FRAMEWORKS:
Exodus 36: The Work & the Giving
v.1-3
The Skilled Craftsmen get under way
v.4-7
The People have to be stopped giving
v.8-38
The Tabernacle Work
v.1-3
The Skilled Craftsmen get under way
v.1
So
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.'
v.2
Then
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.
v.3
They
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.
[Notes:
These men receive the materials.]
v.4-7
The People have to be stopped giving
v.4
So
all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary
left what they were doing
v.5
and
said to Moses, The people are bringing more than enough for doing
the work the Lord
commanded
to be done.'
v.6
Then
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,
v.7
because
what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.
[Notes:
The people are so generous in their giving that they
have to be stopped.]
v.8-38
The Tabernacle Work [Note:
as this is a repetition of Ch.26 we have left the original dimensions]
v.8
All
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.
v.9
All
the curtains were the same size twenty-eight cubits long
and four cubits wide.
v.10
They
joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the
other five.
v.11
Then
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.
v.12
They
also made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end
curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.
v.13
Then
they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets
of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.
v.14
They
made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle
eleven altogether.
v.15
All
eleven curtains were the same size thirty cubits long and
four cubits wide.
v.16
They
joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into
another set.
v.17
Then
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.
v.18
They
made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit.
v.19
Then
they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over
that a covering of other durable leather.
v.20
They
made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
v.21
Each
frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,
v.22
with
two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the
frames of the tabernacle in this way.
v.23
They
made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle
v.24
and
made forty silver bases to go under them two bases for
each frame, one under each projection.
v.25
For
the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty
frames
v.26
and
forty silver bases two under each frame.
v.27
They
made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the
tabernacle,
v.28
and
two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the
far end.
v.29
At
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.
v.30
So
there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases two under
each frame.
v.31
They
also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one
side of the tabernacle,
v.32
five
for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west,
at the far end of the tabernacle.
v.33
They
made the centre crossbar so that it extended from end to end at
the middle of the frames.
v.34
They
overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the
crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
v.35
They
made the curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted
linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.
v.36
They
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.
v.37
For
the entrance to the tent they made a curtain of blue, purple and
scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen the work of an embroiderer;
v.38
and
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.
[Notes:
Each item of the original plans is now made.]