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1 Bezalel and Oholiab must do the work just as the LORD has commanded. So must every skilled worker to whom the LORD has given skill and ability. They must know how to do all of the work for every purpose connected with the sacred tent. And that includes setting it up."
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So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the LORD has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the LORD has commanded.”
2 Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab. He sent for every skilled worker to whom the LORD had given ability and who wanted to come and do the work.
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Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the LORD had given ability and who was willing to come and do the work.
3 They received from Moses all of the offerings the people of Israel had brought. They had brought the offerings for all of the work for every purpose connected with the holy tent. That included setting it up. The people kept bringing the offerings they chose to give. They brought them morning after morning.
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They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning.
4 So all of the skilled workers who were working on the holy tent stopped what they were doing.
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So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing
5 They said to Moses, "The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD commanded us to do."
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and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD commanded to be done.”
6 Then Moses gave an order. A message was sent through the whole camp. It said, "No man or woman should make anything else and offer it for the holy tent." And so the people were kept from bringing more offerings.
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Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: “No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” And so the people were restrained from bringing more,
7 There was already more than enough to do all of the work.
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because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.
8 All of the skilled workers made the holy tent. They made ten curtains out of finely twisted linen. They made them with blue, purple and bright red yarn. A skilled worker sewed cherubim into the pattern.
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All those who were skilled among the workers made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by expert hands.
9 All of the curtains were the same size. They were 42 feet long and six feet wide.
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All the curtains were the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.
10 The workers joined five of the curtains together. They did the same thing with the other five.
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They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five.
11 Then they made loops out of blue strips of cloth along the edge of the end curtain in one set. They did the same thing with the end curtain in the other set.
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Then they made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and the same was done with the end curtain in the other set.
12 They also made 50 loops on the end curtain of the one set. They did the same thing on the end curtain of the other set. They put the loops across from each other.
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They also made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.
13 Then they made 50 gold hooks. They used them to join curtains together so that the holy tent was all one piece.
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Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.
14 The workers made a total of 11 curtains out of goat hair to put over the holy tent.
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They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether.
15 All 11 curtains were the same size. They were 45 feet long and six feet wide.
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All eleven curtains were the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
16 The workers joined five of the curtains together into one set. They did the same thing with the other six.
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They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set.
17 Then they made 50 loops along the edge of the end curtain in the one set. They did the same thing with the other set.
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Then they made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set.
18 They made 50 bronze hooks. They used them to join the tent together all in one piece.
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They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit.
19 They made a covering for the tent. They made it out of ram skins that were dyed red. They put a covering of the hides of sea cows over that.
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Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.
20 The workers made frames out of acacia wood for the holy tent.
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They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
21 Each frame was 15 feet long and two feet three inches wide.
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Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,
22 The workers added two small wooden pins to each frame. The pins stuck out so that they were even with each other. The workers made all of the frames of the holy tent in the same way.
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with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
23 They made 20 frames for the south side of the holy tent.
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They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle
24 And they made 40 silver bases to go under them. They made two bases for each frame. They put one under each pin that stuck out.
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and made forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection.
25 For the north side of the holy tent they made 20 frames
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For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames
26 and 40 silver bases. They put two bases under each frame.
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and forty silver bases—two under each frame.
27 The workers made six frames for the west end of the holy tent.
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They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,
28 They made two frames for the corners of the holy tent at the far end.
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and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end.
29 At those two corners the frames were double from top to bottom. They were fitted into a single ring. The workers made both of them the same.
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At these two corners the frames were double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both were made alike.
30 So there were eight frames and 16 silver bases. There were two bases under each frame.
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So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
31 The workers also made crossbars out of acacia wood. They made five for the frames on one side of the holy tent.
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They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
32 They made five for the frames on the other side. And they made five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the holy tent.
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five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.
33 The center crossbar reached from end to end at the middle of the frames.
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They made the center crossbar so that it extended from end to end at the middle of the frames.
34 They covered the frames with gold. They made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also covered the crossbars with gold.
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They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
35 They made the curtain out of blue, purple and bright red yarn and finely twisted linen. A skilled worker sewed cherubim into the pattern.
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They made the curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.
36 The workers made four posts out of acacia wood for the curtain. They covered the posts with gold. They made gold hooks and four silver bases for the posts.
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They made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold. They made gold hooks for them and cast their four silver bases.
37 For the entrance to the tent the workers made a curtain out of blue, purple and bright red yarn and finely twisted linen. A person who sewed skillfully made it.
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For the entrance to the tent they made a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer;
38 The workers made five posts with hooks for the curtains. They covered the tops of the posts and their bands with gold. And they made five bronze bases for them.
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and they made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold and made their five bases of bronze.
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