1 Beseleel, Ooliab e todos os homens prudentes que o Senhor dotou de inteligência e habilidade, para saberem executar todos os trabalhos necessários ao serviço do santuário, conformaram-se inteiramente às instruções recebidas do Senhor.2 Moisés chamou Beseleel, Ooliab e todos os homens prudentes que o Senhor tinha dotado de inteligência, todos os que eram impelidos pelo seu coração a empreender a execução desse trabalho.3 Levaram todas as ofertas que os israelitas haviam trazido a Moisés para a execução dos trabalhos necessários ao serviço do santuário. E, como o povo continuasse, cada manhã, a trazer espontaneamente ofertas,4 os homens prudentes que executavam os trabalhos do santuário deixaram cada um a obra que estava fazendo, e vieram dizer a Moisés:5 "O povo traz muito mais do que é necessário para a execução do trabalho que o Senhor ordenou".6 Então, por ordem de Moisés, fez-se no acampamento esta proclamação: "Que ninguém, nem homem nem mulher, traga mais ofertas para o santuário". Assim, o povo foi proibido de trazer mais.7 O material trazido era mais que suficiente para tudo o que havia a fazer.8 Os mais hábeis entre os operários construíram o tabernáculo: dez cortinas de linho fino retorcido, púrpura violeta e escarlate, e carmesim com querubins artisticamente bordados.9 O comprimento de cada cortina era de vinte e oito côvados, sua largura de quatro côvados; e tinham todas as mesmas dimensões.10 Juntaram as cortinas cinco por cinco.11 Laços de púrpura violeta foram colocados na orla da cortina que rematava esses dois grupos.12 Foram postos cinqüenta laços na primeira cortina, e cinqüenta na extremidade da última cortina do segundo grupo, situadas bem em face umas das outras.13 As cortinas foram presas urnas às outras por meio de cinqüenta colchetes de ouro, de modo que o tabernáculo formou um todo.14 Fizeram-se, em seguida, cortinas de peles de cabra, para formar uma tenda sobre o tabernáculo; foram feitas onze dessas cortinas.15 O comprimento de uma delas era de trinta côvados, e sua largura de quarenta côvados; e tinham todas as mesmas dimensões.16 Cinco dessas cortinas foram juntadas de um lado, e seis de outro.17 Cinqüenta colchetes foram colocados na orla da última cortina de um desses grupos e cinqüenta na orla da última cortina do segundo.18 Depois fizeram cinqüenta colchetes de bronze para unir as peças, de modo que a tenda formasse um só todo.19 Foi feita a cobertura da tenda de peles de carneiros tintas de vermelho, sobre as quais se meteu uma cobertura de peles de golfinhos.20 As tábuas do tabernáculo foram feitas de madeira de acácia, colocadas verticalmente.21 As tábuas tinham dez côvados de comprimento e um côvado e meio de largura.22 Cada tábua tinha dois encaixes ligados um ao outro: assim se fez com todas as tábuas do tabernáculo.23 Fizeram para o lado meridional do tabernáculo, ao sul, vinte tábuas.24 Meteram sob essas vinte tábuas quarenta suportes de prata, dois sob cada tábua, para seus dois encaixes.25 Para o segundo lado do tabernáculo, ao norte, fizeram vinte tábuas,26 com quarenta suportes de prata, à razão de dois por tábua.27 Para o fundo do tabernáculo, ao ocidente, fizeram seis tábuas.28 Para os ângulos do tabernáculo, ao fundo, fizeram duas tábuas.29 Elas eram emparelhadas desde a base, formando juntas um só todo até o alto, na primeira argola. O mesmo se fez com as duas tábuas colocadas nos ângulos.30 Havia, pois, oito tábuas com seus suportes de prata, em número de dezesseis, dois sob cada tábua.31 Fizeram em seguida cinco travessas de madeira de acácia para as tábuas de um dos lados do tabernáculo,32 cinco para as tábuas do segundo lado e cinco para as que estavam do lado posterior do tabernáculo, ao ocidente.33 A travessa central estendia-se ao longo das tábuas, de uma extremidade à outra.34 Recobriram de ouro essas tábuas e se lhes puseram argolas de ouro, pelas quais passaram as travessas, recobertas também elas de ouro.35 Foi feito o véu de púrpura violeta e escarlate, de carmesim e linho retorcido, onde foram bordados artisticamente alguns querubins.36 Fizeram para ele quatro colunas de madeira de acácia revestidas de ouro, com pregos de ouro, e fundiram para elas quatro pedestais de prata.37 Para a entrada da tenda foi feito o véu de púrpura violeta e escarlate, de carmesim e linho retorcido, artisticamente bordado.38 Fizeram, para suspender esse véu, cinco colunas munidas de ganchos; recobriram de ouro seus capitéis e suas vergas; seus cinco pedestais foram feitos de bronze.

1 And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every wise–hearted man, in whom the Lord hath put wisdom and understanding to know how to do every manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall make all, just as the Lord hath commanded.2 And Moses called for Bezalel and Aholiab, and every wise–hearted man in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, every one whose heart stirred him up to come near unto the work to do it:3 And they received from Moses the whole of the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it; and these brought unto him yet more free–will offerings morning after morning.4 And then came all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, every man from his own work which they were doing.5 And they said unto Moses, thus, The people bring more than is required for the service of the work, which the Lord hath commanded to make.6 And Moses gave the command, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary: so the people were restrained from bringing more.7 And the stuff prepared was sufficient for all the work to make it, and there was some over.8 And all the wise–hearted men, among those who wrought the work, made the tabernacle of ten curtains; of twisted linen thread, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn; with cherubim, of weaver’s work, made he them.9 The length of each curtain was twenty–eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: there was one measure for all the curtains.10 And he coupled together five of the 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 the one curtain, which was the outside in the coupling: the like he made on the border of the curtain, which was the outmost on the second coupling.12 Fifty loops made he on the one curtain, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain which was in the second coupling: the loops were fixed opposite to each other.13 And he made fifty hooks of gold; and he coupled the curtains together one unto the other with the hooks, and the tabernacle became thus one piece.14 And he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains made he the same.15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of each curtain: there was one measure for the eleven curtains.16 And he coupled five of the curtains by themselves, and six of the curtains by themselves.17 And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was the outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain of the second coupling.18 And he made fifty hooks of copper, to couple the tent together that it might be one piece.19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above.20 And he made the boards for the tabernacle, of shittim wood, standing up.21 Ten cubits was the length of each board, and one cubit and a half was the breadth of each one board.22 There were two tenons for every board, fitted in, one against the other: the like made he for all the boards of the tabernacle.23 And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side, on the right.24 And forty sockets of silver made he under the twenty boards; two sockets under the one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under the other board for its two tenons.25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, for the north side, he made twenty boards:26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board.27 And for the back wall of the tabernacle, westward, he made six boards.28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the back wall.29 And they were closely fitting beneath, and they were closely joined together on the top, by means of one ring; thus he did to both of them, for both the corners.30 And so there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two sockets under every board.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 back wall, westward.33 And he made the middle bar to pass through the midst of the boards from the one end to the other end.34 And the boards he overlaid with gold, and their rings he made of gold, as receptacles for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.35 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; of weaver’s work made he it, with cherubim.36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, their hooks also were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.37 And he made a hanging for the door of the tabernacle, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; the work of the embroiderer;38 And its five pillars with their hooks: and he overlaid their tops and made their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of copper.