1Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab , and every wise hearted man , in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary , according to all that the LORD had commanded . 2And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab , and every wise hearted man , in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom , even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: 3And they received of Moses all the offering , which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary , to make it withal . And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning . 4And all the wise men , that wrought all the work of the sanctuary , came every man from his work which they made ; 5And they spake unto Moses , saying , The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work , which the LORD commanded to make . 6And Moses gave commandment , and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp , saying , Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary . So the people were restrained from bringing . 7For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much .
The Skilled Craftsmen
8And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen , and blue , and purple , and scarlet : with cherubims of cunning work made he them. 9The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits , and the breadth of one curtain four cubits : the curtains were all of one size . 10And he coupled the five curtains one unto another : and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another . 11And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling : likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain , in the coupling of the second . 12Fifty loops made he in one curtain , and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second : the loops held one curtain to another . 13And he made fifty taches of gold , and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches : so it became one tabernacle . 14And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains he made them. 15The length of one curtain was thirty cubits , and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain : the eleven curtains were of one size . 16And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. 17And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling , and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second . 18And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together , that it might be one . 19And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red , and a covering of badgers’ skins above that .
The Construction of the Tabernacle
20And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood , standing up . 21The length of a board was ten cubits , and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half . 22One board had two tenons , equally distant one from another : thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle . 23And he made boards for the tabernacle ; twenty boards for the south side southward : 24And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards ; two sockets under one board for his two tenons , and two sockets under another board for his two tenons . 25And for the other side of the tabernacle , which is toward the north corner , he made twenty boards , 26And their forty sockets of silver ; two sockets under one board , and two sockets under another board . 27And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards . 28And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides . 29And they were coupled beneath , and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring : thus he did to both of them in both the corners . 30And there were eight boards ; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver , under every board two sockets . 31And he made bars of shittim wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle , 32And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle , and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward . 33And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other . 34And he overlaid the boards with gold , and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars , and overlaid the bars with gold . 35And he made a vail of blue , and purple , and scarlet , and fine twined linen : with cherubims made he it of cunning work . 36And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood , and overlaid them with gold : their hooks were of gold ; and he cast for them four sockets of silver . 37And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue , and purple , and scarlet , and fine twined linen , of needlework ; 38And the five pillars of it with their hooks : and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold : but their five sockets were of brass .