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And all who could present an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the LORD. Also, everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the service brought it.

as well as spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.

to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every artistic craft.

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

After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: "No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing more,

All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle-eleven curtains altogether.

Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.

Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

He made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames-two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.

For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames

He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.

He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts.

For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,