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Exodus 36

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← Exodus | ← Ch 35 | Ch 37 →

Exodus 36 . 1 , The offerings are delivered to the workmen; Exodus 36 . 4 , The liberality of the people is restrained; Exodus 36 . 8 , The curtains with cherubims; Exodus 36 . 14 , The curtains of goats’ hair; Exodus 36 . 19 , The covering of skins; Exodus 36 . 20 , The boards with their sockets; Exodus 36 . 31 , The bars; Exodus 36 . 35 , The vail; Exodus 36 . 37 , The hanging for the door.

Exodus 36:1

"So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary."

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An , Ex , Is , 1 , Tisri to Adar

Bezaleel Exodus 3Exodus 35 . 30-35

Exodus 36:2

Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.

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Exodus 36:3

They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning,

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Exodus 36:4

so that all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work

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Exodus 36:5

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

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Exodus 36:6

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,

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When God puts grace into the heart , the hands will be diligently employed in every good work.

Exodus 36:7

since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.

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Exodus 36:8

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.

Exodus 36:8 · BSB

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Keroovim , cherubim , not cherubims. What these were we cannot determine. Some , observing that the verb kerav in Syriac , sometimes means to resemble , make like , conceive the noun keroov signifies no more than an image , figure , or representation of anything. Josephus says they were flying animals , like none of those which are seen by man , but such as Moses saw about the throne of God. In another place he says , "As for the cherubim , nobody can tell or conceive what they were like." These symbolical figures , according to the description of them by Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1 . 10; Ezekiel 10 . 14) , were creatures with four heads and one body; and the animals of which these forms consisted were the noblest of their kind; the lion among the wild beasts; the bull among the tame ones; the eagle among the birds , and man at the head of all. Hence some have conceived them to be somewhat of the shape of flying oxen; and it is alleged in favour of this opinion , that the far more common meaning of the verb kerav , in Chaldee , Syriac , and Arabic , being to plough , the natural meaning of keroov , is a creature used in ploughing. This seems to have been the ancient opinion which tradition had handed down , concerning the shape of the cherubim with the flaming sword , that guarded the tree of life

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Exodus 36:10

And he joined five of the curtains together, and the other five he joined as well.

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Exodus 36:11

He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and also on the end curtain in the second set.

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Exodus 36:12

He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite one another.

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Exodus 36:13

He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.

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Exodus 36:14

He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.

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Exodus 36:17

He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.

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Exodus 36:18

He also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a unit.

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Exodus 36:19

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

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This was the third covering of the tabernacle. The first and lowermost was made of fine linen , richly embroidered with figures of cherubim , in shades of blue , purple , and scarlet

  • Exodus 36:8-13 It is reasonable to suppose , that the right side of this curtain was undermost , and so it formed a beautiful ceiling in the inside of the tabernacle. The second covering , which lay over the embroidered one , was made of a sort of mohair
  • Exodus 36:14-17 and the fourth , or uppermost one , which was to keep the others from the weather , was made of tachash , or badgers' skins

Exodus 36:20

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

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Exodus 36:21

Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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Each of these boards , taking the cubit at nearly twenty-two inches , was about eighteen feet long , and two feet nine inches broad. As these boards are said to be standing up

  • Exodus 36:20 their length was consequently the height of the tabernacle; and as the two sides were composed of twenty of these , standing up
  • Exodus 36:23 and
  • Exodus 36:25 and the west end of six , with two boards to project at the corners
  • Exodus 36:27 and
  • Exodus 36:28 the tabernacle must therefore , have been thirty cubits , or fifty-five feet long , and about ten cubits , or eighteen feet broad. These boards were fastened at the bottom by two tenons in each board , which fitted into two mortices in the foundation , at the top by links or hasps , and on the sides by five wooden bars , which ran through rings or staples in each of the boards. The boards and bars were all overlaid with gold; and their rings for the staves , and their hasps at top , were of the same metal. The foundation on which they stood consisted of about ninety-six solid blocks of silver , two under each board , about eighteen inches long , and of a suitable thickness; and each weighing a talent , or about a hundred weight. Four blocks of silver formed the bases of the columns which supported the curtain that divided the inside of the tabernacle into two rooms

Exodus 36:22

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

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Exodus 36:23

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

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Exodus 36:24

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

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Exodus 36:25

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

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Exodus 36:27

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

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Exodus 36:28

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

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Exodus 36:29

coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.

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Heb. twined

Exodus 36:30

So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

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under every board two sockets Heb. two sockets

Exodus 36:31

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

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Exodus 36:32

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

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Exodus 36:34

And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

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Exodus 36:35

Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

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Parachoth , from parach , to separate , divide , make a distinction between somewhat , the inner vail , which divided the tabernacle into two , and separated , and made a distinction between the Holy place and the Holy of Holies. This vail was made of the same rich materials as the inner covering of the tabernacle , and curiously embroidered with cherubim and other ornaments. Though it does not appear from Scripture at what distance from either end of the tabernacle this vail was hung , yet is reasonably conjectured , that it divided it in the same proportion in which the temple , built after this model , was divided; that is , two-thirds of the whole length were allotted to the first room , and one-third to the second; so that the room beyond the vail , the Holy of Holies , was exactly square , being ten cubits each way , and the first room , the sanctuary , was twice as long as it was broad

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Exodus 36:36

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.

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Exodus 36:37

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

Exodus 36:37 · BSB

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This vail was a fine embroidered curtain , of the same materials and of the same workmanship as the inner vail and inner covering of the tabernacle. The text does not say how low it hung. Philo makes it touch the ground; but Josephus will have it to come down but half way , so that the people might have a view of the inside of the tabernacle; but then he says there was another curtain over that , which came to the ground , to keep it from the weather , and was drawn aside on the sabbath and other festivals

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Heb. the work of a needle worker , or embroider

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Exodus 36:38

together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.

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