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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Exodus 36 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/36.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/36-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Exodus 36</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/35.htm" title="Exodus 35">◄</a> Exodus 36 <a href="../exodus/37.htm" title="Exodus 37">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v1_36_1"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.1" class="v1_36_1">1</span>“Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the other workers to whom the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has given skill and understanding, who know how to make everything needed to build the sacred Tent, are to make everything just as the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has commanded.”</span></p><h3 class="s">The People Bring Many Gifts</h3><p class="par"><span class="v1_36_2"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.2" class="v1_36_2">2</span>Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the other skilled men to whom the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had given ability and who were willing to help, and Moses told them to start working. </span><span class="v1_36_3"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.3" class="v1_36_3">3</span>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. </span><span class="v1_36_4"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.4" class="v1_36_4">4</span>Then the skilled men who were doing the work went </span><span class="v1_36_5"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.5" class="v1_36_5">5</span>and told Moses, “The people are bringing more than is needed for the work which the <span class="nd">Lord</span> commanded to be done.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_36_6"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.6" class="v1_36_6">6</span>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. </span><span class="v1_36_7"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.7" class="v1_36_7">7</span>What had already been brought was more than enough to finish all the work.</span></p><h3 class="s">Making the Tent of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s Presence</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="EXO 26:1-37">Exodus 26.1-37</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v1_36_8"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.8" class="v1_36_8">8</span>The most skilled men among those doing the work made the Tent of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'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. </span><span class="v1_36_9"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.9" class="v1_36_9">9</span>Each piece was the same size, 14 yards long and 2 yards wide. </span><span class="v1_36_10"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.10" class="v1_36_10">10</span>They sewed five of them together in one set and did the same with the other five. </span><span class="v1_36_11"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.11" class="v1_36_11">11</span>They made loops of blue cloth on the edge of the outside piece in each set. </span><span class="v1_36_12"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.12" class="v1_36_12">12</span>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. </span><span class="v1_36_13"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.13" class="v1_36_13">13</span>They made fifty gold hooks, with which to join the two sets into one piece.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_36_14"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.14" class="v1_36_14">14</span>Then they made a cover for the Tent out of eleven pieces of cloth made of goats' hair. </span><span class="v1_36_15"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.15" class="v1_36_15">15</span>They made them all the same size, 15 yards long and 2 yards wide. </span><span class="v1_36_16"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.16" class="v1_36_16">16</span>They sewed five of them together in one set and the other six in another set. </span><span class="v1_36_17"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.17" class="v1_36_17">17</span>They put fifty loops on the edge of the last piece of one set and fifty loops on the edge of the other set. </span><span class="v1_36_18"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.18" class="v1_36_18">18</span>They made fifty bronze hooks to join the two sets, so as to form one cover. </span><span class="v1_36_19"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.19" class="v1_36_19">19</span>They made two more coverings, one of rams' skin dyed red and the other of fine leather, to serve as an outer cover.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_36_20"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.20" class="v1_36_20">20</span>They made upright frames of acacia wood for the Tent. </span><span class="v1_36_21"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.21" class="v1_36_21">21</span>Each frame was 15 feet tall and 27 inches wide, </span><span class="v1_36_22"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.22" class="v1_36_22">22</span>with two matching projections, so that the frames could be joined together. All the frames had these projections. </span><span class="v1_36_23"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.23" class="v1_36_23">23</span>They made twenty frames for the south side </span><span class="v1_36_24"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.24" class="v1_36_24">24</span>and forty silver bases to go under them, two bases under each frame to hold its two projections. </span><span class="v1_36_25"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.25" class="v1_36_25">25</span>They made twenty frames for the north side of the Tent </span><span class="v1_36_26"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.26" class="v1_36_26">26</span>and forty silver bases, two under each frame. </span><span class="v1_36_27"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.27" class="v1_36_27">27</span>For the back of the Tent, on the west, they made six frames </span><span class="v1_36_28"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.28" class="v1_36_28">28</span>and two frames for the corners. </span><span class="v1_36_29"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.29" class="v1_36_29">29</span>These corner frames were joined at the bottom and connected all the way to the top. The two frames that formed the two corners were made in this way. </span><span class="v1_36_30"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.30" class="v1_36_30">30</span>So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases, two under each frame.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_36_31"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.31" class="v1_36_31">31</span>They made fifteen crossbars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the Tent, </span><span class="v1_36_32"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.32" class="v1_36_32">32</span>five for the frames on the other side, and five for the frames on the west end, at the back. </span><span class="v1_36_33"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.33" class="v1_36_33">33</span>The middle crossbar, set halfway up the frames, extended from one end of the Tent to the other. </span><span class="v1_36_34"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.34" class="v1_36_34">34</span>They covered the frames with gold and fitted them with gold rings to hold the crossbars, which were also covered with gold.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_36_35"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.35" class="v1_36_35">35</span>They made a curtain of fine linen, woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered it with figures of winged creatures. </span><span class="v1_36_36"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.36" class="v1_36_36">36</span>They made four posts of acacia wood to hold the curtain, covered them with gold, and fitted them with gold hooks. Then they made four silver bases to hold the posts. </span><span class="v1_36_37"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.37" class="v1_36_37">37</span>For the entrance of the Tent they made a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and decorated with embroidery. </span><span class="v1_36_38"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.36.38" class="v1_36_38">38</span>For this curtain they made five posts fitted with hooks, covered their tops and their rods with gold, and made five bronze bases for the posts.</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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