(KJV) Exodus 361
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⥃The People Bring More than Enough
[1] Then wrought Bezaleel2 and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man3, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service4 of the sanctuary, according5 to all that the Lord had commanded.6 [2] And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose7 heart the Lord had put wisdom, [even] every one whose8 heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: [3] And they received of Moses all the offering9, 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 morning10. [4] And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;11
[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.12 [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.13 [7] For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much14.
⥃The Ten Curtains for the Tabernacle [ Exodus 26:1–6 ]
[8] And every wise15 hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made16 ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubims17 of cunning work made he them. [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. [10] And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and [the other] five curtains he coupled one unto another.18 [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.19 [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.20 [13] And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became21 one tabernacle.
⥃The Eleven Curtains of Goat Hair [ Exodus 26:7–14 ]
[14] And he made curtains [of] goats’ [hair] for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.22 [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. [16] And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. [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. [18] And he made fifty taches [of] brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. [19] And he made a covering23 for the tent [of] rams’ skins dyed red24, and a covering [of] badgers’ skins above [that].
⥃The Frames and Bases [ Exodus 26:15–30 ]
[20] [¶]And he made boards25 for the tabernacle [of] shittim wood26, standing up. [21] The length27 of a board [was] ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. [22] One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. [23] And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward: [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. [25] And for the other side of the tabernacle, [which is] toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, [26] And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. [27] And for the sides of the tabernacle westward28 he made six boards. [28] And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. [29] And they were coupled29 beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners. [30] And there were eight boards; and their sockets [were] sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets3031.
[31] [¶]And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,32 [32] And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle33, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward. [33] And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other. [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.
⥃The Veil [ Exodus 26:31–35 ]
[35] And he made a vail [of] blue34, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: [with] cherubims made he it of cunning work. [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.35
⥃The Curtain for the Entrance [ Exodus 26:36–37 ]
[37] [¶]And he made an hanging36 for the tabernacle door [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework37; [38] And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold38: but their five sockets [were of] brass.
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Exod 36:1, The offerings are delivered to the workmen; Exod 36:4, The liberality of the people is restrained; Exod 36:8, The curtains with cherubims; Exod 36:14, The curtains of goats’ hair; Exod 36:19, The covering of skins; Exod 36:20, The boards with their sockets; Exod 36:31, The bars; Exod 36:35, The vail; Exod 36:37, The hanging for the door. ↩
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Exod 23:21-22, Exod 39:1-43, Exod 40:1-38; Ps 119:6; Matt 28:20; Luke 1:6 ↩
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An, Ex, Is, 1, Tisri to Adar ↩
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Exod 28:3, Exod 31:6, Exod 35:10, Exod 35:21-35; Acts 6:3-4, Acts 14:23; Col 4:17; Heb 5:4 ↩
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Exod 32:3; 2Chr 24:14, 2Chr 31:6-10; 2Cor 8:2-3; Phil 2:21, Phil 4:17-18 ↩
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When God puts grace into the heart, the hands will be diligently employed in every good work. ↩
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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 (Ezek 1:10; Ezek 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 (Gen 3:24). Exod 25:18, Exod 25:22; 1Kgs 6:23; 2Chr 3:10; Ezek 1:5-28, Ezek 10:1-19 ↩
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Exod 26:3; Ps 122:3, Ps 133:1; Zeph 3:9; Acts 2:1; 1Cor 1:10, 1Cor 12:20, 1Cor 12:27; Eph 1:23; Eph 2:21-22, Eph 4:2-6; Phil 2:2, Phil 3:15 ↩
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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 (Exod 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 (Exod 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. ↩
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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 (Exod 36:20), their length was consequently the height of the tabernacle; and as the two sides were composed of twenty of these, standing up (Exod 36:23 and Exod 36:25), and the west end of six, with two boards to project at the corners (Exod 36:27 and Exod 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. ↩
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Heb. twined, Exod 26:24; Ps 122:3, Ps 133:1; Acts 2:46, Acts 4:32; 1Cor 1:10, 1Cor 12:13; 2Cor 1:10; Eph 2:15, Eph 2:19, Eph 2:21, Eph 3:18-19, Eph 4:2-6, Eph 4:15-16 ↩
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Heb. two sockets ↩
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under one board, Exod 26:25 ↩
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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. Exod 26:31-35, Exod 30:6, Exod 40:21; Matt 27:51; Heb 10:20 ↩
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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. Exod 26:36-37, Exod 40:28 ↩
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Heb. the work of a needle worker, or embroider, Exod 26:36 ↩