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Moses turned over to them all the contributions the Israelites had brought for the work of constructing the holy place. But the people still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning.
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Finally, all the skilled craftsmen who were working on the holy place stopped what they were doing. They all came to Moses.
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They said, "The people are bringing much more than we need for doing the work the LORD commanded us to do."
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So Moses gave instructions to have the following message announced all over camp: "No man or woman needs to make anything more to give as their special contribution to the holy place." Then the people stopped bringing gifts.
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The material they had was more than enough to do the job.
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All the skilled craftsmen among the workers made the inner tent with ten sheets made from fine linen yarn and violet, purple, and bright red yarn. An angel design was creatively worked into the fabric.
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Each sheet was 42 feet long and 6 feet wide--all the same size.
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Five of the sheets were sewn together, and the other five were also sewn together.
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Then they made 50 violet loops along the edge of the end sheet in each set,
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placing the loops opposite each other.
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They also made 50 gold fasteners. They used them to link the [two sets of] sheets together so that the inner tent was a single unit.
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They made 11 sheets of goats' hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent.
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Each of the 11 sheets was 45 feet long and 6 feet wide.
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Five of the sheets were sewn together into one set, and the remaining six into another set.
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Then they made 50 loops along the edge of the end sheet in each set.
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They also made 50 bronze fasteners to link the inner tent together as a single unit.
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They made a cover out of rams' skins that had been dyed red for the outer tent, and over that they put a cover made of fine leather.
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They made a framework out of acacia wood for the inner tent.
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Each frame was 15 feet long and 27 inches wide,
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with two identical pegs. They made all the frames for the inner tent this same way.
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They made 20 frames for the south side of the inner tent.