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Exodus 36 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:1 - So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the LORD has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the LORD has commanded.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:2 - Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the LORD had given ability and who was willing to come and do the work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3 - They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:4 - So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:5 - and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD commanded to be done.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: “No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” And so the people were restrained from bringing more,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:7 - because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.

The Tabernacle

(Exo 26:1–37 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - All those who were skilled among the workers made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by expert hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9 - All the curtains were the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:10 - They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:11 - Then they made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and the same was done with the end curtain in the other set.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:12 - They also made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:13 - Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:14 - They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:15 - All eleven curtains were the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:16 - They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:17 - Then they made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:19 - Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:20 - They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:21 - Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:22 - with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:23 - They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:24 - and made forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:25 - For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:26 - and forty silver bases—two under each frame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:27 - They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:28 - and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:29 - At these two corners the frames were double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both were made alike.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:30 - So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:31 - They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:32 - five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:33 - They made the center crossbar so that it extended from end to end at the middle of the frames.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:34 - They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - They made the curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:36 - They made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold. They made gold hooks for them and cast their four silver bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - For the entrance to the tent they made a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - and they made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold and made their five bases of bronze.
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NIV Footnotes
That is, about 42 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide
That is, about 45 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 14 meters long and 1.8 meters wide
Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals (see 35:7)
That is, about 15 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide or about 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide
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