Good News Translation GNT
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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 shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Yahweh 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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Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it:
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 offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. They brought yet to him freewill-offerings every morning.
4 Then the skilled men who were doing the work went
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All the wise men, who performed all the work of the sanctuary, each came from his work which they did.
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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They spoke to Moses, saying, "The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Yahweh commanded to make."
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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Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, "Let neither man nor woman make anything else for the offering 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 stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
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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All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tent with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them.
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 had one measure.
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 one to 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 one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling.
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 in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite one to another.
13 They made fifty gold hooks, with which to join the two sets into one piece.
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He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps: so the tent was a unit.
14 Then they made a cover for the Tent out of eleven pieces of cloth made of goats' hair.
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He made curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent. He made them 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 four cubits the breadth of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.
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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He made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second coupling.
18 They made fifty bronze hooks to join the two sets, so as to form one cover.
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He made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be a unit.
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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He made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.
20 They made upright frames of acacia wood for the Tent.
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He made the boards for the tent of acacia wood, standing up.
21 Each frame was 15 feet tall and 27 inches wide,
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Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.
22 with two matching projections, so that the frames could be joined together. All the frames had these projections.
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Each board had two tenons, joined one to another. He made all the boards of the tent this way.
23 They made twenty frames for the south side
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He made the boards for the tent: twenty boards for the south side southward.
24 and forty silver bases to go under them, two bases under each frame to hold its two projections.
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He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board 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 tent, on the north side, he made twenty boards,
26 and forty silver bases, two under each frame.
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and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
27 For the back of the Tent, on the west, they made six frames
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For the far part of the tent westward he made six boards.
28 and two frames for the corners.
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He made two boards for the corners of the tent in the far part.
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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They were double beneath, and in like manner they were all the way to the top of it to one ring. He did thus to both of them in the two corners.
30 So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases, two under each frame.
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There were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets.
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 boards of the one side of the tent,
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 boards of the other side of the tent, and five bars for the boards of the tent for the hinder part westward.
33 The middle crossbar, set halfway up the frames, extended from one end of the Tent to the other.
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He made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other.
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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He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places 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, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.
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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He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them.
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 made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;
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 the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of brass.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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