Both the men and women came all whose hearts prompted them and brought brooches, earrings, rings, pendants, and all kinds of gold jewelry. Every person presented a wave offering of gold to the LORD.

Everyone who had blue, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, and dolphin skins brought them.

Everyone who could give an offering of silver and bronze brought it as a contribution for the LORD. Also all who had acacia wood for any use in the work brought it.

Every skilled woman spun with her hands, and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, and scarlet material, and fine linen.

The leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set in the ephod and the breast piece,

spices and oil for the light and for the anointing oil and the aromatic incense.

Each Israeli man and woman whose heart was prompted brought something as a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD had commanded them to do through Moses.

and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, and with knowledge of all kinds of work,

to make artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,

to cut stones for setting, to carve wood, and to engage in all kinds of artistic work.

And he has given both him and Ahisamach's son Oholiab from the tribe of Dan the ability to teach.

He has equipped them to do all kinds of work done by an engraver, designer, embroider in blue, purple and scarlet material and in fine linen, or as a weaver. They were able to do all kinds of work and were skilled designers.

Bezalel and Oholiab and all the skilled craftsmen to whom the LORD gave wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work in constructing the sanctuary are to do everything that the LORD has commanded."

Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the skilled people to whom the LORD had given ability, including everyone whose hearts stirred them to come forward to do the work.

They received from Moses all the offerings that the Israelis had brought for doing the work of constructing the sanctuary, and the people continued to bring freewill offerings every morning.

and told Moses, "The people are bringing much more than enough for the work that the LORD has commanded us to do."

Then Moses issued an order, and the message was taken throughout the camp, "Men and women, don't bring any more offerings for the sanctuary." The people were restrained from bringing any more,

All the skilled craftsmen among the workers made the tent with ten curtains of fine woven linen, blue, purple, and scarlet material. He made them with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

The length of each curtain was 28 cubits, and the width of each curtain two cubits. All the curtains had the same measurements.

He joined five of the curtains together, and the other five curtains he joined together.

He made loops of blue material along the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set, and likewise, he made loops along the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

He made 50 loops in the one curtain, and he made 50 loops along the edge of the curtain that is in the second set, with the loops opposite each other.

Then he made 50 gold clasps, and joined the curtains to each other with the clasps so the tent was one piece.

The length of each curtain was 30 cubits, and the width of each curtain was two cubits; the measurements of each of the eleven curtains was the same.

He joined five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

He made 50 loops along the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set, and 50 loops along the edge of the curtain of the other set.

Then he made a cover for the tent of ram skins dyed red and a covering of dolphin skins above that.

Each board was ten cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide.

Each board had two pegs, joined to one another, and he did this for all the boards of the tent.

He made 40 silver sockets under the 20 boards: two sockets under one board for its two pegs and two sockets under the next board for its two pegs.

and 40 silver sockets for them, two sockets under one board and two sockets under the next board.

and he made two boards for the rear corners of the tent.

They were joined together at the bottom and they were connected on top, by one ring. He did this for the two of them, and they were the two corners.

five bars for the boards on the second side of the tent, and five bars for the boards on the back side of the tent to the west.

He made the middle bar in the center of the boards pass through from end to end.

He overlaid the boards with gold, and made gold rings for them as holders for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.

He made a curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet material, and fine woven linen. He made it with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

He made four pillars of acacia for it and overlaid them with gold, along with their gold hooks, and he cast four silver sockets for them.

For the doorway of the tent, he made a screen of blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen, the work of an embroiderer,

and five pillars of acacia along with their hooks. He overlaid their tops and their bands with gold. Their five sockets were made of bronze.

Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.

He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and outside, and made a gold molding around it.

He cast four rings for it on its four feet, two rings on one side of it and two rings on its other side.

He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.

He made a Mercy Seat of pure gold two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

One cherub was at one end and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim at the two ends of the Mercy Seat and of one piece with it.

The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the Mercy Seat with their wings and facing each other. The faces of the cherubim were turned toward the Mercy Seat.

Then he made a table of acacia wood two cubits long, one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.

He overlaid it with pure gold and put a gold molding around it.

He made a rim one handbreadth wide around it, and made a gold molding around the rim.

He cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners where its four feet were.

He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold to carry the table.

He made the utensils which were on the table, its plates, dishes, bowls, and jars out of which libations are poured. He made them of pure gold.

He made the lamp stand of pure gold. He made the lamp stand, its base, and stem of hammered work and its cups, calyxes, and flowers were of one piece with it.

Six branches extended from its sides, three branches of the lamp stand from one side of it, and three branches of the lamp stand from its other side.

Three cups shaped like almond blossoms with calyxes and flowers were on one branch and three cups shaped like almond blossoms with calyxes and flowers were on the other branch, and so on for the six branches extending from the lamp stand.

On the lamp stand itself there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms each with their calyxes and flowers.

A calyx was under the two branches that extended out of the stem; a calyx was under the next pair of branches that extended out of the stem; and a calyx was under the last pair of branches that extended out of the stem, and so on for the six branches extending from the lamp stand.

Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it, all of it was of one piece of hammered work of pure gold.

He made its seven lamps, its tongs, and its trays from pure gold.

He made it and all of its furnishings from a talent of pure gold.

He made the altar for burning incense of acacia wood, a square, one cubit long, one cubit wide, and two cubits high, with its horns of one piece with it.

He overlaid it with pure gold its top, its sides all around, and its horns and he made a gold molding around it.

He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure aromatic incense, the work of a perfumer.

Then he made the altar for burnt offerings of acacia wood. It was a square, five cubits long and five cubits wide, and it was three cubits high.

He made horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

He made all the utensils for the altar the pans, the shovels, the bowls, the forks, and the fire-pans and he made all its utensils of bronze.

He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

And he put the poles through rings on the sides of the altar to carry it. He made it hollow, out of boards.

He made the bronze basin and its bronze base from mirrors contributed by the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

He made their 20 pillars and their 20 sockets of bronze, while the hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver.

The north side was 100 cubits long, and its 20 pillars and 20 sockets were made of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver.

For the west side there were hangings 50 cubits long with their ten pillars and ten sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver.

The hangings for one section were fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and three sockets,

and also for the second section. On either side of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits long with their three pillars and three sockets.

The sockets for the pillars were made of bronze and the hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver. Their tops were overlaid with silver, and all the pillars of the court were banded with silver.

The screen of the gate of the court was the work of an embroiderer of blue, purple, and scarlet material, and fine woven linen. The length was 20 cubits and it was five cubits high along its width, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

Their four pillars and their four sockets were made of bronze, and their hooks were made of silver. Their tops were overlaid with silver and their bands were made of silver.

All the pegs for the tent and for all around the court were made of bronze.

With him was Ahisamach's son Oholiab from the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet material, and of fine linen.

The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the standard used in the sanctuary;

a beka a head (a beka is half a shekel, according to the standard used in the sanctuary) for everyone who went through the registration process from 20 years old and older. The total numbered 603,550 bekas.

One hundred talents of silver were used to cast the sockets for the sanctuary and the sockets for the curtain, 100 sockets for 100 talents, a talent per socket.

And with 1,775 talents he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their tops, and made bands for them.

The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

the sockets for all around the court, the sockets for the gate to the court, all the pegs for the sanctuary, and all the pegs for all around the court.

From the blue, purple, and scarlet material they made finely woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place, and they made the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

He made the ephod out of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen.

They hammered out gold sheets and cut off threads to work into the blue, purple, and scarlet material and into the fine linen, a work of skillful design.

They made connecting shoulder pieces for the ephod and attached them to its two edges.

The skillfully woven band that was on it was made like it, of one piece with it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

They prepared the onyx stones, engraved with the names of the sons of Israel like the engraving on a signet, and mounted them in settings of gold filigree.

He made a breast piece, skillfully worked, like the work of the ephod: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen.

They made the breast piece square when folded double: one span in length and one span in width when folded double.

They mounted on it four rows of stones. The first row was a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;

the second row ruby, sapphire, and crystal;

the third row jacinth, agate, and amethyst;

and the fourth row beryl, onyx, and jasper. They were set in gold filigree when they were mounted.