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.
1摩西说：“比撒列、亚何利亚伯以及所有蒙耶和华赐智慧聪明、有技能、懂得如何建造圣所的人，都要按照耶和华的吩咐去做。”
2于是，摩西召来比撒列、亚何利亚伯和所有蒙耶和华赐智慧、有技能、愿意参与建造的人。 3他们从摩西那里领取了以色列百姓奉献出来建造圣所的一切礼物。每天早上，百姓仍然甘心乐意地来奉献礼物， 4以致所有建造圣所的能工巧匠都放下自己的工作， 5前来对摩西说：“百姓的奉献太多了，我们建造耶和华吩咐的圣所用不了。”
6于是，摩西传令全营：“男女都不用再为圣所奉献礼物了。”百姓这才停止奉献。 7因为所献的材料已经足够建造圣所，而且绰绰有余。
8工人中的能工巧匠用十幅幔子做成了圣幕，幔子用细麻和蓝色、紫色、朱红色毛线织成，上面精工绣制了基路伯天使。 9每幅幔子的尺寸都一样，长十二米半、宽一米八。 10又把每五幅幔子连在一起，共连成两幅大幔子。 11然后在每幅大幔子末幅的边缘钉上了蓝色的扣环， 12每幅大幔子各钉上五十个扣环，都是两两相对。 13又做了五十个金钩，把两幅大幔子连在一起，成为一个完整的圣幕。
14比撒列用山羊毛织成十一幅幔子，做圣幕的罩棚， 15每幅长十三米半、宽一米八。十一幅幔子的尺寸都一样。 16然后把五幅连成一大幅，其余六幅连成一大幅。 17又在这两幅大幔子边缘各钉上五十个对称的扣环， 18再用五十个铜钩，把两幅大幔子连在一起，成为一个完整的罩棚， 19并在罩棚上面盖一层染成红色的公羊皮，再盖一层海狗皮做顶盖。
20他用皂荚木做支圣幕的木板， 21每块木板长四米半，宽七十厘米， 22上面都有两个接榫，用来衔接。圣幕的所有木板都这样做。 23圣幕的南面立二十块木板， 24在这些木板下面又造了四十个带凹槽的银底座，每块木板下面有两个，套在木板的两个接榫上。 25圣幕北面也立二十块木板， 26木板下面同样有四十个带凹槽的银底座，每块木板下面有两个银底座。 27圣幕后面，就是西面，立六块木板， 28圣幕后面的两个拐角各有一块木板， 29木板的下端连于底座，顶端用一个环固定。两个拐角都这样做。 30这样，后面共有八块木板，每块木板下面各有两个带凹槽的银底座，一共有十六个银底座。
31-32他用皂荚木做横闩，圣幕左右两边和后面的墙板上各有五根横闩， 33拦腰固定墙板的那根横闩从这端贯穿到那端。 34所有的木板和横闩都包上金，并在木板上造金环，用来穿横闩。
35他用细麻和蓝色、紫色、朱红色毛线织成一幅幔子，上面精工绣上基路伯天使， 36把这幅幔子挂在四根包金的皂荚木柱上，木柱上有金钩，四根柱子下面有四个银底座。 37他又用细麻和蓝色、紫色、朱红色毛线绣制圣幕的门帘， 38用皂荚木做五根挂门帘的柱子，上面有金钩，柱顶和箍包上金。柱子的五个带凹槽的底座是铜造的。
