Making the Things for the Tabernacle According to the Lord’s Intelligent Design |
Exodus 36:1-38 The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus |
Then Bezaleel, Aholiab & every [skilled] artisan [fashioned,] in whom the Lord [God] put wisdom & understanding to know how to do all [types] of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all the Lord had commanded. |
And Moses called Bezaleel, Aholiab & every wise hearted [person,] in whose heart, the Lord put wisdom,even everyone whose heart [was] stirred to come do the work. And they received [from] Moses all the [freewill] offerings which the children of Israel [Israelites] had brought for the work of [making] the sanctuary & they [continued] to [bring them] every morning. |
And all the [skilled] men who [fashioned & were doing] all the work of the sanctuary, [left] his work & came & [spoke] to Moses, saying, The people [have brought] much more than enough [items to do] the work which the Lord has commanded to [be made.] |
Moses proclaimed throughout the camp,saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more [offerings for] the work of sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing [any more.] For the stuff they had was [more than] sufficient for [them] to make all the work & [it] was too much. |
Every [skilled] artisan among them [who fashioned] the work on the Tabernacle made 10 curtains 28 cubits [long] x 4 cubits [wide,] each of fine [woven] linen & purple, blue & scarlet [thread] with cherubim [angels] & [were] made of [skillful] work. The curtains were all [the same] size. He coupled [each of 2 sets of] 5 curtains were coupled to one another & the loops held one curtain to another. |
50 loops of blue yarn were made on the selvedge edge [of 1 set of 5 curtains] & 50 loops on the [outer] edge of the other [set of 5 curtains.] 50 [clasps] of gold were made which coupled [each set of 5 curtains to the other set of curtains] that it became one Tabernacle. |
He made 11 curtains [each:] 30 cubits [long] x 4 cubits [wide] of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle. He coupled 5 curtains [together] & made 50 loops on the [outermost] edge of [1 set of curtains & coupled the other] 6 curtains [together.] |
He made 50 loops on the [outermost] edge of the 2nd [set of curtains & coupled both sets] together with the 50 brass [clasps] he made to couple the tent together, so that it might be one. Then he made a covering for the tent made of ram’s skins dyed red & a covering above that [were] made of badger’s skins. |
For the Tabernacle, he made [upright] boards of shittim wood 10 cubits [long] x 1½ cubits [wide & each] board had 2 tenons, of [equal distance] from one another, [for binding] one to another. He made 20 boards for the south side & 20 for the north side of the Tabernacle & 40 sockets of silver for each side for the 2 tenons [underneath each of] the boards. |
He made 6 [more] boards for the west side. He made 2 boards for the 2 [back] corners of the Tabernacle & they were coupled together at the [top] & the [bottom by] one ring for [the 2] corners. [So,] there were 8 boards and their sockets were 16 sockets of silver- 2 sockets under every board. |
He made 5 bars of shittim wood for the boards [for each of the 3 sides] of the Tabernacle. He made the middle bar [pass] through the boards from one end to another. He overlaid [all] the boards & bars with gold & made their rings of gold to be [holders] for the bars. |
He made a [veil] of blue, purple & scarlet [thread] & fine [woven] linen with an [artistic] work of cherubim [angels.] [For it,] he made 4 pillars of shittim wood & overlaid them with gold & [with] hooks of gold. |
He cast 4 sockets of silver for them. He also made a hanging [screen] for the Tabernacle door of blue, purple & scarlet [thread] & fine [woven] linen & needlework. The 5 pillars of it with their hooks, he overlaid their [capitals] & their [bands] with gold, but their 5 sockets were brass. |