1 So let Bezalel and Oholiab get to work, with every wise-hearted man to whom the Lord has given wisdom and knowledge, to do whatever is necessary for the ordering of the holy place, as the Lord has given orders.
2 Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab, and for all the wise-hearted men to whom the Lord had given wisdom, even everyone who was moved by the impulse of his heart to come and take part in the work:
3 And they took from Moses all the offerings which the children of Israel had given for the building of the holy place. And still they went on giving him more free offerings every morning.
4 Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;
5 And said to Moses, The people are giving much more than is needed for the work which the Lord has given us orders to do.
6 So Moses made an order and had it given out through all the tents, saying, Let no man or woman make any more offerings for the holy place. So the people were kept from giving more.
7 For the material they had was enough and more than enough for all the work which had to be done.
8 Then all the expert workmen among them made the House with its ten curtains; of the best linen, blue and purple and red, they made them, with winged ones worked by expert designers.
9 Every curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.
10 And five curtains were joined together, and the other five curtains were joined together.
11 And they put twists of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and in the same way on the outside curtain of the second group.
12 Fifty twists on the one curtain and fifty on the edge of the curtain of the other group; the twists being opposite to one another.
13 And they made fifty hooks of gold, joining the curtains one to another with the hooks; and so the House was made.
14 And they made curtains of goats' hair for the tent; eleven curtains were made.
15 Every curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.
16 Five curtains were joined together to make one group, and six curtains were joined together to make the other group.
17 And they put fifty twists of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group,
18 And fifty hooks of brass for joining them together to make the tent.
19 And they made a cover of sheepskins coloured red, to go over the tent, and a cover of leather over that.
20 And for the uprights of the House they made boards of hard wood.
21 The boards were ten cubits long and one cubit and a half wide.
22 Every board had two tongues fixed into it; all the boards were made in this way.
23 They made twenty boards for the south side of the House:
24 And for these twenty boards, forty silver bases, two bases under every board, to take its tongues.
25 And for the second side of the House, on the north, they made twenty boards,
26 With their forty silver bases, two bases for every board.
27 And for the west side of the House, at the back, they made six boards,
28 And two boards for the angles at the back.
29 These were joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, so forming the two angles.
30 So there were eight boards with sixteen bases of silver, two bases under every board.
31 And they made rods of hard wood; five for the boards on one side of the House,
32 And five for the boards on the other side of the House, and five for the boards at the back, on the west.
33 The middle rod was made to go right through the rings of all the boards from one end to the other.
34 All the boards were plated with gold, and the rings through which the rods went were of gold, and the rods were plated with gold.
35 And he made the veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with winged ones designed by expert workmen.
36 And they made four pillars for it of hard wood plated with gold: they had hooks of gold and four silver bases.
37 And they made a curtain for the door of the tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red;
38 And five pillars for the curtain, with their hooks; the heads of the pillars were of gold and they were circled with bands of gold; and their five bases were of brass.
1 Todos os outros artistas, com capacidades dadas por Deus, deverão prestar assistência a Bezalel e a Aoliabe na construção e no mobiliário do tabernáculo, disse Moisés a Bezalel, a Aoliabe e a todos os outros que se sentiam chamados para este trabalho. E mandou que começassem.
3 Moisés entregou-lhes o material oferecido pelo povo; mas este ainda trazia em cada manhã mais ofertas voluntárias.
4 Por fim todos os que trabalhavam naquela tarefa vieram ter com Moisés e disseram-lhe: Já temos muito mais do que é necessário para esta obra!
6 Moisés 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.
8 Os artistas tecelãos fizeram primeiramente dez cortinas de linho fino retorcido, em azul, púrpura e carmezim, com querubins habilmente bordados. Cinco destas cortinas eram ligadas entre si lado a lado, e outras cinco também da mesma maneira, de forma a fazerem duas peças rectangulares. Cinquenta laços azuis foram cosidos na bainha de cada uma dessas duas longas peças. Depois fizeram-se cinquenta colchetes de ouro para prender os laços, atando assim as duas peças de maneira a formarem o tecto do tabernáculo.
14 Por cima desse tecto havia uma segunda coberta feita de onze cobertas de pêlo de cabra, cada uma delas uniformemente com quinze metros de comprimento por dois de largura. Bezalel juntou cinco destas cobertas formando uma peça rectangular e as outras seis também as uniu da mesma forma. Depois fez cinquenta laços na bainha dum dos lados de cada uma dessas peças, assim como cinquenta pequenos colchetes de bronze para poder atar os laços uns aos outros, a fim de que as duas peças ficassem bem unidas uma à outra. A última camada deste telhado era feita de pele de carneiro tingida de vermelho e ainda de peles de cabra curtidas.
20 Para os lados do tabernáculo empregou tábuas de madeira de acácia postas ao alto.
21 A altura de cada tábua era de 5 metros, e a largura de 75 centímetros.
22 Cada tábua tinha uma ranhura para poder encaixar na seguinte. Havia vinte tábuas do lado do sul, com as extremidades enfiando, ao todo, em quarenta bases de prata. Cada tábua estava fixada à base por duas braçadeiras. Havia também vinte tábuas do lado norte do tabernáculo, com quarenta bases de prata, duas para cada tábua. O lado ocidental, que era a sua parte de trás, tinha seis tábuas mais uma outra para cada canto. Estas tábuas, incluindo as dos cantos, ligavam-se umas às outras em ambas as extremidades por meio de argolas. Assim, no lado ocidental havia oito tábuas no total, com dezasseis bases de prata sob elas, duas para cada tábua.
31 Depois fez cinco conjuntos de barras de madeira de acácia para prender as tábuas entre si, cinco barras para cada lado do tabernáculo. A barra do meio - desse conjunto de cinco - ficava a meia altura das tábuas, percorrendo-as duma ponta à outra desse lado. Tanto as tábuas como as barras foram cobertas de ouro, mas as argolas eram de ouro puro.
35 O véu interior, de azul, púrpura e carmezim, foi feito de linho com querubins artisticamente bordados. Depois, foi então atado a quatro ganchos postos em quatro colunas de madeira de acácia recobertas de ouro e assentes em quatro bases de prata.
37 Seguidamente fez a cortina para a entrada do tabernáculo, de linho fino retorcido, bordado a azul, púrpura e carmezim. Esta cortina estava suspensa por quatro ganchos a cinco postes ou colunas. Estes postes, os seus capitéis e hastes foram revestidos de ouro. As suas cinco bases foram moldadas em bronze.