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1 "B'tzal'el and Oholi'av, along with all the craftsmen whom ADONAI has endowed with the wisdom and skill necessary to carry out the work needed for the sanctuary, are to do exactly according to everything ADONAI has ordered."
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Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.
2 Moshe summoned B'tzal'el, Oholi'av and every craftsman to whom ADONAI had given wisdom, everyone whose heart stirred him, to come and take part in the work.
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And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:
3 They received from Moshe all the offering which the people of Isra'el had brought for the work of building the sanctuary. But they still kept bringing voluntary offerings every morning,
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And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
4 until all the craftsmen doing the work for the sanctuary left the work they were involved with
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And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
5 to tell Moshe, "The people are bringing far more than is needed to do the work ADONAI has ordered done."
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And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
6 So Moshe gave an order which was proclaimed throughout the camp: "Neither men nor women are to make any further efforts for the sanctuary offering." In this way, the people were restrained from making additional contributions.
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And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
7 For what they had already was not only sufficient for doing all the work, but too much!
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For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
8 All the skilled men among them who did the work made the tabernacle, using ten sheets of finely woven linen and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn. He made them with k'ruvim worked in that had been crafted by a skilled artisan.
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And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
9 Each sheet was forty-two feet long and six feet wide; all the sheets were the same size.
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The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.
10 He joined five sheets one to another, and the other five sheets he joined one to another.
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And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.
11 He made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost sheet in the first set and did the same on the edge of the outermost sheet in the second set.
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And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
12 He made fifty loops on the one sheet, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the sheet in the second set; the loops were opposite one another.
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Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
13 He made fifty fasteners of gold and coupled the sheets to each other with the fasteners, so that the tabernacle formed a single unit.
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And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
14 He made sheets of goat's hair to be used as a tent covering the tabernacle; he made eleven sheets.
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And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
15 Each sheet was forty-five feet long and six feet wide; all eleven sheets were the same size.
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The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
16 He joined five sheets together and six sheets together.
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And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
17 He made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost sheet in the first set and fifty loops on the outermost sheet in the second set.
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And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
18 He made fifty fasteners of bronze to join the tent together, so that it would be a single unit.
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And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
19 He made a covering for the tent of tanned ram skins and an outer covering of fine leather.
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And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that.
20 He made the upright planks of acacia-wood for the tabernacle.
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And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
21 Each plank was fifteen feet long and two-and-a-quarter feet wide.
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The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.
22 There were two projections on each plank, and the planks were joined one to another. This is how he made all the planks for the tabernacle.
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One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
23 He made the planks for the tabernacle as follows: twenty planks for the south side, facing southward.
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And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:
24 He made forty silver sockets under the twenty planks, two sockets under one plank for its two projections and two sockets under another plank for its two projections.
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And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
25 For the second side of the tabernacle, to the north, he made twenty planks
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And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
26 and their forty silver sockets, two sockets under one plank and two under another.
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And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
27 For the rear part of the tabernacle, toward the west, he made six planks.
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And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
28 For the corners of the tabernacle in the rear he made two planks,
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And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
29 double from the bottom all the way to the top but joined at a single ring. He did the same with both of them at the two corners.
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And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
30 Thus there were eight planks with their silver sockets, sixteen sockets, two sockets under each plank.
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And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
31 He made crossbars of acacia-wood, five for the planks of the one side of the tabernacle,
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And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
32 five crossbars for the planks of the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for the planks at the side of the tabernacle at the rear toward the west.
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And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.
33 He made the middle crossbar so that it extended from one end of the planks to the other, halfway up.
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And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
34 He overlaid the planks with gold, made gold rings for them through which the crossbars could pass and overlaid the crossbars with gold.
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And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
35 He made the curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely woven linen. He made them with k'ruvim worked in that had been crafted by a skilled artisan.
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And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
36 He made for it four posts of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold, and gold hooks; and cast for them four silver sockets.
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And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
37 For the entrance to the tent he made a screen of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely woven linen, in colors, the work of a weaver;
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And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
38 with its five posts and their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their attached rings for hanging with gold, while their five sockets were of bronze.
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And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
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