1So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the Lord has commanded.’
2Then 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. 3They 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. 4So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing 5and said to Moses, ‘The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done.’
6Then 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, 7because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.
The tabernacle
8All 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. 9All the curtains were the same size – twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.36:9 That is, about 13 metres long and 1.8 metres wide 10They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five. 11Then 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. 12They also made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other. 13Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.
14They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle – eleven altogether. 15All eleven curtains were the same size – thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.36:15 That is, about 14 metres long and 1.8 metres wide 16They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set. 17Then 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. 18They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit. 19Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of other durable leather.36:19 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals (see 35:7)
20They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. 21Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,36:21 That is, about 4.5 metres long and 68 centimetres wide 22with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. 23They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle 24and made forty silver bases to go under them – two bases for each frame, one under each projection. 25For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames 26and forty silver bases – two under each frame. 27They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle, 28and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end. 29At 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. 30So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases – two under each frame.
31They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, 32five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle. 33They made the centre crossbar so that it extended from end to end at the middle of the frames. 34They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
35They made the curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker. 36They made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold. They made gold hooks for them and cast their four silver bases. 37For the entrance to the tent they made a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen – the work of an embroiderer; 38and they made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold and made their five bases of bronze.
1摩西說：「比撒列、亞何利亞伯以及所有蒙耶和華賜智慧聰明、有技能、懂得如何建造聖所的人，都要按照耶和華的吩咐去做。」
2於是，摩西召來比撒列、亞何利亞伯和所有蒙耶和華賜智慧、有技能、願意參與建造的人。 3他們從摩西那裡領取了以色列百姓奉獻出來建造聖所的一切禮物。每天早上，百姓仍然甘心樂意地來奉獻禮物， 4以致所有建造聖所的能工巧匠都放下自己的工作， 5前來對摩西說：「百姓的奉獻太多了，我們建造耶和華吩咐的聖所用不了。」
6於是，摩西傳令全營：「大家不用再為聖所奉獻禮物了。」百姓這才停止奉獻。 7因為所獻的材料已經足夠建造聖所，而且綽綽有餘。
8工人中的能工巧匠用十幅幔子做成了聖幕，幔子用細麻線和藍色、紫色、朱紅色的線織成，上面精工繡製了基路伯天使。 9每幅幔子的尺寸都一樣，長十二米、寬兩米。 10又把每五幅幔子連在一起，共連成兩幅大幔子。 11然後在每幅大幔子邊緣釘上了藍色的扣環， 12每幅各釘上五十個扣環，都是兩兩相對。 13又做了五十個金鉤，把兩幅大幔子連在一起，成為聖幕。
14比撒列用山羊毛織成十一幅幔子，做聖幕的罩棚， 15每幅幔子的尺寸都一樣，長十三米、寬兩米。 16然後把五幅連成一大幅，餘下的六幅又連成一大幅。 17又在這兩幅大幔子邊緣各釘上五十個對稱的扣環， 18再用五十個銅鉤，把兩幅大幔子連在一起，成為一個罩棚， 19並在罩棚上面蓋一層染成紅色的公羊皮，再蓋一層海狗皮做頂蓋。
20他用皂莢木做支撐聖幕的木板， 21每塊木板長四米，寬六十六釐米， 22上面都有兩個接榫，用來把木板連接在一起。聖幕的所有木板都這樣做。 23聖幕的南面共有二十塊木板， 24在這些木板下面又造了四十個帶凹槽的銀底座，每塊木板下面有兩個，套在木板的兩個接榫上。 25聖幕北面也有二十塊木板， 26木板下面同樣有四十個帶凹槽的銀底座，每塊木板下面有兩個銀底座。 27聖幕的後面，就是西面，有六塊木板， 28聖幕的兩個拐角各有兩塊木板， 29木板的下端連於底座，頂端用一個環固定。兩個拐角都要這樣做。 30這樣後面共有八塊木板，每塊木板下面各有兩個銀底座，一共是十六個銀底座。
31-32他用皂莢木做橫閂，聖幕左右兩邊和後面的牆板上各有五根橫閂， 33攔腰固定牆板的那根橫閂從這端貫穿到那端。 34所有的木板和橫閂都包上金，並在木板上造金環，用來穿橫閂。
35他用細麻線和藍色、紫色、朱紅色的線織成一幅幔子，精工繡上基路伯天使， 36把這幅幔子掛在四根用皂莢木造的柱子上，柱子外面包上金，加上金鉤，四根柱子下面有四個銀底座。 37他又用細麻線和藍色、紫色、朱紅色的線繡製聖幕的門簾， 38用皂莢木做五根掛門簾的柱子，上面有金鉤，柱頂和橫杆包上金。柱子的五個底座是銅造的。
