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[34:29] When Moses went down from Mount Sinai carrying the Ten Commandments, his face was shining because he had been speaking with the Lord; but he did not know it.

[34:30] Aaron and all the people looked at Moses and saw that his face was shining, and they were afraid to go near him.

[34:31] But Moses called them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the community went to him, and Moses spoke with them.

[34:32] After that, all the people of Israel gathered around him, and Moses gave them all the laws that the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.

[34:33] When Moses had finished speaking with them, he covered his face with a veil.

[34:34] Whenever Moses went into the Tent of the Lord's presence to speak to the Lord, he would take the veil off. When he came out, he would tell the people of Israel everything that he had been commanded to say,

[34:35] and they would see that his face was shining. Then he would put the veil back on until the next time he went to speak with the Lord.

[35:1] Moses called together the whole community of the people of Israel and said to them, “This is what the Lord has commanded you to do:

[35:2] You have six days in which to do your work, but the seventh day is to be sacred, a solemn day of rest dedicated to me, the Lord. Anyone who does any work on that day is to be put to death.

[35:3] Do not even light a fire in your homes on the Sabbath.”

[35:4] Moses said to all the people of Israel, “This is what the Lord has commanded:

[35:5] Make an offering to the Lord. Everyone who wishes to do so is to bring an offering of gold, silver, or bronze;

[35:6] fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; cloth made of goats' hair;

[35:7] rams' skin dyed red; fine leather; acacia wood;

[35:8] oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense;

[35:9] carnelians and other jewels to be set in the High Priest's ephod and in his breastpiece.

[35:10] “All the skilled workers among you are to come and make everything that the Lord commanded:

[35:11] the Tent, its covering and its outer covering, its hooks and its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases;

[35:12] the Covenant Box, its poles, its lid, and the curtain to screen it off;

[35:13] the table, its poles, and all its equipment; the bread offered to God;

[35:14] the lampstand for the light and its equipment; the lamps with their oil;

[35:15] the altar for burning incense and its poles; the anointing oil; the sweet-smelling incense; the curtain for the entrance of the Tent;

[35:16] the altar on which to burn offerings, with its bronze grating attached, its poles, and all its equipment; the washbasin and its base;

[35:17] the curtains for the enclosure, its posts and bases; the curtain for the entrance of the enclosure;

[35:18] the Tent pegs and ropes for the Tent and the enclosure;

[35:19] and the magnificent garments the priests are to wear when they serve in the Holy Place—the sacred clothes for Aaron the priest and for his sons.”

[35:20] All the people of Israel left,

[35:21] and everyone who wished to do so brought an offering to the Lord for making the Tent of the Lord's presence. They brought everything needed for use in worship and for making the priestly garments.

[35:22] All who wanted to, both men and women, brought decorative pins, earrings, rings, necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry and dedicated them to the Lord.

[35:23] Everyone who had fine linen; blue, purple, or red wool; cloth of goats' hair; rams' skin dyed red; or fine leather, brought it.

[35:24] All who were able to contribute silver or bronze brought their offering for the Lord, and all who had acacia wood which could be used for any of the work brought it.

[35:25] All the skilled women brought fine linen thread and thread of blue, purple, and red wool, which they had made.

[35:26] They also made thread of goats' hair.

[35:27] The leaders brought carnelians and other jewels to be set in the ephod and the breastpiece

[35:28] and spices and oil for the lamps, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet-smelling incense.

[35:29] All the people of Israel who wanted to brought their offering to the Lord for the work which he had commanded Moses to do.

[36:2] Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the other skilled men to whom the Lord had given ability and who were willing to help, and Moses told them to start working.

[36:3] They received from him all the offerings which the Israelites had brought for constructing the sacred Tent. But the people of Israel continued to bring Moses their offerings every morning.

[36:4] Then the skilled men who were doing the work went

[36:5] and told Moses, “The people are bringing more than is needed for the work which the Lord commanded to be done.”

[36:6] So Moses sent a command throughout the camp that no one was to make any further contribution for the sacred Tent; so the people did not bring any more.

[36:7] What had already been brought was more than enough to finish all the work.

[36:8] The most skilled men among those doing the work made the Tent of the Lord's presence. They made it out of ten pieces of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered with figures of winged creatures.

[36:9] Each piece was the same size, 14 yards long and 2 yards wide.

[36:10] They sewed five of them together in one set and did the same with the other five.

[36:11] They made loops of blue cloth on the edge of the outside piece in each set.

[36:12] They put fifty loops on the first piece of the first set and fifty loops matching them on the last piece of the second set.

[36:13] They made fifty gold hooks, with which to join the two sets into one piece.

[36:14] Then they made a cover for the Tent out of eleven pieces of cloth made of goats' hair.

[36:15] They made them all the same size, 15 yards long and 2 yards wide.

[36:16] They sewed five of them together in one set and the other six in another set.

[36:17] They put fifty loops on the edge of the last piece of one set and fifty loops on the edge of the other set.

[36:18] They made fifty bronze hooks to join the two sets, so as to form one cover.

[36:19] They made two more coverings, one of rams' skin dyed red and the other of fine leather, to serve as an outer cover.

[36:20] They made upright frames of acacia wood for the Tent.

[36:21] Each frame was 15 feet tall and 27 inches wide,

[36:22] with two matching projections, so that the frames could be joined together. All the frames had these projections.

[36:23] They made twenty frames for the south side

[36:24] and forty silver bases to go under them, two bases under each frame to hold its two projections.

[36:25] They made twenty frames for the north side of the Tent

[36:26] and forty silver bases, two under each frame.

[36:27] For the back of the Tent, on the west, they made six frames

[36:28] and two frames for the corners.

[36:29] These corner frames were joined at the bottom and connected all the way to the top. The two frames that formed the two corners were made in this way.

[36:30] So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases, two under each frame.

[36:31] They made fifteen crossbars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the Tent,

[36:32] five for the frames on the other side, and five for the frames on the west end, at the back.

[36:33] The middle crossbar, set halfway up the frames, extended from one end of the Tent to the other.

[36:34] They covered the frames with gold and fitted them with gold rings to hold the crossbars, which were also covered with gold.

[36:35] They made a curtain of fine linen, woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered it with figures of winged creatures.

[36:36] They made four posts of acacia wood to hold the curtain, covered them with gold, and fitted them with gold hooks. Then they made four silver bases to hold the posts.

[36:37] For the entrance of the Tent they made a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and decorated with embroidery.

[36:38] For this curtain they made five posts fitted with hooks, covered their tops and their rods with gold, and made five bronze bases for the posts.

[37:1] Bezalel made the Covenant Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

[37:2] He covered it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it.

[37:3] He made four carrying rings of gold for it and attached them to its four feet, with two rings on each side.

[37:4] He made carrying poles of acacia wood, covered them with gold,

[37:5] and put them through the rings on each side of the Box.

[37:6] He made a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

[37:7] He made two winged creatures of hammered gold,

[37:8] one for each end of the lid. He made them so that they formed one piece with the lid.

[37:9] The winged creatures faced each other across the lid, and their outspread wings covered it.

[37:10] He made the table out of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

[37:11] He covered it with pure gold and put a gold border around it.

[37:12] He made a rim 3 inches wide around it and put a gold border around the rim.

[37:13] He made four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs were.

[37:14] The rings to hold the poles for carrying the table were placed near the rim.

[37:15] He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.

[37:16] He made the dishes of pure gold for the table: the plates, the cups, the jars, and the bowls to be used for the wine offering.