Êxodo 36

¹ Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of theBy the sanctuary he means all the tabernacle.sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.

² For Moses had called Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and all the wise hearted men, in whose heartes the Lorde had giuen wisedome, euen as many as their hearts encouraged to come vnto that worke to worke 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, to make it [withal]. AndMeaning, the Israelites.they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.

⁴ So all the wise men, that wrought all the holy worke, came euery man from his worke which they wrought,

⁵ And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bringA rare example and notable to see the people so ready to serve God with their goods.much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.

⁶ Then Moses gaue a commandement, and they caused it to be proclaymed throughout the hoste, saying, Let neither man nor woman prepare any more worke for the oblation of the Sanctuarie. So the people were stayed from offring.

⁷ For the stuffe they had, was sufficient for all the worke to make it, and too much.

⁸ And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with]Which were little pictures with wings in the form of children.cherubims of cunning work made he them.

⁹ The length of one curtaine was twentie & eight cubits, & the breadth of one curtaine foure cubites: and the curtaines were all of one cise.

¹⁰ And he coupled fiue curtaines together, & other fiue coupled he together.

¹¹ And he made strings of blewe silke by the edge of one curtaine, in the seluedge of the coupling: likewise he made on the side of the other curtaine in the seluedge in the second coupling.

¹² Fiftie strings made he in the one curtaine, and fiftie strings made he in the edge of the other curtaine, which was in the second coupling: the strings were set one against another.

¹³ After, he made fiftie taches of golde, and coupled the curtaines one to another with the taches: so was it one Tabernacle.

¹⁴ Also he made curtaines of goates heare for the couering vpon the Tabernacle: he made them to the nomber of eleuen curtaines.

¹⁵ The length of one curtaine had thirtie cubites, & the bredth of one curtaine foure cubites: the eleuen curtaines were of one cise.

¹⁶ And hee coupled fiue curtaines by themselues, and sixe curtaines by themselues:

¹⁷ Also he made fiftie strings vpon the edge of one curtaine in the seluedge in the coupling, & fiftie strings made hee vpon the edge of the other curtaine in the second coupling.

¹⁸ He made also fiftie taches of brasse to couple the couering that it might be one.

¹⁹ And he made aThese two were above the covering of goat's hair.covering for the tent [of] rams' skins dyed red, and a covering [of] badgers' skins above [that].

²⁰ And he made boards for the tabernacle [of] shittim wood,And to bear up the curtains of the tabernacle.standing up.

²¹ The length of a board was ten cubites, and the bredth of one board was a cubite, & an halfe.

²² One board had two tenons, set in order as the feete of a ladder, one against another: thus made he for all the boardes of the Tabernacle.

²³ So he made twentie boardes for the South side of the Tabernacle, euen full South.

²⁴ And fourtie sockets of siluer made he vnder the twentie boardes, two sockets vnder one board for his two tenons, and two sockets vnder another board for his two tenons.

²⁵ Also for the other side of the Tabernacle toward the North, he made twentie boards,

²⁶ And their fourtie sockets of siluer, two sockets vnder one board, and two sockets vnder another boarde.

²⁷ And for the sides of the tabernacleOr, toward the Mediterranean Sea, west of Jerusalem,westward he made six boards.

²⁸ And two boardes made he in the corners of the Tabernacle, for either side,

²⁹ And they were ioyned beneath, and likewise were made sure aboue with a ring: thus he did to both in both corners.

³⁰ So there were eight boards & their sixteene sockets of siluer, vnder euery board two sockets.

³¹ After, he made barres of Shittim wood, fiue for the boards in ye one side of ye Tabernacle,

³² And fiue barres for the boardes in the other side of the Tabernacle, and fiue barres for the boards of the Tabernacle on the side toward the West.

³³ And he made the middest barre to shoote through the boards, from the one end to ye other.

³⁴ He ouerlayd also the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the barres, and couered the barres with golde.

³⁵ And he made aWhich was between the sanctuary and the holiest of holies.vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: [with] cherubims made he it of cunning work.

³⁶ And made thereunto foure pillars of Shittim, & ouerlayd them with golde: whose hookes were also of golde, and hee cast for them foure sockets of siluer.

³⁷ And he made anWhich was between the court and the sanctuary.hanging for the tabernacle door [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

³⁸ And the fiue pillars of it with their hookes, and ouerlayde their chapiters & their filets with golde, but their fiue sockets were of brasse.