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.

1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding, to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart excited him to come to the work to do it:3 And they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it. And they brought yet to him free-offerings every morning.4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made.5 And they spoke to Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.8 And every wise-hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: he made them with cherubim of curious work.9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.10 And he coupled the five curtains one to another: and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the extremity of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.12 Fifty loops he made in one curtain, and fifty loops he made in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.13 And he made fifty buttons of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the buttons. So it became one tabernacle.14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.17 And he made fifty loops upon the outermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.18 And he made fifty buttons of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that.20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another; thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.25 And for the other side of the tabernacle which is towards the north corner, he made twenty boards.26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.28 And two boards he made for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim he made it of curious work.36 And he made to it four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.37 And he made a hanging for the tabernacle-door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needle-work;38 And the five pillars of it, with their hooks: and he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.