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the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the curtain for the screen;

the lampstand for light with its utensils and lamps as well as the oil for the light;

the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the entryway screen for the entrance to the tabernacle;

the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and bases, and the screen for the gate of the courtyard;

the tent pegs for the tabernacle and the tent pegs for the courtyard, along with their ropes;

and the specially woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary—the holy garments for the priest Aaron and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.”

Everyone whose heart was moved and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.

Everyone making an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the Lord. Everyone who possessed acacia wood useful for any task in the work brought it.

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

So the Israelites brought a freewill offering to the Lord, all the men and women whose hearts prompted them to bring something for all the work that the Lord, through Moses, had commanded to be done.

to cut gemstones for mounting, and to carve wood for work in every kind of artistic craft.

They took from Moses’s presence all the contributions that the Israelites had brought for the task of making the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning.

Then all the artisans who were doing all the work for the sanctuary came one by one from the work they were doing

and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than is needed for the construction of the work the Lord commanded to be done.”

After Moses gave an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “Let no man or woman make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people stopped.

The materials were sufficient for them to do all the work. There was more than enough.

He made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven of them.

He also made a covering for the tent from ram skins dyed red and a covering of fine leather on top of it.

He made upright supports of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

Each support had two tenons for joining one to another. He did the same for all the supports of the tabernacle.