Shamuth (Exodus) — 36

The People Continued to bring additional gifts for YAHUAH's project 

1 “For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH has gifted Bazalal, Uhuliab and the other skilled craftsmen with wisdom and ability to perform any task involved in building the sanctuary, let them construct and furnish the Tabernacle, just as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH has commanded.”

2 So Musha summoned Bazalal and Uhuliab and all the others who were specially gifted by 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH and were eager to get to work. 

3 Musha gave them the materials donated by the people of Yashar'AL as sacred offerings for the completion of the sanctuary, but the people continued to bring additional gifts each morning. 

4 Finally the craftsmen who were working on the sanctuary left their work. 

5 They went to Musha and reported, “The people have given more than enough materials to complete the job our  𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH has commanded us to do!”

6 So Musha gave the command and this message was sent throughout the camp: “Men and women, do not prepare any more gifts for the sanctuary, we have enough!” So the people stopped bringing their sacred offerings. 

7 Their contributions were more than enough to complete the whole project.

Building the Tabernacle

8 The skilled craftsmen made ten curtains of finely woven linen for the Tabernacle, then Bazalal decorated the curtains with blue, purple and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim. 

9 All ten curtains were exactly the same size, 42 feet long and 6 feet wide. 

10 Five of these curtains were joined together to make one long curtain and the other five were joined to make a second long curtain. 

11 Bazalal made fifty loops of blue yarn and put them along the edge of the last curtain in each set. 

12 The fifty loops along the edge of one curtain matched the fifty loops along the edge of the other curtain. 

13 Then Bazalal made fifty gold clasps and fastened the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle was made of one continuous piece.

14 Bazalal made eleven curtains of goat-hair cloth to serve as a tent covering for the Tabernacle. 

15 These eleven curtains were all exactly the same size—45 feet long and 6 feet wide. 

16 Bazalal joined five of these curtains together to make one long curtain and the other six were joined to make a second long curtain. 

17 He made fifty loops for the edge of each large curtain. 

18 He also made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the long curtains together. In this way, the tent covering was made of one continuous piece. 

19 Bazalal completed the tent covering with a layer of tanned ram skins and a layer of fine goatskin leather.

20 For the framework of the Tabernacle, Bezalal constructed frames of acacia wood.

21 Each frame was 15 feet high and 27 inches wide, 

22 with two pegs under each frame. All the frames were identical. 

23 He made twenty of these frames to support the curtains on the south side of the Tabernacle. 

24 He also made forty silver bases, two bases under each frame, with the pegs fitting securely into the bases. 

25 For the north side of the Tabernacle, he made another twenty frames, 

26 with their forty silver bases, two bases under each frame. 

27 Bazalal made six frames for the rear, the west side of the Tabernacle 

28 along with two additional frames to reinforce the rear corners of the Tabernacle.

29 These corner frames were matched at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with a single ring, forming a single corner unit, both of these corner units were made the same way. 

30 So there were eight frames at the rear of the Tabernacle, set in sixteen silver bases, two bases under each frame.

31 Then Bazalal made crossbars of acacia wood to link the frames, five crossbars for the north side of the Tabernacle 

32 and five for the south side, he also made five crossbars for the rear of the Tabernacle, which faced west. 

33 He made the middle crossbar to attach halfway up the frames; it ran all the way from one end of the Tabernacle to the other. 

34 Bazalal also overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. Then he overlaid the crossbars with gold as well.

35 For the inside of the Tabernacle, Bazalal made a special curtain of finely woven linen, he decorated it with blue, purple and scarlet thread, with skillfully embroidered Karubim. 

36 For the curtain, Bazalal made four posts of acacia wood and four gold hooks, he overlaid the posts with gold and set them in four silver bases.

37 Then Bazalal made another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent, he made it of finely woven linen and embroidered it with exquisite designs using blue, purple and scarlet thread. 

38 This curtain was hung on gold hooks attached to five posts, the posts with their decorated tops and hooks were overlaid with gold and the five bases were cast from bronze.