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1 Bezalel and Oholiab and every skillful one to whom the Lord has given skill and understanding to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded.
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So let Bezalel and Oholiab get to work, with every wise-hearted man to whom the Lord has given wisdom and knowledge, to do whatever is necessary for the ordering of the holy place, as the Lord has given orders.
2 Moses then called Bezalel and Oholiab and every skillful one to whom the Lord had given skill, everyone whose heart was stirred to come to do the work;
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Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab, and for all the wise-hearted men to whom the Lord had given wisdom, even everyone who was moved by the impulse of his heart to come and take part in the work:
3 and they received from Moses all the freewill offerings that the Israelites had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning,
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And they took from Moses all the offerings which the children of Israel had given for the building of the holy place. And still they went on giving him more free offerings every morning.
4 so that all the artisans who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task being performed,
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Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;
5 and said to Moses, "The people are bringing much more than enough for doing the work that the Lord has commanded us to do."
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And said to Moses, The people are giving much more than is needed for the work which the Lord has given us orders to do.
6 So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp: "No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing;
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So Moses made an order and had it given out through all the tents, saying, Let no man or woman make any more offerings for the holy place. So the people were kept from giving more.
7 for what they had already brought was more than enough to do all the work.
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For the material they had was enough and more than enough for all the work which had to be done.
8 All those with skill among the workers made the tabernacle with ten curtains; they were made of fine twisted linen, and blue, purple, and crimson yarns, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.
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Then all the expert workmen among them made the House with its ten curtains; of the best linen, blue and purple and red, they made them, with winged ones worked by expert designers.
9 The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains were of the same size.
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Every curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.
10 He joined five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he joined to one another.
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And five curtains were joined together, and the other five curtains were joined together.
11 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;
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And they put twists of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and in the same way on the outside curtain of the second group.
12 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.
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Fifty twists on the one curtain and fifty on the edge of the curtain of the other group; the twists being opposite to one another.
13 And he made fifty clasps of gold, and joined the curtains one to the other with clasps; so the tabernacle was one whole.
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And they made fifty hooks of gold, joining the curtains one to another with the hooks; and so the House was made.
14 He also made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.
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And they made curtains of goats' hair for the tent; eleven curtains were made.
15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains were of the same size.
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Every curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.
16 He joined five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
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Five curtains were joined together to make one group, and six curtains were joined together to make the other group.
17 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.
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And they put fifty twists of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group,
18 He made fifty clasps of bronze to join the tent together so that it might be one whole.
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And fifty hooks of brass for joining them together to make the tent.
19 And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams' skins and an outer covering of fine leather.
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And they made a cover of sheepskins coloured red, to go over the tent, and a cover of leather over that.
20 Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.
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And for the uprights of the House they made boards of hard wood.
21 Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the width of each frame.
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The boards were ten cubits long and one cubit and a half wide.
22 Each frame had two pegs for fitting together; he did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.
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Every board had two tongues fixed into it; all the boards were made in this way.
23 The frames for the tabernacle he made in this way: twenty frames for the south side;
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They made twenty boards for the south side of the House:
24 and he made forty bases of silver under the twenty frames, two bases under the first frame for its two pegs, and two bases under the next frame for its two pegs.
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And for these twenty boards, forty silver bases, two bases under every board, to take its tongues.
25 For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames
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And for the second side of the House, on the north, they made twenty boards,
26 and their forty bases of silver, two bases under the first frame and two bases under the next frame.
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With their forty silver bases, two bases for every board.
27 For the rear of the tabernacle westward he made six frames.
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And for the west side of the House, at the back, they made six boards,
28 He made two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear.
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And two boards for the angles at the back.
29 They were separate beneath, but joined at the top, at the first ring; he made two of them in this way, for the two corners.
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These were joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, so forming the two angles.
30 There were eight frames with their bases of silver: sixteen bases, under every frame two bases.
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So there were eight boards with sixteen bases of silver, two bases under every board.
31 He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,
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And they made rods of hard wood; five for the boards on one side of the House,
32 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.
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And five for the boards on the other side of the House, and five for the boards at the back, on the west.
33 He made the middle bar to pass through from end to end halfway up the frames.
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The middle rod was made to go right through the rings of all the boards from one end to the other.
34 And he overlaid the frames with gold, and made rings of gold for them to hold the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
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All the boards were plated with gold, and the rings through which the rods went were of gold, and the rods were plated with gold.
35 He made the curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and fine twisted linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
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And he made the veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with winged ones designed by expert workmen.
36 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.
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And they made four pillars for it of hard wood plated with gold: they had hooks of gold and four silver bases.
37 He also made a screen for the entrance to the tent, of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and fine twisted linen, embroidered with needlework;
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And they made a curtain for the door of the tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red;
38 and its five pillars with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their bases with gold, but their five bases were of bronze.
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And five pillars for the curtain, with their hooks; the heads of the pillars were of gold and they were circled with bands of gold; and their five bases were of brass.
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