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men and women whose hearts were willing to tains he coupled to one another. He made
bring material for all kinds of work which the loops of blue yarn on the edge of the curtain
LORD, by the hand of Moses, had commanded on the selvedge of one set; likewise he did on
to be done. the outer edge of the other curtain of the sec-
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30 And Moses said to the children of Israel, ond set. Fifty loops he made on one curtain,
“See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel the and fifty loops he made on the edge of the cur-
son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Ju- tain on the end of the second set; the loops
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dah; and He has filled him with the Spirit of held one curtain to another. And he made
God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowl- fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to
edge and all manner of workmanship, to one another with the clasps, that it might be
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design artistic works, to work in gold and sil- one tabernacle.
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ver and bronze, in cutting jewels for setting, 14 He made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent
in carving wood, and to work in all manner of over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.
artistic workmanship. 15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits,
34 “And He has put in his heart the ability to and the width of each curtain four cubits; the
teach, in him and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, eleven curtains were the same size. He cou-
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of the tribe of Dan. He has filled them with pled five curtains by themselves and six cur-
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skill to do all manner of work of the engraver tains by themselves. And he made fifty loops
and the designer and the tapestry maker, in on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in
blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen, one set, and fifty loops he made on the edge of
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and of the weaver—those who do every work the curtain of the second set. He also made
and those who design artistic works. fifty bronze clasps to couple the tent together,
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“And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every that it might be one. Then he made a cover-
36 gifted artisan in whom the LORD has ing for the tent of ram skins dyed red, and a
put wisdom and understanding, to know how covering of badger skins above that.
to do all manner of work for the service of the 20 For the tabernacle he made boards of aca-
sanctuary, shall do according to all that the cia wood, standing upright. The length of
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LORD has commanded.” each board was ten cubits, and the width of
2 Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab, and each board a cubit and a half. Each board
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every gifted artisan in whose heart the LORD had two tenons for binding one to another.
had put wisdom, everyone whose heart was Thus he made for all the boards of the taber-
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stirred, to come and do the work. And they nacle. And he made boards for the taberna-
received from Moses all the offering which the cle, twenty boards for the south side. Forty
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children of Israel had brought for the work of sockets of silver he made to go under the
the service of making the sanctuary. So they twenty boards: two sockets under each of the
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continued bringing to him freewill offerings boards for its two tenons. And for the other
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every morning. Then all the craftsmen who side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made
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were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, twenty boards and their forty sockets of sil-
each from the work he was doing, and they ver: two sockets under each of the boards.
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spoke to Moses, saying, “The people bring 27 For the west side of the tabernacle he made
much more than enough for the service of the six boards. He also made two boards for the
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work which the LORD commanded us to do.” two back corners of the tabernacle. And they
6 So Moses gave a commandment, and they were coupled at the bottom and coupled
caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, together at the top by one ring. Thus he made
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saying, “Let neither man nor woman do any both of them for the two corners. So there
more work for the offering of the sanctuary.” were eight boards and their sockets—sixteen
And the people were restrained from bring- sockets of silver—two sockets under each of
ing, for the material they had was sufficient the boards.
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for all the work to be done—indeed too much. 31 And he made bars of acacia wood: five for
8 Then all the gifted artisans among them the boards on one side of the tabernacle, five
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who worked on the tabernacle made ten cur- bars for the boards on the other side of the
tains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the
and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of tabernacle on the far side westward. And he
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cherubim they made them. The length of made the middle bar to pass through the
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each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the boards from one end to the other. He over-
width of each curtain four cubits; the curtains laid the boards with gold, made their rings of
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were all the same size. And he coupled five gold to be holders for the bars, and overlaid
curtains to one another, and the other five cur- the bars with gold.
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