Chronological Plan

¹“Now Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skillful person in whom the LORD has put skill and understanding to know how to perform all the work in the construction of the sanctuary, shall perform in accordance with everything that the LORD has commanded.”

²Then Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skillful person in whom the LORD had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him, to come to the work to perform it.

³They received from Moses every contribution which the sons of Israel had brought to perform the work in the construction of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him voluntary offerings every morning.

⁴And all the skillful people who were performing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work which they were performing,

⁵and they said to Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for the construction work which the LORD commanded us to perform.”

⁶So Moses issued a command, and circulated a proclamation throughout the camp, saying, “No man or woman is to perform work any longer for the contributions of the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing any more.

⁷For the material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to perform it.

⁸All the skillful people among those who were performing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twisted linen and violet, purple, and scarlet material, with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer, Bezalel made them.

⁹The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had the same measurements.

¹⁰He joined five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he joined to one another.

¹¹And he made loops of violet on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second set.

¹²He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite each other.

¹³He also made fifty clasps of gold, and joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was a unit.

¹⁴Then he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains in all.

¹⁵The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had the same measurements.

¹⁶He joined five curtains by themselves, and the other six curtains by themselves.

¹⁷Moreover, he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the first set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second set.

¹⁸He also made fifty clasps of bronze to join the tent together so that it would be a unit.

¹⁹And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of fine leather above.

²⁰Then he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.

²¹Ten cubits was the length of each board, and one and a half cubits the width of each board.

²²There were two tenons for each board, fitted to one another; he did this to all the boards of the tabernacle.

²³So he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side;

²⁴and he made forty bases of silver under the twenty boards; two bases under one board for its two tenons, and two bases under another board for its two tenons.

²⁵Then for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards,

²⁶and their forty bases of silver; two bases under one board, and two bases under another board.

²⁷And for the back of the tabernacle, to the west, he made six boards.

²⁸He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the back.

²⁹They were double beneath, and together they were complete to its top, to the first ring; he did this with both of them for the two corners.

³⁰There were eight boards with their bases of silver, sixteen bases, two bases under every board.

³¹Then he made bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle,

³²and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the back side to the west.

³³And he made the middle bar to pass through in the center of the boards from end to end.

³⁴Then he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

³⁵Moreover, he made the veil of violet, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer.

³⁶And he made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast four bases of silver for them.

³⁷He also made a curtain for the doorway of the tent, of violet, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver;

³⁸and he made its five pillars with their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their bands with gold; but their five bases were of bronze.

¹Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was two and a half cubits, its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits;

²and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around.

³He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet; two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

⁴And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

⁵He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry it.

⁶He also made an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

⁷And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the atoning cover:

⁸one cherub at the one end and one cherub at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the atoning cover at the two ends.

⁹And the cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the atoning cover.

¹⁰Then he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.

¹¹He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around.

¹²And he made a rim for it of a hand width all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around.

¹³He also cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four legs.

¹⁴Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table.

¹⁵And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

¹⁶He also made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes, its pans, its libation bowls, and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold.

¹⁷Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its bulbs, and its flowers were of one piece with it.

¹⁸There were six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand from the one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it;

¹⁹three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a bulb and a flower on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a bulb and a flower on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

²⁰And on the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers;

²¹and a bulb was under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.

²²Their bulbs and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was a single hammered work of pure gold.

²³And he made its seven lamps with its tongs and its trays of pure gold.

²⁴He made it and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold.

²⁵Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit long and a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high; its horns were of one piece with it.

²⁶And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around.

²⁷He also made two golden rings for it under its molding, on its two sides—on opposite sides—as holders for poles with which to carry it.

²⁸And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

²⁹Then he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.

¹Then he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide, square, and three cubits high.

²And he made its horns on its four corners, its horns being of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

³He also made all the utensils of the altar, the pails, the shovels, the basins, the meat-forks, and the firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze.

⁴And he made for the altar a grating of bronze netting beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway up.

⁵He also cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze grating as holders for the poles.

⁶He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

⁷Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.

⁸Moreover, he made the basin of bronze with its base of bronze, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

⁹Then he made the courtyard: for the south side the hangings of the courtyard were of fine twisted linen, a hundred cubits;

¹⁰their twenty pillars, and their twenty bases, were made of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.

¹¹For the north side there were a hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.

¹²For the west side there were hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.

¹³For the east side, fifty cubits.

¹⁴The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases,

¹⁵and so for the other side. On both sides of the gate of the courtyard were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases.

¹⁶All the hangings of the courtyard all around were of fine twisted linen.

¹⁷And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands, of silver; and the overlaying of their tops, of silver, and all the pillars of the courtyard were furnished with silver bands.

¹⁸Now the curtain of the gate of the courtyard was the work of the weaver, of violet, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. And the length was twenty cubits and the height was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the courtyard.

¹⁹Their four pillars and their four bases were of bronze; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their bands were of silver.

²⁰All the pegs of the tabernacle and of the courtyard all around were of bronze.

²¹This is the number of the things for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were counted according to the command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

²²Now Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.

²³With him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skilled embroiderer, and a weaver in violet, in purple, and in scarlet material, and fine linen.

²⁴All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, which was the gold of the wave offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

²⁵And the silver of those of the congregation who were counted was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;

²⁶a beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), assessed to each one who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,550 men.

²⁷The hundred talents of silver were used for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent for a base.

²⁸And of the 1,775 shekels, he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their tops and made bands for them.

²⁹And the bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels.

³⁰With it he made the bases to the doorway of the tent of meeting, and the bronze altar and its bronze grating, and all the utensils of the altar,

³¹and the bases of the courtyard all around and the bases of the gate of the courtyard, and all the pegs of the tabernacle and all the pegs of the courtyard all around.