Exodus 36:2   (Read all of Exodus 36)

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.

Exodus 36:3   (Read all of Exodus 36)

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.

Exodus 36:4   (Read all of Exodus 36)

So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing

Exodus 36:5   (Read all of Exodus 36)

and said to Moses, "The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done."

Exodus 36:6   (Read all of Exodus 36)

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,

Exodus 36:8   (Read all of Exodus 36)

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.

Exodus 36:9   (Read all of Exodus 36)

All the curtains were the same size-twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.

Exodus 36:10   (Read all of Exodus 36)

They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five.

Exodus 36:11   (Read all of Exodus 36)

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.

Exodus 36:12   (Read all of Exodus 36)

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.

Exodus 36:13   (Read all of Exodus 36)

Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.

Exodus 36:15   (Read all of Exodus 36)

All eleven curtains were the same size-thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

Exodus 36:16   (Read all of Exodus 36)

They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set.

Exodus 36:17   (Read all of Exodus 36)

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.

Exodus 36:19   (Read all of Exodus 36)

Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.

Exodus 36:22   (Read all of Exodus 36)

with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

Exodus 36:23   (Read all of Exodus 36)

They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle

Exodus 36:24   (Read all of Exodus 36)

and made forty silver bases to go under them-two bases for each frame, one under each projection.

Exodus 36:25   (Read all of Exodus 36)

For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames

Exodus 36:26   (Read all of Exodus 36)

and forty silver bases-two under each frame.

Exodus 36:27   (Read all of Exodus 36)

They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,

Exodus 36:29   (Read all of Exodus 36)

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.

Exodus 36:30   (Read all of Exodus 36)

So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases-two under each frame.

Exodus 36:31   (Read all of Exodus 36)

They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,