The People Bring More than Enough 1 ULT And Bezalel and Oholiab and every man skilled of heart to whom Yahweh has given skill and understanding to know{ how} to do all of the work of the service of the Holy Place shall do according to all that Yahweh has commanded.” BSB BSB: “So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”
2 ULT And Moses called to Bezalel and to Oholiab and to every man skilled of heart in whose heart Yahweh had put skill, all whose heart lifted him to come near to the work to do it, BSB BSB: Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.
3 ULT and they took from before the face of Moses all of the contributions that the sons of Israel had brought for doing the work of the service of the Holy Place. And they continually brought a freewill offering to him in the morning in the morning. BSB BSB: They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning,
4 ULT So all the skilled doing all the work of the Holy Place came, every single man from the work that they were doing, BSB BSB: so that all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work
5 ULT and they said to Moses, saying,“The people{ are} bringing much more than enough for the service of the work that Yahweh has commanded{ us} to do.” BSB BSB: and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”
6 ULT And Moses commanded, and they caused a sound to pass through in the camp, saying,“A man and a woman shall not make any more work for the contribution of the Holy Place.” And the people were restrained from bringing. BSB BSB: After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more,
7 ULT And the work was sufficient for doing all their work, and there was excess. BSB BSB: since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.
The Ten Curtains for the Tabernacle (Exodus 26:1–6)
8 ULT And every skilled of heart among the doers of the work made the Dwelling with ten curtains: twisted fine linen and blue and purple and worm of scarlet; cherubim— the work of a skilled craftsman he made them. BSB BSB: All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.
9 ULT The length of each curtain{ was} 28 cubits and the width of each curtain{ was} four cubits. All of the curtains{ were} one size. BSB BSB: Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size.
10 ULT And five of the curtains were joined each to another, and five of the curtains were joined each to another. BSB BSB: And he joined five of the curtains together, and the other five he joined as well.
11 ULT And he made loops of blue on the edge of the first curtain from the edge in the set. And he did thus along the edge of the end curtain in the second set. BSB BSB: He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and also on the end curtain in the second set.
12 ULT He made 50 loops on the first curtain, and he made 50 loops on the end of the curtain which is in the second set. The loops were opposite one to one. BSB BSB: He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite one another.
13 ULT And he made 50 clasps of gold and joined the curtains one to one with the clasps, and the Dwelling was one. BSB BSB: He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.
The Eleven Curtains of Goat Hair (Exodus 26:7–14)
14 ULT And he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the Dwelling. He made 11 of these curtains. BSB BSB: He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.
15 ULT The length of each curtain{ was} 30 cubits, and the width of each curtain{ was} four cubits. The 11 curtains{ were} the same size. BSB BSB: Each of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
16 ULT And he joined five curtains to each other and six curtains to each other. BSB BSB: He joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another.
17 ULT And he made 50 loops on the edge of the end curtain in the joined set, and he made 50 loops on the edge of the curtain in the second joined set. BSB BSB: He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.
18 ULT And he made 50 clasps of bronze to join the tent to be one. BSB BSB: He also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a unit.
19 ULT And he made a covering for the tent of reddened hides of rams and a covering of hides of sea- cows above that. BSB BSB: Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
The Frames and Bases (Exodus 26:15–30)
20 ULT And he made upright frames for the Dwelling from wood of acacias. BSB BSB: Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
21 ULT The length of a frame{ was} ten cubits, and the width of one frame{ was} a cubit and a half of a cubit. BSB BSB: Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
22 ULT { There were} two tenons in each frame for joining one to one. Thus he made all of the frames of the Dwelling. BSB BSB: Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
23 ULT And he made the frames for the Dwelling: 20 frames for the south side. BSB BSB: He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,
24 ULT And he made 40 bases of silver under the 20 frames: two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under one frame for its two tenons. BSB BSB: with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
25 ULT And for the second side of the Dwelling, on the north side, he made 20 frames BSB BSB: For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames
26 ULT and their 40 silver bases: two bases under one frame, and two bases under one frame. BSB BSB: and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.
27 ULT And he made six frames for the back side of the Dwelling, toward the west. BSB BSB: He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,
28 ULT And he made two frames for the back corners of the Dwelling. BSB BSB: and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,
29 ULT And they were a pair at the bottom, and they were completely together at the top to one ring. Thus he did for both as the two corners. BSB BSB: coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.
30 ULT And there were eight frames and their silver bases, sixteen bases: two bases, two bases under one frame. BSB BSB: So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
31 ULT And he made crossbars of wood of acacias— five for the frames of the one side of the Dwelling, BSB BSB: He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
32 ULT and five crossbars for the frames of the second side of the Dwelling, and five crossbars for the frames for the back of the Dwelling to the west. BSB BSB: five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.
33 ULT And he made the middle crossbar in the center of the frames to pass through from end to end. BSB BSB: He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other.
34 ULT And he covered the frames with gold. And he made their rings of gold, the holders for the crossbars. And he covered the bars with gold. BSB BSB: And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
The Veil (Exodus 26:31–35)
35 ULT And he made a curtain of blue and purple and worm of scarlet and of twisted fine linen. He made cherubim, the work of a skillful workman. BSB BSB: Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
36 ULT And he made for it four pillars of acacia wood, and he covered them{ with} gold and their hooks with gold. And he cast for them four bases of silver. BSB BSB: He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts.
The Curtain for the Entrance (Exodus 26:36–37)
37 ULT And he made a curtain for the entrance of the tent: of blue and purple and worm of scarlet and of twisted fine linen, the work of an embroiderer, BSB BSB: For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,
38 ULT and its five pillars and their hooks. And he covered their tops and their rings{ with} gold. And their five bases{ were} bronze. BSB BSB: together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.
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