February 4th Exodus
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. 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: 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.
4: And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary,
came every man from his work which they made; 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. 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. 7: For
the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and
too much.
Making
of the Tabernacle
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. 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. 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.
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. 13: And he made fifty taches of
gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so
it became one tabernacle. 14: And he made curtains of goats' hair for
the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. 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 covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a
covering of badgers' skins above that. 20: And he made boards for the
tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up. 21: The length 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 westward he made six boards. 28: And two boards made he
for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 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. 30: And there
were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver,
under every board two sockets. 31: And he made bars of shittim wood;
five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 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. 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. 35: And he made a vail of blue, 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. 37: And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of
needlework; 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.
Exodus
37 Making the Ark of the Covenant
1: And Bezaleel made the
ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and
a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the
height of it: 2: And he overlaid it with pure gold within and
without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. 3: And he cast
for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even
two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side
of it. 4: And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with
gold. 5: And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the
ark, to bear the ark. 6: And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two
cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half
the breadth thereof. 7: And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out
of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; 8: One
cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end
on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two
ends thereof. 9: And the cherubims spread out their wings on high,
and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces
one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the
cherubims.
Making
the Table of Showbread
10: And he made the table
of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the
breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: 11: And
he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold
round about. 12: Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth
round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round
about. 13: And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings
upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. 14: Over
against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear
the table. 15: And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid
them with gold, to bear the table. 16: And he made the vessels which
were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and
his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
Making
the Lampstand
17: And he made the
candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his
shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of
the same: 18: And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three
branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three
branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof: 19: Three
bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a
flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop
and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the
candlestick. 20: And in the candlestick were four bowls made like
almonds, his knops, and his flowers: 21: And a knop under two
branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and
a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches
going out of it. 22: Their knops and their branches were of the same:
all of it was one beaten work of pure gold. 23: And he made his seven
lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. 24: Of a
talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. 25: And
he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a
cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two
cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same. 26:
And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides
thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a
crown of gold round about.
Making
the Altar of Incense
27: And he made two rings
of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it,
upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it
withal. 28: And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them
with gold. 29: And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure
incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
Exodus 38 Making the
Altar and the Laver
1: And he made the altar
of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length
thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and
three cubits the height thereof. 2: And he made the horns thereof on
the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he
overlaid it with brass. 3: And he made all the vessels of the altar,
the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and
the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. 4: And he
made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass
thereof beneath unto the midst of it. 5: And he cast four rings for
the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. 6:
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
7: And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to
bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards. 8: And he made
the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the
lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Making
the court curtains
9: And he made the court:
on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine
twined linen, an hundred cubits: 10: Their pillars were twenty, and
their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their
fillets were of silver. 11: And for the north side the hangings were
an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of
brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
12: And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their
pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and
their fillets of silver. 13: And for the east side eastward fifty
cubits. 14: The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen
cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15: And for the
other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were
hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets
three. 16: All the hangings of the court round about were of fine
twined linen. 17: And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the
hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying
of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were
filleted with silver. 18: And the hanging for the gate of the court
was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the
breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. 19:
And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their
hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their
fillets of silver. 20: And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the
court round about, were of brass.
The
cost of the Tabernacle
21: This is the sum of
the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was
counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of
the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. 22: And
Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made
all that the LORD commanded Moses. 23: And with him was Aholiab, son
of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning
workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet,
and fine linen. 24: All the gold that was occupied for the work in
all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was
twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary. 25: And the silver of them that were
numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand
seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary: 26: A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel,
after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be
numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand
and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. 27: And of the
hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and
the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a
talent for a socket. 28: And of the thousand seven hundred seventy
and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their
chapiters, and filleted them. 29: And the brass of the offering was
seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. 30: And
therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and
all the vessels of the altar, 31: And the sockets of the court round
about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the
tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
In today’s reading we
have described in greater detail the making of the Tabernacle, the
Ark of the Covenant, the table of showbread, the lampstand, the altar
of incense, the altar and the laver, the court curtains and the whole
costing of the Tabernacle. Moses called all the men and women in whom
the Lord had put skills and wisdom to the building of the Tabernacle.
They were given the materials by Moses to do the work and they set
themselves as a team to work. Moses had to restrain the people
because all that they brought was too much for the building of the
Tabernacle. The passage is quite simply sunning in that Israel came
together and made exactly what the Lord instructed them to do. We
might ask how did Israel do this? And the answer must be that the
Spirit of the Lord was upon certain people to give them both the
skills and the wisdom to do the will of God. It seems almost unseemly
to work out the costing of this enterprise but suffice to say that it
ran into millions of pounds in today’s money. Its amazing how
generous the people of God can be when they are in fellowship with
the Lord and when the Spirit of the Lord is upon them.
- How would you describe the amazing thing that happened in the lives of these artisans?
- Go through the various items of Tabernacle furniture and make notes on them.
- See if you can find some artist representations of these items of furniture on the internet.
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