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1 "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."
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“Bezalel and Oholiab and every 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 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.
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And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the Lord had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work.
3 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.
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And they received from Moses all the contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning,
4 Then the skilled men who were doing the work went
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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 told Moses, "The people are bringing more than is needed for the work which the Lord commanded to be done."
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and said to Moses, “The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the Lord has commanded us to do. ”
6 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.
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So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, “Let no man or woman do anything more for the contribution for the sanctuary. ” So the people were restrained from bringing,
7 What had already been brought was more than enough to finish all the work.
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for the material they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more.
8 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.
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And 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 Each piece was the same size, 14 yards long and 2 yards wide.
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The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains were the same size.
10 They sewed five of them together in one set and did the same with the other five.
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He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.
11 They made loops of blue cloth on the edge of the outside piece in each set.
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He made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain of the first set. Likewise he made them on the edge of the outermost curtain of the second set.
12 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.
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He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set. The loops were opposite one another.
13 They made fifty gold hooks, with which to join the two sets into one piece.
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And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to the other with clasps. So the tabernacle was a single whole.
14 Then they made a cover for the Tent out of eleven pieces of cloth made of goats' hair.
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He also made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains.
15 They made them all the same size, 15 yards long and 2 yards wide.
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The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains were the same size.
16 They sewed five of them together in one set and the other six in another set.
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He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
17 They put fifty loops on the edge of the last piece of one set and fifty loops on the edge of the other set.
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And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain of the one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other connecting curtain.
18 They made fifty bronze hooks to join the two sets, so as to form one cover.
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And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together that it might be a single whole.
19 They made two more coverings, one of rams' skin dyed red and the other of fine leather, to serve as an outer cover.
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And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams’ skins and goatskins.
20 They made upright frames of acacia wood for the Tent.
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Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.
21 Each frame was 15 feet tall and 27 inches wide,
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Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame.
22 with two matching projections, so that the frames could be joined together. All the frames had these projections.
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Each frame had two tenons for fitting together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.
23 They made twenty frames for the south side
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The frames for the tabernacle he made thus: twenty frames for the south side.
24 and forty silver bases to go under them, two bases under each frame to hold its two projections.
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And he made forty bases of silver under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons.
25 They made twenty frames for the north side of the Tent
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For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames
26 and forty silver bases, two under each frame.
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and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame and two bases under the next frame.
27 For the back of the Tent, on the west, they made six frames
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For the rear of the tabernacle westward he made six frames.
28 and two frames for the corners.
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He made two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear.
29 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.
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And they were separate beneath but joined at the top, at the first ring. He made two of them this way for the two corners.
30 So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases, two under each frame.
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There were eight frames with their bases of silver: sixteen bases, under every frame two bases.
31 They made fifteen crossbars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the Tent,
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He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,
32 five for the frames on the other side, and five for the frames on the west end, at the back.
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and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the tabernacle at the rear westward.
33 The middle crossbar, set halfway up the frames, extended from one end of the Tent to the other.
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And he made the middle bar to run from end to end halfway up the frames.
34 They covered the frames with gold and fitted them with gold rings to hold the crossbars, which were also covered with gold.
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And he overlaid the frames with gold, and made their rings of gold for holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
35 They made a curtain of fine linen, woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered it with figures of winged creatures.
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He made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; with cherubim skillfully worked into it he made it.
36 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.
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And for it he made four pillars of acacia and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four bases of silver.
37 For the entrance of the Tent they made a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and decorated with embroidery.
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He also made a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework,
38 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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and its five pillars with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals, and their fillets were of gold, but their five bases were of bronze.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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