Exodus 36-40

Exodus (Going Out)


Chapters 36-40



36[1-7] Bezalel and Oholiab will work with everyone who is wise, in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the place of worship, just as Yahweh has said." So Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and everyone who was wise, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, everyone whose heart led them to come do the work, and Moses gave them all the offering which the people of Israel had brought to make the things for the work of the service of the place of worship. And they brought more freewill-offerings to him every morning. So all those who were wise, who did the work of the place of worship, each came from his work which they did and said to Moses, "The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Yahweh told us to make." So Moses told them, and they told everyone throughout the camp, "Let no one bring anything else for the offering for the place of worship." So the people stopped bringing things, because the stuff they had was more than enough to make everything.

[8-13] All those who were wise among them who did the work made the tent with ten curtains; of fine linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with angelic beings sewn skillfully by the workers. Each curtain was 42’ long, and 6’ wide, with all them, all the same size. Five curtains were joined together in one set, and the other five curtains were joined together in a second set. They made loops of blue cord on the edge of the first set where they come together, and on the outside edge of the second set of curtains. They made fifty loops in the first set, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second set. So the loops were opposite one another. Then they made fifty hooks of gold, and joined the curtains together with the hooks, so it was all one tent.

[14-19] Then they made curtains of goats` hair for a covering over the tent. They made eleven of these curtains. Each curtain was about 45’long and 6’ wide, all the same size. They joined five curtains in one set, and six in another set. They made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was on the outside edge of the first set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain on the outside edge of the second set. Then they made fifty hooks of brass to join the tent together to make it all one tent. Then they made a covering for the tent of red sheepskins, and a covering of leather above that.

[20-30] They made the boards of acacia wood, to stand the tent up. The boards were about 15’ long, and 2’, 3” wide. Each board had two supports, joined together. They made all the boards of the tent this way. They made twenty boards for the south side of the tent facing south. They made forty silver holders under the twenty boards; two holders under each board for its two supports. For the second side of the tent, on the north side, they made twenty boards, and their forty silver holders; two holders under each board. For the far part of the tent on the west they made six boards. They made two boards for the corners of the tent in the far part. They were joined together on the bottom, and in the same way at the top into one ring to make the two corners. They did thus to both of them in the two corners. There were eight boards, and their silver holders, sixteen holders; under each board two holders.

[31-38] They made the bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tent, five for the boards of the other side of the tent, and five for the boards of the tent for the west side in the back. Then they made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards from the one end to the other. They covered the boards with gold, and made their gold rings to hold the bars, and covered the bars with gold. They made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen, skillfully sewn with angelic beings. They made four pillars of acacia for it, and covered them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, too. They made four silver holders for them. Then they made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen, the work of those who do fine needlework; and its five pillars with their hooks. They covered their tops and their bands with gold, and their five holders were of brass.

37[1-9] Bezalel made the Box of acacia wood. It was about 3’, 9” long, 2’, 3” wide, and 2’, 3” high. They covered it with solid gold inside and out, and made a trim of gold all around it. They made four gold rings for it, in its four feet; with two rings on each side. They made poles of acacia wood, and covered them with gold. Then they put the poles into the rings on the sides of the box, to carry it. They made a Seat of Forgiveness of solid gold. It was 3’, 9” long, and 2’, 3” wide. Then they made two angelic beings of molded work of gold. at the two ends of the Seat of Forgiveness, with one at the one end, and the other at the other end. They made the angelic beings on the two ends of the Seat of Forgiveness, molded out of one piece of gold. The angelic beings spread their wings out high, covering the Seat of Forgiveness with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the angelic beings looked toward the Seat of Forgiveness.

[10-16] They made the table of acacia wood. It was 3’ long, 18” wide, and 2’, 3” high. They covered it with solid gold, and made a gold trim around it. They made a rim of about 4” around it, and made a golden trim on the rim. They made four gold rings for it, and put the rings in the four corners that were on its four feet. The rings were underneath the rim, where the poles went carry the table. They made the poles of acacia wood, and covered them with gold, to carry the table. Then they made the tools for the table, its dishes, its spoons, its bowls, and its pitchers with which to serve, of solid gold.

[17-24] Then they made the lamp stand of solid gold, from molded work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, it buds, and its flowers were all of one piece. There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of one side, and three branches out of its other side, with three cups made like almond-blossoms with a bud and a flower in each branch, for all six branches of the lamp stand. In the lamp stand were four cups made like almond-blossoms, with its buds and its flowers; and a bud under every two branches of the six branches going out of it. Their buds and their branches were all of one piece with it, the whole thing being one molded work of solid gold. They made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of solid gold. They made it of $3,000 dollars worth of solid gold, with all its tools.

[25-29] Then they made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square, about 18” long, and 18” wide, and 3’ high. Its horns were of one piece with it. They covered it with solid gold, its top, its sides all around it, and its horns. They made a gold trim around it, and two golden rings for it under its trim, on each of its two sides, for the poles to go which would carry it. They made the poles of acacia wood, and covered them with gold. Then they made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, mixed in the art of the perfumer.

38[1-8] They made the altar for burnt offerings of acacia wood. It was square. It was 7’, 6” long, 7’, 6” wide, and 4’, 6” high. They made its horns on its four corners, all of one piece, and covered it with brass. They made all the tools of the altar of brass, all the pots, the shovels, the pans, the meat-hooks, and the fire pans. They made a grill of brass for the altar, underneath the ledge, about halfway up. They made four rings for the four ends of the brass grill, to hold the poles. Then they made the poles of acacia wood, and covered them with brass. They put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, to carry it. They made it hollow with planks. They made the washing pan of brass, and its base of brass, out of the mirrors of the women who ministered at the door of the Meeting Place.

[9-17] They made the south side of the court with its hangings of fine linen, 150’ long, with twenty brass pillars and holders, and silver hooks and bands. The north side was also 150’ long, with twenty brass pillars and holders; and silver hooks and bands. The west side had hangings were 75’ long, with ten pillars, and holders; and silver hooks and bands. The east side was 75’ long. The hangings for that side were 22’, 6” long, with three pillars, and holders; and the same for the other side; on both sides by the gate of the court were hangings of 22’, 6” long; with three pillars and holders. All the hangings around the court were of fine linen. The holders for the pillars were brass. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver; and the covering of their tops, of silver; and all the pillars of the court were banded with silver.

[18-20] The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the those who do fine needlework, of blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen. It was 30’ long, and 7’, 6” high, like the hangings of the court. They had four brass pillars and holders; and silver hooks and bands, and the covering of their tops was silver. All the nails of the tent, and around the court, were of brass.

[21-31] This is the amount of material used for the tent, even the Tent of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the law of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. So Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the family of Judah, made all that Yahweh told Moses to make. Oholiab was with him, who was the son of Ahisamach, of the family of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful worker, and one of those who do fine needlework in blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen. The offering of all the gold that was used for the work in all the service of the place of worship was $87,730 dollars, after the dollar of the place of worship. The silver of those who were counted of the people was $301,775 dollars, after the dollar of the place of worship, a half-dollar a head, after the dollar of the place of worship, for everyone who were counted, from twenty years old and up, for 603,550 people. The $300,000 dollars of silver were for making the holders of the place of worship, and the holders of the veil; one hundred holders for the $300,000 dollars, about $3,000 dollars for a holder. Of the $1, 775 the hooks and bands for the pillars were made, and their tops were covered. The brass of the offering was $212,400 dollars. With this the holders to the door of the Meeting Place, the brass altar, the brass grill for it, all the tools of the altar, the holders around the court, the holders of the gate of the court, all the nails of the tent, and all the nails around the court were made.

39[1-5] Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked clothes, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy clothes for Aaron; as Yahweh had told Moses. They made the back piece of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen. They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into tiny wires, to work it in the blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen, skillfully sewn in them. They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together at the two ends. The skillfully woven band that was on it, which is used to put it on, was of the same piece, like its work; of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen; as Yahweh had told Moses.

[6-14] They set the onyx stones in settings of gold, carved like an engraved seal, with the names of the families of Israel. They put them on the shoulder-pieces of the back piece, to be reminder stones for the people of Israel, as Yahweh had told Moses. They made the square chest piece, skillfully made, like the work of the back piece; of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen. It was 9” long, and 9” wide, being doubled in thickness. They set in it four rows of stones. The first row was ruby, topaz, and beryl; the second row was turquoise, sapphire, and emerald; the third row, was jacinth, agate, and amethyst; and the fourth row was chrysolite, onyx, and jasper, which were set in gold settings. The stones had the twelve family names of people of Israel; like an engraved seal, one of the twelve family names carved on each.

[15-21] They made on the chest piece chains like cords, of braided work of solid gold. They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the chest piece. They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the chest piece. The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the back piece, in the front of it. They made two gold rings, and put them on the inside edge of the two ends of the chest piece, which faces the side of the back piece. They made two gold rings, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the back piece underneath the front of it, near where it joins, above the skillfully woven band of the back piece. They tied the chest piece by its rings to the rings of the back piece with a blue cord, to join it to the woven band of the back piece, so that the chest piece might not come loose from the back piece, as Yahweh had told Moses.

[22-29] Then they made the robe of the back piece of woven work, all of blue. The opening of the robe in the middle of it was like the opening of a soldier’s coat of mail, with a binding around its opening, so that it wouldn’t tear. On the hem of the robe, they made fruits of blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen. They made bells of solid gold, and put the bells between the fruits all around the hem of the robe; a pattern of bells and fruits all around the hem of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh had told Moses. Then they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and his sons, along with the linen hats, the linen headbands, the linen underwear, and the linen belt, of blue, purple, and scarlet, with fine needlework, as Yahweh had told Moses.

[30-43] Then they made the plate of the holy crown of solid gold, and wrote on it, like an engraved seal: "FOR WORSHIP OF YAHWEH." Then they tied to it a blue cord, to tie it on the hat above, as Yahweh had told Moses. So all the work of the tent of the Meeting Place was finished. The people of Israel did everything that Yahweh had told Moses to do. They brought the tent to Moses, the tent, with all its furniture, its hooks, its boards, it bars, its pillars, and its holders, the covering of red sheepskins, the covering of leather, the veil of the screen, the Box of the Law with its poles, the Seat of Forgiveness, the table, all its tools, the holy bread, the solid gold lamp stand, and its lamps that are to be set in order, all its tools, the oil for the light, the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of the tent, the brass altar, its brass grill, its poles, all of its tools, the pan and its base, the hangings of the court, its pillars, its holders, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its nails, all the tools of the service of the tent, for the Meeting Place, and the finely worked clothes for ministering in the holy place, the holy clothes for Aaron the priest and his sons, to minister as My priests. So the people of Israel did all the work that Yahweh had told Moses for them to do. When Moses saw all the work, and that they had done it as Yahweh had told them to, Moses blessed them.

40[1-11] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "On the first day of the first month you’ll raise up the tent of the Meeting Place. Put the Box of the Law in it, and you’ll screen the Box with the veil. Bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it. Bring in the lamp stand, and light the lamps on it. Set the golden altar for incense in front of the Box of the Law, and put the screen of the door on the tent. Set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tent of the Meeting Place. Set the pan between the Meeting Place and the altar, and put water in it. Set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court. Take the anointing oil, and rub some on the tent, and all that is in it, and make it holy, and all its furniture, so it will be holy. Rub oil on the altar of burnt offering, with all its tools, and dedicate the altar: and the altar will be most holy. Rub oil on the pan and its base, and dedicate it.

[12-16] Bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Meeting Place, and have them wash with water. Have Aaron put on the holy clothes; and you’ll rub oil on him, and dedicate him, that he may minister to Me as My priest. Have his sons put their clothes on, too. Put oil on them, as you anointed their father that they may minister to Me as My priests. They will be anointed for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. So Moses did everything that Yahweh had told him to do.

[17-30] So in the second year, on the first day of the first month, the tent was put up. Moses put up the tent, and laid down its holders, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and put up its pillars. Then the covering was spread over the tent, and the roof of the tent was put above it, as Yahweh had told Moses. Then he put the law into the Box, and set the poles on it, and put the Seat of Forgiveness on top of the Box. Then he brought the Box into the tent, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the Box of the Law, as Yahweh had told Moses. He put the table in the Meeting Place, on the north side of the tent, outside of the veil. He set the bread in order on it facing Yahweh, as Yahweh had told Moses. He put the lamp stand in the Meeting Place, opposite the table, on the south side of the tent. He lit the lamps facing Yahweh, as Yahweh had told Moses. He put the golden altar in the Meeting Place in front of the veil; and he burnt incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh had told Moses. Then he put up the screen of the door to the tent. He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tent of the Meeting Place, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal-offering, as Yahweh had told Moses. He set the pan between the Meeting Place and the altar, and put water in it to wash.

[31-38] So Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there. When they went in the Meeting Place, and when they came to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh had told Moses. He lifted up the court around the tent and the altar, and set up the screen at the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work. Then the cloud covered the Meeting Place, and the light of Yahweh filled the tent. Moses wasn’t able to go into the Meeting Place, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh’s light filled the tent. When the cloud lifted up from over it, the people of Israel moved on, through all their travels; but if the cloud stayed there, then they didn’t go until the day it went up. So the cloud of Yahweh was on the tent by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the people of Israel, through all their travels.