Exodus 36 NKJV NLT Parallel

◄ Exodus 36 ►

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1“And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whom the LORD has put wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall do according to all that the LORD has commanded.”

1“The LORD has gifted Bezalel, Oholiab, 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 the LORD has commanded.”

2Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, everyone whose heart was stirred, to come and do the work.

2So Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and all the others who were specially gifted by the LORD and were eager to get to work.

3And they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of making the sanctuary. So they continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning.

3Moses gave them the materials donated by the people of Israel as sacred offerings for the completion of the sanctuary. But the people continued to bring additional gifts each morning.

4Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work he was doing,

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

5and they spoke to Moses, saying, “The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded us to do.”

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

6So Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.” And the people were restrained from bringing,

6So Moses gave the command, and this message was sent throughout the camp: “Men and women, don’t prepare any more gifts for the sanctuary. We have enough!” So the people stopped bringing their sacred offerings.

7for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done—indeed too much.

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

8Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim they made them.

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

9The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the curtains were all the same size.

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

10And he coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.

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

11He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the curtain on the selvedge of one set; likewise he did on the outer edge of the other curtain of the second set.

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

12Fifty loops he made on one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain on the end of the second set; the loops held one curtain to another.

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

13And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps, that it might be one tabernacle.

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

14He made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.

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

15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains were the same size.

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

16He coupled five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves.

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

17And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second set.

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

18He also made fifty bronze clasps to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

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

19Then he made a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red, and a covering of badger skins above that.

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

20For the tabernacle he made boards of acacia wood, standing upright.

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

21The length of each board was ten cubits, and the width of each board a cubit and a half.

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

22Each board had two tenons for binding one to another. Thus he made for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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

23And he made boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side.

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

24Forty sockets of silver he made to go under the twenty boards: two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons.

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

25And for the other side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty boards

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

26and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under each of the boards.

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

27For the west side of the tabernacle he made six boards.

27He made six frames for the rear—the west side of the Tabernacle—

28He also made two boards for the two back corners of the tabernacle.

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

29And they were coupled at the bottom and coupled together at the top by one ring. Thus he made both of them for the two corners.

29These 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.

30So there were eight boards and their sockets—sixteen sockets of silver—two sockets under each of the boards.

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

31And he made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards on one side of the tabernacle,

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

32five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle on the far side westward.

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

33And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from one end to the other.

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

34He overlaid the boards with gold, made their rings of gold to be holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

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

35And he made a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen; it was worked with an artistic design of cherubim.

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

36He made for it four pillars of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast four sockets of silver for them.

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

37He also made a screen for the tabernacle door, of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver,

37Then he 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.

38and its five pillars with their hooks. And he overlaid their capitals and their rings with gold, but their five sockets were bronze.

38This 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.

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