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.
4. Then the skilled men who were doing the work went
5. and reported to Moses, “The people are bringing more than is needed for the work which the Lord commanded to be done.”
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.
7. What had already been brought was more than enough to finish all the work.
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.
9. Each piece was the same size, twelve metres long and two metres wide.
10. They sewed five of them together in one set and did the same with the other five.
11. They made loops of blue cloth on the edge of the outside piece in each set.
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.
13. They made fifty gold hooks, with which to join the two sets into one piece.
14. Then they made a cover for the Tent out of eleven pieces of cloth made of goats' hair.