Exodus 36

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

1 Ref So let Bezalel and Oholiab get to work, with every wise-hearted man to whom the Lord has given wisdom and knowledge, to do whatever is necessary for the ordering of the holy place, as the Lord has given orders.

2 Ref Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab, and for all the wise-hearted men to whom the Lord had given wisdom, even everyone who was moved by the impulse of his heart to come and take part in the work:

3 Ref And they took from Moses all the offerings which the children of Israel had given for the building of the holy place. And still they went on giving him more free offerings every morning.

4 Ref Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;

5 Ref And said to Moses, The people are giving much more than is needed for the work which the Lord has given us orders to do.

6 So Moses made an order and had it given out through all the tents, saying, Let no man or woman make any more offerings for the holy place. So the people were kept from giving more.

7 Ref For the material they had was enough and more than enough for all the work which had to be done.

8 Ref Then all the expert workmen among them made the House with its ten curtains; of the best linen, blue and purple and red, they made them, with winged ones worked by expert designers.

9 Every curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.

10 Ref And five curtains were joined together, and the other five curtains were joined together.

11 Ref And they put twists of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and in the same way on the outside curtain of the second group.

12 Ref Fifty twists on the one curtain and fifty on the edge of the curtain of the other group; the twists being opposite to one another.

13 Ref And they made fifty hooks of gold, joining the curtains one to another with the hooks; and so the House was made.

14 Ref And they made curtains of goats' hair for the tent; eleven curtains were made.

15 Every curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.

16 Five curtains were joined together to make one group, and six curtains were joined together to make the other group.

17 And they put fifty twists of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group,

18 And fifty hooks of brass for joining them together to make the tent.

19 Ref And they made a cover of sheepskins coloured red, to go over the tent, and a cover of leather over that.

20 Ref And for the uprights of the House they made boards of hard wood.

21 The boards were ten cubits long and one cubit and a half wide.

22 Every board had two tongues fixed into it; all the boards were made in this way.

23 They made twenty boards for the south side of the House:

24 And for these twenty boards, forty silver bases, two bases under every board, to take its tongues.

25 And for the second side of the House, on the north, they made twenty boards,

26 With their forty silver bases, two bases for every board.

27 Ref And for the west side of the House, at the back, they made six boards,

28 And two boards for the angles at the back.

29 Ref These were joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, so forming the two angles.

30 Ref So there were eight boards with sixteen bases of silver, two bases under every board.

31 Ref And they made rods of hard wood; five for the boards on one side of the House,

32 Ref And five for the boards on the other side of the House, and five for the boards at the back, on the west.

33 The middle rod was made to go right through the rings of all the boards from one end to the other.

34 All the boards were plated with gold, and the rings through which the rods went were of gold, and the rods were plated with gold.

35 Ref And he made the veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with winged ones designed by expert workmen.

36 Ref And they made four pillars for it of hard wood plated with gold: they had hooks of gold and four silver bases.

37 Ref And they made a curtain for the door of the tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red;

38 Ref And five pillars for the curtain, with their hooks; the heads of the pillars were of gold and they were circled with bands of gold; and their five bases were of brass.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 Ref And Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom Jehovah hath given wisdom and understanding to know to do every work of the service of the sanctuary, have done according to all that Jehovah commanded.

2 Ref And Moses calleth unto Bezaleel, and unto Aholiab, and unto every wise-hearted man in whose heart Jehovah hath given wisdom, every one whom his heart lifted up, to come near unto the work to do it.

3 Ref And they take from before Moses all the heave-offering which the sons of Israel have brought in for the work of the service of the sanctuary to do it; and still they have brought in unto him a willing-offering morning by morning.

4 Ref And all the wise men, who are doing all the work of the sanctuary, come each from his work which they are doing,

5 Ref and speak unto Moses, saying, `The people are multiplying to bring in more than sufficient for the service of the work which Jehovah commanded to make.'

6 And Moses commandeth, and they cause a voice to pass over through the camp, saying, `Let not man or woman make any more work for the heave-offering of the sanctuary;' and the people are restrained from bringing,

7 Ref and the work hath been sufficient for them, for all the work, to do it, and to leave.

8 Ref And all the wise-hearted ones among the doers of the work make the tabernacle; ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, `with' cherubs, work of a designer, he hath made them.

9 The length of the one curtain `is' eight and twenty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit; one measure `is' to all the curtains.

10 Ref And he joineth the five curtains one unto another, and the `other' five curtains he hath joined one unto another;

11 Ref and he maketh loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, at the end, in the joining; so he hath made in the edge of the outmost curtain, in the joining of the second;

12 Ref fifty loops he hath made in the one curtain, and fifty loops hath he made in the end of the curtain which `is' in the joining of the second; the loops are taking hold one on another.

13 Ref And he maketh fifty hooks of gold, and joineth the curtains one unto another by the hooks, and the tabernacle is one.

14 Ref And he maketh curtains of goats' `hair' for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains he hath made them;

15 the length of the one curtain `is' thirty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain `is' four cubits; one measure `is' to the eleven curtains;

16 and he joineth the five curtains apart, and the six curtains apart.

17 And he maketh fifty loops on the outer edge of the curtain, in the joining; and fifty loops he hath made on the edge of the curtain which is joining the second;

18 and he maketh fifty hooks of brass to join the tent -- to be one;

19 Ref and he maketh a covering for the tent of rams' skins made red, and a covering of badgers' skins above.

20 Ref And he maketh the boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up;

21 ten cubits `is' the length of the `one' board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of the `one' board;

22 two handles `are' to the one board, joined one unto another; so he hath made for all the boards of the tabernacle.

23 And he maketh the boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward;

24 and forty sockets of silver he hath made under the twenty boards, two sockets under the one board for its two handles, and two sockets under the other board for its two handles.

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

26 and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board;

27 Ref and for the sides of the tabernacle, westward, hath he made six boards;

28 and two boards hath he made for the corners of the tabernacle, in the two sides;

29 Ref and they have been twins below, and together they are twins at its head, at the one ring; so he hath done to both of them at the two corners;

30 Ref and there have been eight boards; and their sockets of silver `are' sixteen sockets, two sockets under the one board.

31 Ref And he maketh bars of shittim wood, five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

32 Ref and five bars for the boards of the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle, for the sides westward;

33 and he maketh the middle bar to enter into the midst of the boards from end to end;

34 and the boards he hath overlaid with gold, and their rings he hath made of gold, places for bars, and he overlayeth the bars with gold.

35 Ref And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer he hath made it, `with' cherubs;

36 Ref and he maketh for it four pillars of shittim `wood', and overlayeth them with gold; their pegs `are' of gold; and he casteth for them four sockets of silver.

37 Ref And he maketh a covering for the opening of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of an embroiderer,

38 Ref also its five pillars, and their pegs; and he overlaid their tops and their fillets `with' gold, and their five sockets `are' brass.

American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)

1 Ref And Bezalel and Oholiab shall work, and every wise-hearted man, in whom Jehovah hath put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Jehovah hath commanded.

2 Ref And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Jehovah had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:

3 Ref and they received of Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, wherewith to make it. And they brought yet unto him freewill-offerings every morning.

4 Ref And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they wrought.

5 Ref And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Jehovah commanded to make.

6 And 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.

7 Ref For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

8 Ref And all the wise-hearted men among them that wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, `Bezalel' made them.

9 The length of each curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains had one measure.

10 Ref And he coupled five curtains one to another: and `the other' five curtains he coupled one to another.

11 Ref And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling.

12 Ref Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling: the loops were opposite one to another.

13 Ref And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps: so the tabernacle was one.

14 Ref And he made curtains of goats' `hair' for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.

15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain: the eleven curtains had one measure.

16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

17 And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which was `outmost in' the second coupling.

18 And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

19 Ref And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.

20 Ref And he made the boards for the tabernacle, of acacia wood, standing up.

21 Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.

22 Each board had two tenons, joined one to another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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

24 And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.

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

26 and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

27 Ref And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part.

29 Ref And they were double beneath; and in like manner they were entire unto the top thereof unto one ring: thus he did to both of them in the two corners.

30 Ref And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets.

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

32 Ref and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward.

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

34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

35 Ref And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, made he it.

36 Ref And he made thereunto four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; And he cast for them four sockets of silver.

37 Ref And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer;

38 Ref and the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of brass.

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