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And everyone whose heart was moved, everyone who was guided by the impulse of his spirit, came with his offering for the Lord, for whatever was needed for the Tent of meeting and its work and for the holy robes.

Everyone who had silver and brass gave an offering of them to the Lord; and everyone who had hard wood, such as was needed for the work, gave it.

And the rulers gave the beryls and the cut jewels for the ephod and the priest's bag;

And the spice and the oil for the light, and the holy oil and the sweet perfumes.

The children of Israel, every man and woman, from the impulse of their hearts, gave their offerings freely to the Lord for the work which the Lord had given Moses orders to have done.

So let Bezalel and Oholiab get to work, with every wise-hearted man to whom the Lord has given wisdom and knowledge, to do whatever is necessary for the ordering of the holy place, as the Lord has given orders.

Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab, and for all the wise-hearted men to whom the Lord had given wisdom, even everyone who was moved by the impulse of his heart to come and take part in the work:

And they took from Moses all the offerings which the children of Israel had given for the building of the holy place. And still they went on giving him more free offerings every morning.

And said to Moses, The people are giving much more than is needed for the work which the Lord has given us orders to do.

So Moses made an order and had it given out through all the tents, saying, Let no man or woman make any more offerings for the holy place. So the people were kept from giving more.

For the material they had was enough and more than enough for all the work which had to be done.

And they made curtains of goats' hair for the tent; eleven curtains were made.

And fifty hooks of brass for joining them together to make the tent.

And for the uprights of the House they made boards of hard wood.

They made twenty boards for the south side of the House:

And for these twenty boards, forty silver bases, two bases under every board, to take its tongues.

And for the second side of the House, on the north, they made twenty boards,

With their forty silver bases, two bases for every board.

And for the west side of the House, at the back, they made six boards,

And two boards for the angles at the back.