| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New International Version |
| 1Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the skilled people are to work based on everything the LORD has commanded. The LORD has given them wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work of constructing the sanctuary." | 1So 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." |
| 2So Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person in whose heart the LORD had placed wisdom, everyone whose heart moved him, to come to the work and do it. | 2Then 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. |
| 3They took from Moses' presence all the contributions that the Israelites had brought for the task of making the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning. | 3They 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. |
| 4Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work for the sanctuary came one by one from the work they were doing | 4So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing |
| 5and said to Moses, "The people are bringing more than is needed for the construction of the work the LORD commanded to be done." | 5and said to Moses, "The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD commanded to be done." |
| 6After Moses gave an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: "Let no man or woman make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary." So the people stopped. | 6Then 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, |
| 7The materials were sufficient for them to do all the work. There was more than enough. | 7because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work. |
| 8All the skilled craftsmen among those doing the work made the tabernacle with 10 curtains. Bezalel made them of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with a design of cherubim worked into them. | 8All 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. |
| 9The length of each curtain was 42 feet, and the width of each curtain six feet; all the curtains had the same measurements. | 9All the curtains were the same size--twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide. |
| 10He joined five of the curtains to each other, and the other five curtains he joined to each other. | 10They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five. |
| 11He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the last curtain in the first set and did the same on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set. | 11Then 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. |
| 12He made 50 loops on the one curtain and 50 loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set, so that the loops lined up with each other. | 12They also made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other. |
| 13He also made 50 gold clasps and joined the curtains to each other, so that the tabernacle became a single unit. | 13Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit. |
| 14He made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made 11 of them. | 14They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle--eleven altogether. |
| 15The length of each curtain was 45 feet, and the width of each curtain six feet. All 11 curtains had the same measurements. | 15All eleven curtains were the same size--thirty cubits long and four cubits wide. |
| 16He joined five of the curtains together, and the other six together. | 16They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set. |
| 17He made 50 loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set and 50 loops on the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set. | 17Then 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. |
| 18He made 50 bronze clasps to join the tent together as a single unit. | 18They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit. |
| 19He also made a covering for the tent from ram skins dyed red and a covering of manatee skins on top of it. | 19Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather. |
| 20He made upright planks of acacia wood for the tabernacle. | 20They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. |
| 21The length of each plank was 15 feet, and the width of each was 27 inches. | 21Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide, |
| 22There were two tenons connected to each other for each plank. He did the same for all the planks of the tabernacle. | 22with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. |
| 23He made planks for the tabernacle as follows: 20 for the south side, | 23They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle |
| 24and he made 40 silver bases to put under the 20 planks, two bases under the first plank for its two tenons, and two bases under each of the following planks for their two tenons; | 24and made forty silver bases to go under them--two bases for each frame, one under each projection. |
| 25for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made 20 planks, | 25For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames |
| 26with their 40 silver bases, two bases under the first plank and two bases under each of the following ones; | 26and forty silver bases--two under each frame. |
| 27and for the west side of the tabernacle he made six planks. | 27They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle, |
| 28He also made two additional planks for the two back corners of the tabernacle. | 28and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end. |
| 29They were paired at the bottom and joined together at the top in a single ring. This is what he did with both of them for the two corners. | 29At 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. |
| 30So there were eight planks with their 16 silver bases, two bases under each one. | 30So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases--two under each frame. |
| 31He made five crossbars of acacia wood for the planks on one side of the tabernacle, | 31They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, |
| 32five crossbars for the planks on the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for those at the back of the tabernacle on the west. | 32five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle. |
| 33He made the central crossbar run through the middle of the planks from one end to the other. | 33They made the center crossbar so that it extended from end to end at the middle of the frames. |
| 34He overlaid them with gold and made their rings out of gold as holders for the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold. | 34They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold. |
| 35Then he made the veil with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. He made it with a design of cherubim worked into it. | 35They made the curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker. |
| 36He made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold. And he cast four silver bases for the posts. | 36They 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. |
| 37He made a screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen for the entrance to the tent, | 37For the entrance to the tent they made a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen--the work of an embroiderer; |
| 38together with its five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze. | 38and 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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