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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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Then Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wisehearted man in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, wrought according to all that the LORD had 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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And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wisehearted 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 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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And they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it thereby. And they brought yet unto him freewill offerings every morning.
4 So all of the skilled workers who were working on the holy tent stopped what they were doing.
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And all the wise men who wrought all the work of the sanctuary came every man from his work which they made,
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 they spoke unto Moses, saying, "The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded to make."
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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And Moses gave a 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 There was already more than enough to do all of the work.
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for the supply they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
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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And every wisehearted man among them who wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of finetwined linen, and blue and purple and scarlet; with cherubims of skillful work made he them.
9 All of the curtains were the same size. They were 42 feet long and six feet wide.
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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 The workers joined five of the curtains together. They did the same thing with the other five.
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And he coupled the five curtains one unto another, and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.
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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And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvage in the coupling. Likewise he made in the outermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
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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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 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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And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the clasps. So it became one tabernacle.
14 The workers made a total of 11 curtains out of goat hair to put over the holy tent.
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And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains he made them.
15 All 11 curtains were the same size. They were 45 feet long and six feet wide.
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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 The workers joined five of the curtains together into one set. They did the same thing with the other six.
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And he coupled five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves.
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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And he made fifty loops upon the outermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
18 They made 50 bronze hooks. They used them to join the tent together all in one piece.
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And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
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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And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that.
20 The workers made frames out of acacia wood for the holy tent.
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And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing upright.
21 Each frame was 15 feet long and two feet three inches 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 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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One board had two tenons equally distant one from another. Thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
23 They made 20 frames for the south side of the holy tent.
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And he made boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward.
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 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 north side of the holy tent they made 20 frames
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And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards
26 and 40 silver bases. They put two bases 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 The workers made six frames for the west end of the holy tent.
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And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
28 They made two frames for the corners of the holy tent at the far end.
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And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
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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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 So there were eight frames and 16 silver bases. There were two bases under each frame.
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And there were eight boards, and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
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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And he made bars of shittim wood: five for the boards of the 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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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 The center crossbar reached from end to end at the middle of the frames.
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And he made the middle bar to extend through the boards from the one end to the other.
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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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 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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And he made a veil of blue and purple and scarlet, and finetwined linen; with cherubims he made it of skillful work.
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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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 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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And he made a hanging for the tabernacle door of blue and purple and scarlet, and finetwined linen, of needlework,
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 the five pillars of it with their hooks. And he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, but their five sockets were of brass.
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