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.
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 42 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13 meters long and 1.8 meters 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 45 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 14 meters long and 1.8 meters 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 the 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 15 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide or about 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters 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 center 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.
