1. Beseleel, therefore, and Ooliab, and every wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and understanding, to know how to work artificially, made the things that are necessary for the uses of the sanctuary, and which the Lord commanded.
2. And when Moses had called them, and every skilful man, to whom the Lord had given wisdom, and such as of their own accord had offered themselves to the making of the work,
3. He delivered all the offerings of the children of Israel unto them. And while they were earnest about the work, the people daily in the morning offered their vows.
4. Whereupon the workmen being constrained to come,
5. Said to Moses: The people offereth more than is necessary.
6. Moses therefore commanded proclamation to be made by the crier's voice: Let neither man nor woman offer any more for the work of the sanctuary. And so they ceased from offering gifts,
7. Because the things that were offered did suffice, and were too much.
8. And all the men that were wise of heart, to accomplish the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of twisted fine linen, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, with varied work, and the art of embroidering:
9. The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth four: all the curtains were of the same size.
10. And he joined five curtains, one to another, and the other five he coupled one to another.
11. He made also loops of violet in the edge of the curtain on both sides, and in the edge of the other curtain in like manner,
12. That the loops might meet on against another, and might be joined each with the other.
13. Whereupon also he cast fifty rings of gold, that might catch the loops of the curtains, and they might be made one tabernacle.
14. He made also eleven curtains of goats' hair, to cover the roof of the tabernacle:
15. One curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits broad: all the curtains were of one measure.
16. Five of which he joined apart, and the other six apart.
17. And he made fifty loops in the edge of one curtain, and fifty in the edge of another curtain, that they might be joined one to another.