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1 Beseleel therefore, and Ooliab, and every wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and understanding, to know how to work artificially, made the things that are necessary for the uses of the sanctuary, and which the Lord commanded.
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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.
2 And when Moses had called them, and every skilful man, to whom the Lord had given wisdom, and such as of their own accord had offered themselves to the making of the work,
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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;
3 He delivered all the offerings of the children of Israel unto them. And while they were earnest about the work, the people daily in the morning offered their vows.
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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,
4 Whereupon the workmen being constrained to come,
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so that all the artisans who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task being performed,
5 Said to Moses: The people offereth more than is necessary.
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and said to Moses, "The people are bringing much more than enough for doing the work that the Lord has commanded us to do."
6 Moses therefore commanded proclamation to be made by the crier’s voice: Let neither man nor woman offer any more for the work of the sanctuary. And so they ceased from offering gifts,
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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;
7 Because the things that were offered did suffice, and were too much.
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for what they had already brought was more than enough to do all the work.
8 And all the men that were wise of heart, to accomplish the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of twisted fine linen, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, with varied work, and the art of embroidering:
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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.
9 The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth four: all the curtains were of the same size.
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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.
10 And he joined five curtains, one to another, and the other five he coupled one to another.
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He joined five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he joined to one another.
11 He made also loops of violet in the edge of one curtain on both sides, and in the edge of the other curtain in like manner,
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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;
12 That the loops might meet one against another, and might be joined each with the other.
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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.
13 Whereupon also he cast fifty rings of gold, that might catch the loops of the curtains, and they might be made one tabernacle.
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And he made fifty clasps of gold, and joined the curtains one to the other with clasps; so the tabernacle was one whole.
14 He made also eleven curtains of goats’ hair, to cover the roof of the tabernacle:
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He also made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.
15 One curtain was thirty cubits long, and four cubits broad: all the curtains were of one measure.
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The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains were of the same size.
16 Five of which he joined apart, and the other six apart.
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He joined five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
17 And he made fifty loops in the edge of one curtain, and fifty in the edge of another curtain, that they might be joined one to another.
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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.
18 And fifty buckles of brass wherewith the roof might be knit together, that of all the curtains there might be made one covering.
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He made fifty clasps of bronze to join the tent together so that it might be one whole.
19 He made also a cover for the tabernacle of rams’ skins dyed red; and another cover over that of violet skins.
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And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams' skins and an outer covering of fine leather.
20 He made also the boards of the tabernacle of setim wood standing.
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Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.
21 The length of one board was ten cubits; and the breadth was one cubit and a half.
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Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the width of each frame.
22 There were two mortises throughout every board, that one might be joined to the other. And in this manner he made for all the boards of the tabernacle.
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Each frame had two pegs for fitting together; he did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.
23 Of which twenty were at the south side southward,
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The frames for the tabernacle he made in this way: twenty frames for the south side;
24 With forty sockets of silver, two sockets were put under one board on the two sides of the corners, where the mortises of the sides end in the corners.
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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.
25 At that side also of the tabernacle, that looketh towards the north, he made twenty boards,
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For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames
26 With forty sockets of silver, two sockets for every board.
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and their forty bases of silver, two bases under the first frame and two bases under the next frame.
27 But against the west, to wit, at that side of the tabernacle, which looketh to the sea, he made six boards,
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For the rear of the tabernacle westward he made six frames.
28 And two others at each corner of the tabernacle behind:
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He made two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear.
29 Which were also joined from beneath unto the top, and went together into one joint. Thus he did on both sides at the corners:
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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.
30 So there were in all eight boards, and they had sixteen sockets of silver, to wit, two sockets under every board.
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There were eight frames with their bases of silver: sixteen bases, under every frame two bases.
31 He made also bars of setim wood, five to hold together the boards of one side of the tabernacle,
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He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,
32 And five others to join together the boards of the other side; and besides these, five other bars at the west side of the tabernacle towards the sea.
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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.
33 He made also another bar, that might come by the midst of the boards from corner to corner.
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He made the middle bar to pass through from end to end halfway up the frames.
34 And the boards themselves he overlaid with gold casting for them sockets of silver. And their rings he made of gold, through which the bars might be drawn: and he covered the bars themselves with plates of gold.
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And he overlaid the frames with gold, and made rings of gold for them to hold the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
35 He made also a veil of violet, and purple, scarlet and fine twisted linen, varied and distinguished with embroidery:
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He made the curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and fine twisted linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
36 And four pillars of setim wood, which with their heads he overlaid with gold, casting for them sockets of silver.
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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.
37 He made also a hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, with the work of an embroiderer.
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He also made a screen for the entrance to the tent, of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and fine twisted linen, embroidered with needlework;
38 And five pillars with their heads, which he covered with gold, and their sockets he cast of brass.
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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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