1Todos os outros artistas, com capacidades dadas pelo Senhor, deverão prestar assistência a Bezalel e a Aoliabe na construção e no mobiliário do tabernáculo.”
2Moisés chamou Bezalel, Aoliabe e todos os homens capazes, que o Senhor dotou de sabedoria e que se tinham oferecido voluntariamente para ajudar neste trabalho, e mandou que começassem. 3Moisés entregou-lhes o material oferecido pelo povo, mas este ainda trazia em cada manhã mais ofertas voluntárias. 4Por fim, todos os que trabalhavam naquela tarefa vieram ter com Moisés 5e disseram-lhe: “Já temos muito mais do que é necessário para esta obra!” 6Moisés então enviou uma mensagem, através do campo, anunciando que não eram precisas mais ofertas. E o povo teve mesmo de ser impedido de trazer mais coisas, 7porque aquilo que eles já tinham era mais do que suficiente para realizar todo o serviço.
O tabernáculo
(Êx 26.1-37)
8Os artistas tecelãos fizeram primeiramente dez véus de linho fino retorcido, em azul, púrpura e vermelho, com querubins habilmente bordados. 9O comprimento de cada véu era de 14 metros e de largura, 2 metros. Eram todos da mesma medida. 10Cinco destes véus eram ligados entre si, lado a lado, e outros cinco também da mesma maneira, de forma a fazerem duas peças retangulares. 11-12Cinquenta laços azuis foram cosidos na bainha de cada uma dessas duas longas peças. 13Depois fizeram-se cinquenta colchetes de ouro para prender os laços, atando assim as duas peças de maneira a formarem um todo único.
14Por cima desse teto havia uma segunda coberta feita de onze mantas de pelo de cabra, 15cada uma delas uniformemente com 15 metros de comprimento por 2 de largura. 16Bezalel juntou cinco destas cobertas, formando uma peça retangular, e as outras seis também as uniu da mesma forma. 17Depois fez cinquenta laços na bainha dum dos lados de cada uma dessas peças, 18assim como cinquenta pequenos colchetes de bronze para poder atar os laços uns aos outros, a fim de que as duas peças ficassem bem unidas. 19A última camada deste telhado era feita de pele de carneiro tingida de vermelho e ainda de pele de couro fino.
20Para os lados do tabernáculo empregou tábuas de madeira de acácia, postas ao alto. 21A altura de cada tábua era de 5 metros, e a largura de 75 centímetros. 22Cada tábua tinha uma ranhura para poder encaixar na seguinte. 23Havia vinte tábuas do lado sul, 24com as extremidades enfiando, ao todo, em quarenta bases de prata. Cada tábua estava fixada à base por duas braçadeiras. 25Havia também vinte tábuas do lado norte do tabernáculo, 26com quarenta bases de prata, duas sob cada tábua. 27O lado ocidental, que era a parte de trás, tinha seis tábuas, 28-29mais uma para cada canto. Estas tábuas, incluindo as dos cantos, ligavam-se umas às outras em ambas as extremidades por meio de argolas. 30Assim, no lado ocidental, havia oito tábuas nos cantos da construção, com dezasseis bases de prata; duas bases para cada tábua.
31Depois fez cinco conjuntos de barras de madeira de acácia para prender as tábuas entre si; cinco barras para cada lado do tabernáculo. 32Cinco traves para cada lado do tabernáculo, mais cinco para a retaguarda, do lado do ocidente. 33A barra do meio, que ficará a meia altura das tábuas, atravessá-las-á de uma ponta à outra. 34Tanto as tábuas como as barras foram cobertas de ouro, mas as argolas eram de ouro puro.
35O véu interior, de azul, púrpura e vermelho, foi feito de linho, com querubins artisticamente bordados. 36Depois foi atado a quatro ganchos postos em quatro colunas de madeira de acácia, cobertas de ouro e assentes em quatro bases de prata.
37Seguidamente, fez o véu para a entrada da tenda sagrada, de linho fino retorcido, bordado a azul, púrpura e vermelho. 38Este véu estava suspenso por cinco postes ou colunas. Estes postes, os seus capitéis e hastes foram revestidos de ouro. As suas cinco bases foram moldadas em bronze.
1Bezalel and Oholiab must do the work just as the Lord has commanded. So must every skilled worker to whom the Lord has given skill and ability. They know how to do all the work for every purpose connected with the sacred tent. And that includes setting it up.”
2Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab. He sent for every skilled worker to whom the Lord had given ability and who wanted to come and do the work. 3They received from Moses all the offerings the people of Israel had brought. They had brought the offerings for all the work for every purpose connected with the holy tent. That included setting it up. The people kept bringing the offerings they chose to give. They brought them morning after morning. 4So all the skilled workers working on the holy tent stopped what they were doing. 5They said to Moses, “The Lord commanded us to do the work. And the people are bringing more than enough for us to do it.”
6Then Moses gave an order. A message was sent through the whole camp. It said, “No man or woman should make anything else and offer it for the holy tent.” And so the people were kept from bringing more offerings. 7There was already more than enough to do all the work.
The Holy Tent
8All the skilled workers made the holy tent. They made ten curtains out of finely twisted linen. They made them with blue, purple and bright red yarn. A skilled worker sewed cherubim into the pattern. 9All the curtains were the same size. They were 42 feet long and six feet wide. 10The workers joined five of the curtains together. They did the same thing with the other five. 11Then they made loops out of blue strips of cloth along the edge of the end curtain in one set. They did the same thing with the end curtain in the other set. 12They also made 50 loops on the end curtain of the one set. They did the same thing on the end curtain of the other set. They put the loops across from each other. 13Then they made 50 gold hooks. They used them to join the two sets of curtains together so that the holy tent was all one piece.
14The workers made a total of 11 curtains out of goat hair to put over the holy tent. 15All 11 curtains were the same size. They were 45 feet long and six feet wide. 16The workers joined five of the curtains together into one set. They did the same thing with the other six. 17Then they made 50 loops along the edge of the end curtain in the one set. They did the same thing with the other set. 18They made 50 bronze hooks. They used them to join the tent together all in one piece. 19They made a covering for the tent. They made it out of ram skins dyed red. Over that, they put a covering of another kind of strong leather.
20The workers made frames out of acacia wood for the holy tent. 21Each frame was about 15 feet long and two feet three inches wide. 22The workers added two small wooden pins to each frame. The pins stuck out so that they were even with each other. The workers made all the frames of the holy tent in the same way. 23The workers made 20 frames for the south side of the holy tent. 24And they made 40 silver bases to go under them. They made two bases for each frame. They put one under each pin that stuck out. 25For the north side of the holy tent they made 20 frames 26and 40 silver bases. They put two bases under each frame. 27The workers made six frames for the west end of the holy tent. 28They made two frames for the corners of the holy tent at the far end. 29At those two corners the frames were double from top to bottom. They were fitted into a single ring. The workers made both of them the same. 30So there were eight frames and 16 silver bases. There were two bases under each frame.
31The workers also made crossbars out of acacia wood. They made five for the frames on one side of the holy tent. 32They made five for the frames on the other side. And they made five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the holy tent. 33The center crossbar reached from end to end at the middle of the frames. 34The workers covered the frames with gold. They made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also covered the crossbars with gold.
35They made the curtain out of blue, purple and bright red yarn and finely twisted linen. A skilled worker sewed cherubim into the pattern. 36The workers made four posts out of acacia wood for the curtain. They covered the posts with gold. They made gold hooks and four silver bases for the posts. 37For the entrance to the tent the workers made a curtain. They made it out of blue, purple and bright red yarn and finely twisted linen. A person who sewed skillfully made it. 38The workers made five posts with hooks for the curtains. They covered the tops of the posts and their bands with gold. And they made five bronze bases for them.
