Daily Text and Bible Reading: Thursday, January 30 [Press play below]

36.1 “Bezalel will work along with Oholiab and every skilled man to whom Jehovah has given wisdom and understanding so as to know how to do all the work of the holy service just as Jehovah has commanded.”
36.2 Moses then called Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled man into whose heart Jehovah had put wisdom, everyone whose heart impelled him to volunteer to do the work.
36.3 Then they took from Moses all the contribution that the Israelites had brought for the work of the holy service. However, these continued to bring him voluntary offerings, morning after morning.
36.4 Then after they started the holy work, all the skilled workers were coming, one after another,
36.5 and they were telling Moses: “The people are bringing much more than what is required for the work that Jehovah has commanded to be done.”
36.6 So Moses commanded that an announcement be made throughout the camp, saying: “Men and women, do not bring any more goods for the holy contribution.” With that the people were restrained from bringing in anything else.
36.7 The goods were enough for all the work to be done, and more than enough.
36.8 So all the skilled workers made the tabernacle of ten tent cloths of fine twisted linen, blue thread, purple wool, and scarlet material; he made them with cherubs embroidered on them.
36.9 Each tent cloth was 28 cubits long and 4 cubits wide. All the tent cloths were the same size.
36.10 Then he joined five of the tent cloths together, and the other five tent cloths he joined together.
36.11 After that he made loops of blue thread on the edge of the one tent cloth where it would join. He did the same on the edge of the outermost tent cloth at the corresponding place where it would join.
36.12 He made 50 loops on the one tent cloth and 50 loops on the other edge of the tent cloth at the place where it would join so that the loops would be opposite one another.
36.13 Finally, he made 50 gold clasps and joined the tent cloths together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle became one unit.
36.14 Then he made tent cloths of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle. He made 11 tent cloths.
36.15 Each tent cloth was 30 cubits long and 4 cubits wide. The 11 tent cloths were the same size.
36.16 Then he joined five of the tent cloths together, and he joined the other six tent cloths together.
36.17 Next he made 50 loops along the edge of the outermost tent cloth where it joined, and he made 50 loops along the edge of the other tent cloth that joined with it.
36.18 And he made 50 copper clasps for joining the tent together to become one unit.
36.19 He made a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red and a covering out of sealskins to go over that.
36.20 Then he made out of acacia wood the tabernacle’s panel frames, which stood upright.
36.21 Each panel frame was ten cubits high and one and a half cubits wide.
36.22 Each panel frame had two tenons joined to each other. That is how he made all the panel frames of the tabernacle.
36.23 Thus he made the panel frames for the south side of the tabernacle, 20 panel frames, facing south.
36.24 Then he made 40 socket pedestals of silver to go under the 20 panel frames, two socket pedestals beneath one panel frame for its two tenons and two socket pedestals under each following panel frame for its two tenons.
36.25 For the other side of the tabernacle, the northern side, he made 20 panel frames
36.26 and their 40 socket pedestals of silver, two socket pedestals beneath the one panel frame and two socket pedestals beneath each of the other panel frames.
36.27 For the rear section of the tabernacle to the west, he made six panel frames.
36.28 He made two panel frames as corner posts of the tabernacle at the two rear corners.
36.29 The posts were doubled from the bottom to the top, up to the first ring. That is what he did with the two corner posts.
36.30 So they amounted to eight panel frames along with their 16 socket pedestals of silver, two socket pedestals under each panel frame.
36.31 Then he made bars of acacia wood, five bars for the panel frames of the one side of the tabernacle
36.32 and five bars for the panel frames of the other side of the tabernacle and five for the panel frames of the tabernacle for the rear section to the west.
36.33 He made the middle bar to extend along the middle of the panel frames from one end to the other.
36.34 He overlaid the panel frames with gold, and he made their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.
36.35 Then he made a curtain of blue thread, purple wool, scarlet material, and fine twisted linen. He made it with cherubs embroidered on it.
36.36 Then he made for it four acacia pillars and overlaid them with gold, along with hooks of gold, and cast four socket pedestals of silver for them.
36.37 Next he made a screen for the entrance of the tent out of blue thread, purple wool, scarlet material, and fine twisted linen woven together,
36.38 as well as its five pillars and their hooks. He overlaid their tops and their connectors with gold, but their five socket pedestals were of copper.
37.1 Bezalel then made the Ark of acacia wood. It was two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high.
37.2 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside and made a border of gold around it.
37.3 After that he cast four rings of gold for it, for above its four feet, with two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side.
37.4 He next made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
37.5 Then he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the Ark for carrying the Ark.
37.6 He made the cover of pure gold. It was two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
37.7 He then made two cherubs of hammered gold on both ends of the cover.
37.8 One cherub was on one end, and the other cherub on the other end. He made the cherubs on both ends of the cover.
37.9 The two cherubs spread out their wings upward, overshadowing the cover with their wings. They were facing each other, and their faces were turned toward the cover.
37.10 He then made the table of acacia wood. It was two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
37.11 And he overlaid it with pure gold and made a border of gold around it.
37.12 Next he made a rim the width of a handbreadth to go around it and a border of gold to go around the rim.
37.13 Further, he cast four rings of gold for it and placed the rings on the four corners where the four legs were attached.
37.14 The rings were near the rim, as holders for the poles used for carrying the table.
37.15 Then he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold for carrying the table.
37.16 After that he made out of pure gold the utensils that went on the table—its dishes, its cups, and its bowls and pitchers from which drink offerings would be poured.
37.17 Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its knobs, and its blossoms were one piece.
37.18 Six branches were extending out from its stem, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches from its other side.
37.19 Three cups shaped like almond flowers were on the one set of branches, with knobs and blossoms alternating, and three cups shaped like almond flowers were on the other set of branches, with knobs and blossoms alternating. This was done for the six branches extending out from the stem of the lampstand.
37.20 And on the stem of the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers, with knobs and blossoms alternating.
37.21 There was a knob under the first two branches that extended out of the stem and a knob under the next two branches and a knob under the next two branches, for the six branches extending out from the stem of the lampstand.
37.22 The knobs and the branches and the whole lampstand were made to be one piece of pure, hammered gold.
37.23 Then he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its fire holders out of pure gold.
37.24 He made it, along with all its utensils, from a talent of pure gold.
37.25 He now made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were one piece with it.
37.26 He overlaid it with pure gold, its top surface and its sides all around and its horns, and he made a border of gold around it.
37.27 He made two rings of gold for it below its border on two opposite sides to hold the poles used for carrying it.
37.28 After that he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
37.29 He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure, perfumed incense, skillfully blended.
38.1 He made the altar of burnt offering out of acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
38.2 Then he made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were one piece with it. Next he overlaid it with copper.
38.3 After that he made all the utensils of the altar, the buckets, the shovels, the bowls, the forks, and the fire holders. All its utensils he made of copper.
38.4 He also made a grating for the altar, a network of copper, under its rim, down toward its center.
38.5 He cast four rings on the four corners near the grating of copper, as holders for the poles.
38.6 After that he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with copper.
38.7 He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar in the form of a hollow chest of planks.
38.8 Then he made the basin of copper and its copper stand; he used the mirrors of the women who were organized to serve at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
38.9 Then he made the courtyard. For the south side of the courtyard, facing south, he made the hanging curtains of fine twisted linen, for 100 cubits.
38.10 There were 20 pillars and 20 socket pedestals of copper, and the hooks of the pillars and their connectors were of silver.
38.11 Also, for the north side, there were 100 cubits of hanging curtains. Their 20 pillars and their 20 socket pedestals were of copper. The hooks of the pillars and their connectors were of silver.
38.12 But for the west side, the hanging curtains were for 50 cubits. There were ten pillars and ten socket pedestals, and the hooks of the pillars and their connectors were of silver.
38.13 The width of the east side, toward the sunrising, was 50 cubits.
38.14 There were 15 cubits of hanging curtains on the one wing, with three pillars and three socket pedestals.
38.15 And for the other wing on the other side of the entrance of the courtyard, there were hanging curtains for 15 cubits, with three pillars and three socket pedestals.
38.16 All the hanging curtains around the courtyard were of fine twisted linen.
38.17 The socket pedestals for the pillars were of copper, the hooks of the pillars and their connectors were of silver, the tops were overlaid with silver, and there were silver fasteners for all the pillars of the courtyard.
38.18 The screen of the entrance of the courtyard was woven of blue thread, purple wool, scarlet material, and fine twisted linen. It was 20 cubits long and 5 cubits high, the same height as the hanging curtains of the courtyard.
38.19 Their four pillars and their four socket pedestals were made of copper. Their hooks and connectors were of silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver.
38.20 All the tent pins for the tabernacle and around the courtyard were of copper.
38.21 The following is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was inventoried at the command of Moses, as the responsibility of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
38.22 Bezalel the son of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe of Judah did all that Jehovah had commanded Moses.
38.23 With him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman and an embroiderer and a weaver of the blue thread, the purple wool, the scarlet material, and the fine linen.
38.24 All the gold that was used for all the work of the holy place equaled the amount of the gold of the wave offering, 29 talents and 730 shekels by the standard shekel of the holy place.
38.25 And the silver of the ones registered of the assembly was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels by the standard shekel of the holy place.
38.26 The half shekel for each individual was half a shekel by the standard shekel of the holy place for every man who was among those registered from 20 years of age and up, amounting to 603,550.
38.27 The casting of the socket pedestals of the holy place and the socket pedestals of the curtain amounted to 100 talents; 100 socket pedestals equaled 100 talents, one talent for each socket pedestal.
38.28 From the 1,775 shekels, he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their tops and joined them together.
38.29 The copper of the offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.
38.30 With this he made the socket pedestals of the entrance of the tent of meeting, the copper altar and its copper grating, all the utensils of the altar,
38.31 the socket pedestals around the courtyard, the socket pedestals of the entrance of the courtyard, and all the tent pins of the tabernacle and all the tent pins around the courtyard.