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;
5¶ And 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.
8¶ And 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.36.11 selvedge: an edge of cloth so woven that it cannot unravel 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.
14¶ And 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.
20¶ And 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.36.29 coupled: Heb. twinned 30And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.36.30 under…: Heb. two sockets, two sockets under one board
31¶ And 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.
35¶ And 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.
37¶ And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;36.37 of needlework: Heb. the work of a needleworker or, embroiderer 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.
1Alle andre kunstnere og kunsthåndværkere med gudgivne evner skal hjælpe Betzalel og Oholiab med at konstruere og indrette helligdommen, sådan som Herren har befalet.”
2Moses samlede nu Betzalel, Oholiab og de øvrige kunstnere og kunsthåndværkere med gudgivne evner, som ønskede at være med til arbejdet, 3og han overlod dem alle de materialer, som folket havde givet til helligdommens opførelse. De frivillige gaver blev ved med at strømme ind, dag efter dag, 4og arbejdet gik godt fremad. En dag kom alle kunsthåndværkerne fra de forskellige arbejdsgrene 5til Moses og sagde: „Vi har rigeligt med materialer til arbejdet, men folk bliver ved med at komme med mere.” 6Så lod Moses bekendtgøre i hele lejren: „I skal ikke bringe flere materialer!” Så holdt folk op med at komme med flere gaver, 7og der var mere end nok til at fuldføre alt arbejdet.
Opførelsen af boligen
8De dygtige kunsthåndværkere begyndte med at lave de ti stofbaner af fintvævet linned med broderede keruber i blåt, violet og purpurrødt garn. 9De ti stofbaner havde alle samme mål, 12,6 m i længden og 1,8 m i bredden. 10De blev syet sammen fem og fem, så de dannede to store stykker teltdug. 11Så blev der lavet løkker af blåt garn i kanten af den sidste bane på hvert af de to sammensyede stykker, 1250 løkker på hvert stykke, så de sad over for hinanden. 13Derefter blev der lavet 50 guldkroge til at holde løkkerne sammen to og to, således at de to stykker dannede en enhed.
14Yderteltdugen blev lavet af 11 gedehårstæpper. 15Alle tæppestykkerne havde samme mål, 13,5 m i længden og 1,8 m i bredden. 16De fem af tæpperne blev syet sammen til ét stykke, og de seks andre til et andet stykke. 17Så blev der lavet 50 løkker på hver af de to stykkers yderbaner 18og 50 små bronzehægter til at holde løkkerne sammen, så de to stykker dannede en enhed. 19Ovenover blev der udspændt en presenning af rødfarvede vædderskind, og ovenpå igen en presenning af kraftigt læder.
20Til boligens sider blev der lavet moduler af akacietræ. 21Modulernes mål var 4,5 m i højden og 67 cm i bredden, 22og de havde hver to tapper forneden. 23Boligens sydside bestod af 20 moduler, 24som stod på 40 sølvsokler, to sokler under hvert modul. 25-26Nordsiden bestod også af 20 moduler på 40 sølvsokler, to sokler under hvert modul. 27Boligens vestside, som var bagsiden, bestod af seks moduler 28plus et særligt modul i hvert hjørne. 29Hjørnemodulerne blev holdt sammen med beslag forneden og med en ring foroven. 30Vestsiden bestod altså i alt af otte moduler med 16 sølvsokler nedenunder, to sokler for hvert modul.
31-32Der blev også lavet 15 sæt tværstænger af akacietræ til at holde modulerne sammen, fem sæt til hver af de tre sider af boligen. 33Den midterste af de fem tværstænger blev fastspændt halvvejs oppe på vægmodulerne og nåede fra det ene hjørne til det andet. 34Både moduler og tværstænger blev belagt med guld, og de ringe, stængerne sad fast i, blev støbt i rent guld.
35Teltets indre forhæng blev lavet af fintvævet linned med kunstnerisk broderede keruber i blåt, violet og purpurrødt garn. 36Der blev lavet fire stolper af akacietræ belagt med guld, som blev rejst på fire sokler af sølv. Foroven på hver stolpe var der en krog af guld, som forhænget blev hængt op på.
37Til sidst blev der lavet et forhæng til boligens indgang. Forhænget var lavet af fintvævet linned med blå, violette og purpurrøde broderier på. 38Det blev hængt op på fem stolper, som hver havde en krog foroven. Stolperne, deres hoveder og tværstænger blev belagt med guld, og deres fem sokler var støbt i bronze.
