Ex. 36:1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in
whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of
work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had
commanded.
Ex. 36:2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted
man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to
do it:
Ex. 36:3 And they received of Moses all the
offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service
of the sanctuary, to make it withal.
And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
Bezalleel and
Aholiab and all the other men God had gifted with skill and talent went to work
to accomplish all that the Lord had commanded regarding the tabernacle. They used the materials given to them
by Moses. Moses had received the
materials from the free will offerings of the people.
Ex. 36:4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary,
came every man from his work which they made;
Ex. 36:5 And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more
than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
Ex. 36:6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed
throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for
the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
Ex. 36:7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make
it, and too much.
All of the skilled craftsmen who made the items needed for the sanctuary/tabernacle came to Moses to tell him that the people had given a lot more than was needed. So Moses sent word throughout the camp telling the men and women that they had enough materials to complete the tabernacle and its furnishings and to stop bringing their offerings. The people complied.
(3/10) God only asks for what is needed.
Ex. 36:8 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of
the tabernacle made ten curtains of
fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
Ex. 36:9 The length of one curtain
was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits:
the curtains were all of one size.
Ex. 36:10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one
unto another.
Ex. 36:11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the
selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the
second.
Ex. 36:12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in
the edge of the curtain which was in
the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
This is a repeat of Exodus 26:1-5.
Ex. 36:13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one
unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
This restates Exodus 26:6.
Ex. 36:14 And he made curtains of goatsÕ hair for the
tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
Ex. 36:15 The length of one curtain
was thirty cubits, and four cubits
was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
Ex. 36:16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by
themselves.
Ex. 36:17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in
the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which
coupleth the second.
Ex. 36:18 And he made fifty taches of
brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
This basically repeats
Exodus 26:7-11.
Ex. 36:19 And he made a covering for the tent of ramsÕ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgersÕ skins above that.
See Exodus 26:14.
Ex. 36:20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
Ex. 36:21 The length of a board was
ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.
Ex. 36:22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus
did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
Ex. 36:23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the
south side southward:
Ex. 36:24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two
sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board
for his two tenons.
Ex. 36:25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
Ex. 36:26 And their forty sockets of silver; two
sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
Ex. 36:27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
Ex. 36:28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the
two sides.
Ex. 36:29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head
thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
Ex. 36:30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under
every board two sockets.
Ex. 36:31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one
side of the tabernacle,
Ex. 36:32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle,
and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.
Ex. 36:33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the
one end to the other.
Ex. 36:34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
These verses basically repeat Exodus 26:15-29.
Ex. 36:35 And he made a vail of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
Ex. 36:36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and
overlaid them with gold: their hooks were
of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
See Exodus 26:31-33.
Ex. 36:37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine twined linen, of needlework;
Ex. 36:38 And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid
their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
See Exodus 26:36-37.