (Cover) for the Ohel of dyed red ram skin, and a tachash hide Mikhseh above that.
20 And for the uprights of the House they made boards of hard wood.
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And he made kerashim (planks) for the Mishkan of acacia wood, standing erect.
21 The boards were ten cubits long and one cubit and a half wide.
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The length of a keresh (plank) was ten cubits, and the width of a keresh one cubit and a half.
22 Every board had two tongues fixed into it; all the boards were made in this way.
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One keresh had two yadot (projections, tenons), equally distant one from another; thus did he make for all the kerashim of the Mishkan.
23 They made twenty boards for the south side of the House:
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And he made kerashim (frames) for the Mishkan; twenty kerashim for the negev (south) side southward;
24 And for these twenty boards, forty silver bases, two bases under every board, to take its tongues.
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And arba’im sockets of kesef he made under the twenty kerashim; two sockets under one keresh for its two tenons, and two sockets under another keresh for its two tenons.
25 And for the second side of the House, on the north, they made twenty boards,
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And for the other side of the Mishkan, which is toward the north, he made twenty kerashim,
26 With their forty silver bases, two bases for every board.
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And their arba’im sockets of kesef; two sockets under one keresh, and two sockets under another keresh.
27 And for the west side of the House, at the back, they made six boards,
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And for the sides of the Mishkan westward he made six kerashim.
28 And two boards for the angles at the back.
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And two kerashim made he for the corners of the Mishkan in the back.
29 These were joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, so forming the two angles.
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And they were doubled at the bottom, and joined together; at the top thereof, there was one ring; thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
30 So there were eight boards with sixteen bases of silver, two bases under every board.
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And there were eight kerashim; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of kesef, under every keresh two sockets.
31 And they made rods of hard wood; five for the boards on one side of the House,
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And he made crossbars of acacia wood; five for the kerashim of the one side of the Mishkan,
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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And five crossbars for the kerashim of the other side of the Mishkan, and five crossbars for the kerashim of the Mishkan for the sides westward.
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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And he made the middle crossbar to extend within the kerashim from the one end 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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And he overlaid the kerashim with zahav, and made their rings of zahav to be housing for the crossbars, and overlaid the crossbars with zahav.
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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And he made a Parochet [see Mk 15:38] of turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and twisted fine linen; with keruvim made he it of artistic embroidery.
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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And he made thereunto four ammudim of acacia wood, and overlaid them with zahav; their hooks were of zahav; and he cast for them four sockets of kesef.
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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And he made a Masach for the petach of the Ohel of turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and twisted fine linen, the work of artistic 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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And the five ammudim of it with their hooks; and he overlaid their tops and their bands with zahav; but their five sockets were of nechoshet.
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