King James Version KJV
Good News Translation GNT
1 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.
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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 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:
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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 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.
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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 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
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Then the skilled men who were doing the work went
5 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.
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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 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.
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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 stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
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What had already been brought was more than enough to finish all the work.
8 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.
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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 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.
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Each piece was the same size, 14 yards long and 2 yards wide.
10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.
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They sewed five of them together in one set and did the same with the other five.
11 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.
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They made loops of blue cloth on the edge of the outside piece in each set.
12 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.
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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 he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
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They made fifty gold hooks, with which to join the two sets into one piece.
14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
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Then they made a cover for the Tent out of eleven pieces of cloth made of goats' hair.
15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
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They made them all the same size, 15 yards long and 2 yards wide.
16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
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They sewed five of them together in one set and the other six in another set.
17 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.
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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 he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
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They made fifty bronze hooks to join the two sets, so as to form one cover.
19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above 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 he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
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They made upright frames of acacia wood for the Tent.
21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.
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Each frame was 15 feet tall and 27 inches wide,
22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
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with two matching projections, so that the frames could be joined together. All the frames had these projections.
23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:
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They made twenty frames for the south side
24 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.
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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 other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
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They made twenty frames for the north side of the Tent
26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
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and forty silver bases, two under each frame.
27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
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For the back of the Tent, on the west, they made six frames
28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
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and two frames for the corners.
29 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.
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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 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
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So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases, two under each frame.
31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
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They made fifteen crossbars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the Tent,
32 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.
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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 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the 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 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.
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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 a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
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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 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.
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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 he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
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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 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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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.