Exodus 36, verse 1. Now Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whom the Lord put wisdom and knowledge to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the holy place, did according to all the Lord commanded.
The Gifts of the People
Exodus 36, verse 2. Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whose heart the Lord put wisdom, everyone whose heart willed freely to come and do the work. Exodus 36, verse 3. They received from Moses all the offerings the children of Israel brought for all the works for making the holy place, and they continued bringing him freewill offerings every morning. Exodus 36, verse 4. Then all the wise men who were doing all the work of the holy place came, each according to the work he was doing, Exodus 36, verse 5. and they spoke to Moses, saying, “The people bring much more than enough for the work the Lord commanded us to do.” Exodus 36, verse 6. So Moses gave a commandment and proclaimed it throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the holy place.” Thus the people were restrained from bringing more, Exodus 36, verse 7. for the material was sufficient for all the work to be done—indeed, too much.
Articles for the Tabernacle
Exodus 36, verse 8. Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on Aaron's garments for the holy places did as the Lord commanded Moses. Exodus 36, verse 9. He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, spun scarlet, and fine twined linen. Exodus 36, verse 10. Thin plates of gold were then cut into threads to be woven into the blue, purple, spun scarlet, and fine twined linen; and they formed it as a woven piece. Exodus 36, verse 11. He then coupled the ephod together from its two sides, a work woven by a mutual twisting of the parts into one another. Exodus 36, verse 12. They constructed it according to the same workmanship of gold, blue, purple, spun scarlet, and fine twined linen, as the Lord commanded Moses. Exodus 36, verse 13. Then they made two emerald stones, clasped together and set in gold, carved and engraved as signets are engraved with the names of the sons of Israel. Exodus 36, verse 14. He attached these as memorial stones to the shoulders of the ephod for the children of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses. Exodus 36, verse 15. Then they made the oracle, a woven work of embroidery like the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, spun scarlet, and fine twined linen. Exodus 36, verse 16. They made the oracle square by doubling it; a span was its length and a span its width when doubled. Exodus 36, verse 17. Interwoven into this texture was a setting of four rows of stones: the first row, a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; Exodus 36, verse 18. and the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper; Exodus 36, verse 19. and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; Exodus 36, verse 20. and the fourth row, a chrysolite, a beryl, and an onyx, set around with gold and fastened with gold. Exodus 36, verse 21. The twelve stones bore the names of the sons of Israel, their names engraved like a signet, each one with its own name according to the twelve tribes. Exodus 36, verse 22. Then they made on the oracle chains, plaited fringes of gold, a work of pure gold. Exodus 36, verse 23. They also made two gold bosses and two gold rings. Exodus 36, verse 24. Then they put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the oracle. Exodus 36, verse 25. They also attached two golden clasps to the rings on both sides of the oracle, the two clasps to the two couplings. Exodus 36, verse 26. Then they placed the two gold bosses, joining them to the shoulders of the ephod opposite one another in the front. Exodus 36, verse 27. They made two gold rings and attached them to two loops on top of the oracle, near the back of it, the side toward the ephod. Exodus 36, verse 28. Then they made two gold rings and attached them below the two shoulders of the ephod in front, woven into the ephod like the coupling above. Exodus 36, verse 29. Then they bound the oracle by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord. Exodus 36, verse 30. That way it would be above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and the breastplate would not rip away from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses. Exodus 36, verse 31. He made the undergarment of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. Exodus 36, verse 32. The collar of the undergarment was plaited and interwoven, having a border all around that it would not tear. Exodus 36, verse 33. Beneath the border of the robe there were knobs of flowering pomegranate, constructed of blue, purple, spun scarlet, and fine twined linen. Exodus 36, verse 34. Then they made bells of pure gold and put the bells on the hem of the robe all around between the pomegranates. Exodus 36, verse 35. The golden bells and pomegranates, all the hem of the robe, were for the ministry, as the Lord commanded Moses. Exodus 36, verse 36. They made fine linen robes, woven work, for Aaron and his sons, and belts of fine linen, and turbans of fine linen, short trousers of fine linen, Exodus 36, verse 37. and their sashes of fine woven linen, blue, purple, spun scarlet, made by a weaver according as the Lord commanded Moses. Exodus 36, verse 38. Then they made the plate of gold, a dedicated thing of the holy place, of pure gold, and on it he wrote an inscription like the engraving of a signet: Holiness to the Lord. Exodus 36, verse 39. And they tied a blue cord to it to fasten it above on the turban, in the manner the Lord commanded Moses.