Chapter 36
1 And Bezalel and Oholiab shall work, and every wise-hearted
man, in whom HaShem hath put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all
the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that HaShem hath
commanded.'
2 And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every
wise-hearted man, in whose heart HaShem had put wisdom, even every one whose
heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it.
3 And they received of Moses all the offering, which the
children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary,
wherewith to make it. And they brought yet unto him freewill-offerings every
morning.
4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the
sanctuary, came every man from his work which they wrought.
5 And they spoke unto Moses, saying: 'The people bring much
more than enough for the service of the work, which HaShem commanded to make.'
6 And Moses gave 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 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to
make it, and too much.
8 And every wise-hearted man among them
that wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains: of fine twined
linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful
workman made he them.
9 The length of each curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and
the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had one measure.
10 And he coupled five curtains one to another; and the other
five curtains he coupled one to another.
11 And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain
that was outmost in the first set; likewise he made in the edge of the curtain
that was outmost in the second set.
12 Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops
made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were
opposite one to another.
13 And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains
one to another with the clasps; so the tabernacle was one.
14
And he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven
curtains he made them.
15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four
cubits the breadth of each curtain; the eleven curtains had one measure.
16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six
curtains by themselves.
17 And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that
was outmost in the first set, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the
curtain which was outmost in the second set.
18 And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent
together, that it might be one.
19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed
red, and a covering of sealskins above.
20 And he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia-wood,
standing up.
21 Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a
half the breadth of each board.
22 Each board had two tenons, joined one to another. Thus did
he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
23 And he made the boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards
for the south side southward.
24 And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty
boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under
another board for its two tenons.
25 And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north
side, he made twenty boards,
26 and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one
board, and two sockets under another board.
27 And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward he made
six boards.
28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle
in the hinder part;
29 that they might be double beneath, and in like manner they
should be complete unto the top thereof unto the first ring. Thus he did to both
of them in the two corners.
30 And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver,
sixteen sockets: under every board two sockets.
31 And he made bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of
the one side of the tabernacle,
32 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the
tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part
westward.
33 And he made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of
the boards from the one end to the other.
34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings
of gold for holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
35 And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine twined linen; with the cherubim the work of the skilful workman made he it.
36 And he made thereunto four pillars of acacia, and overlaid
them with gold, their hooks being of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of
silver.
37 And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the weaver in
colours;
38 and the five pillars of it with their hooks; and he
overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were
of brass.
Sources: Portions copyright © 1997 by Benyamin Pilant, All Rights Reserved
JPS Electronic Edition, based on the 1917 JPS translation, Copyright © 1998 by Larry Nelson, All Rights Reserved
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