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.

2And 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:

3And 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.

4And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;

5And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.

6And 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.

7For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

8And 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.

9The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.

10And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the otherfive curtains he coupled one unto another.

11And 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.

12Fifty 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.

13And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.

14And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.

15The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.

16And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

17And 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.

18And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

19And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that.

20And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.

21The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.

22One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

23And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:

24And 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.

25And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,

26And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

27And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

28And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

29And 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.

30And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.

31And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

32And 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.

33And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.

34And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

35And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

36And 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.

37And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

38And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were ofbrass.

1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and euery wise hearted man, in whome the Lord put wisedome and vnderstanding, to know how to worke all maner of worke for the seruice of the Sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had commanded.

2And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and euery wise hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisedome, euen euery one whose heart stirred him vp to come vnto the worke to doe it.

3And they receiued of Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought, for the worke of the seruice of the Sanctuarie, to make it withall. And they brought yet vnto him free offerings euery morning.

4And al the wisemen that wrought all the worke of the Sanctuary, came euery man from his worke which they made.

5 And they spake vnto Moses, saying, The people bring much more then enough for the seruice of the worke which the Lord commaunded to make.

6And Moses gaue commandement, and they caused it to bee proclaimed throughout the campe, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more worke for the offering of the Sanctuarie: so the people were restrained from bringing.

7For the stuffe they had was sufficient for all the worke to make it, and too much.

8 And euery wise hearted man, among them that wrought the worke of the Tabernacle, made ten curtaines, of fine twined linnen, and blew, and purple, and scarlet: with Cherubims of cunning worke made he them.

9The length of one curtaine was twentie & eight cubites, and the breadth of one curtaine foure cubites: the curtaines were all of one cise.

10And he coupled the fiue curtaines one vnto another: and the other fiue curtaines he coupled one vnto another.

11And he made loopes of blew, on the edge of one curtaine, from the seluedge in the coupling: likewise hee made in the vttermost side of another curtaine, in the coupling of the second.

12Fiftie loopes made he in one curtaine, and fiftie loopes made hee in the edge of the curtaine which was in the coupling of the second: the loopes held one curtaine to another.

13And he made fiftie taches of gold, and coupled the curtaines one vnto another with the taches. So it became one tabernacle.

14 And he made curtaines of goats haire, for the tent ouer the Tabernacle: eleuen curtaines he made them.

15The length of one curtaine was thirtie cubites, and foure cubites was the breadth of one curtaine: the eleuen curtaines were of one cise.

16And he coupled fiue curtaines by themselues, and sixe curtaines by themselues.

17And he made fiftie loopes vpon the vttermost edge of the curtaine in the coupling, and fiftie loopes made he vpon the edge of the curtaine, which coupleth the second.

18And he made fiftie taches of brasse to couple the tent together that it might be one.

19And he made a couering for the tent of rammes skinnes died red, and a couering of badgers skinnes aboue that.

20And hee made boards for the Tabernacle of Shittim wood, standing up.

21The length of a board was ten cubites, and the breadth of a board one cubite and a halfe.

22One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

23And he made boards for the Tabernacle: twentie boards for the South side, Southward.

24And fourtie sockets of siluer hee made vnder the twentie boards: two sockets vnder one board for his two tenons, and two sockets vnder another board, for his two tenons.

25And for the other side of the Tabernacle which is toward the North corner, he made twentie boards.

26And their fourtie sockets of siluer: two sockets vnder one board, and two sockets vnder another board.

27And for the sides of the Tabernacle westward, he made sixe boards.

28And two boards made he for the corners of the Tabernacle, in the two sides.

29And they were coupled beneath and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus hee did to both of them in both the corners.

30And there were eight boards, and their sockets were sixteene sockets of siluer: vnder euery board two sockets.

31 And he made barres of Shittim wood: five for the boards of the one side of the Tabernacle,

32And fiue barres for the boards of the other side of the Tabernacle, and fiue barres for the boards of the Tabernacle for the sides westward.

33And he made the middle barre to shoot thorow the boards from the one end to the other.

34And he ouerlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of golde to be places for the barres, and ouerlaide the barres with gold.

35 And he made a Uaile of blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linnen: with Cherubims made he it of cunning worke.

36And he made thereunto foure pillars of Shittim wood, and ouerlaide them with golde: their hookes were of gold: and he cast for them foure sockets of siluer.

37 And hee made an hanging for the Tabernacle doore of blew and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linnen, of needle worke,

38And the fiue pillars of it with their hooks: and he ouerlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their fiue sockets were of brasse.

I == Ex 25:8 ; 28:3 ; 31:6 ; 35:10 , 35

 

 

 

II == Ex 35:21 , 26 ; 1st Chr 29:5

 

 

 

III == Ex 35:27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V == 2nd Cor 8:2-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XII == Ex 26:5

 

 

 

 

 

 

XIV == Ex 26:7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XIX == Ex 26:14

 

 

XX == Ex 26:15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XXXI == Ex 26:26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XXXV == Ex 26:31

 

XXXVII == Ex 26:36

 

1 "Bezalel, therefore, will set to work with Oholiab and with all the experts whom the LORD has endowed with skill and understanding in knowing how to execute all the work for the service of the sanctuary, just as the LORD has commanded."

2 Moses then called Bezalel and Oholiab and all the other experts whom the LORD had endowed with skill, men whose hearts moved them to come and take part in the work.

3 They received from Moses all the contributions which the Israelites had brought for establishing the service of the sanctuary. Still, morning after morning the people continued to bring their voluntary offerings to Moses.

4 Thereupon the experts who were executing the various kinds of work for the sanctuary, all left the work they were doing,

5 and told Moses, "The people are bringing much more than is needed to carry out the work which the LORD has commanded us to do."

6 Moses, therefore, ordered a proclamation to be made throughout the camp: "Let neither man nor woman make any more contributions for the sanctuary." So the people stopped bringing their offerings;

7 there was already enough at hand, in fact, more than enough, to complete the work to be done.

8 The various experts who were executing the work, made the Dwelling with its ten sheets woven of fine linen twined, having cherubim embroidered on them with violet, purple and scarlet yarn.

9 The length of each sheet was twenty-eight cubits, and the width four cubits; all the sheets were of the same size.

10 Five of the sheets were sewed together, edge to edge; and the same for the other five.

11 Loops of violet yarn were made along the edge of the end sheet in the first set, and the same along the edge of the end sheet in the second set.

12 Fifty loops were thus put on one inner sheet, and fifty loops on the inner sheet in the other set, with the loops directly opposite each other.

13 Then fifty clasps of gold were made, with which the sheets were joined so that the Dwelling formed one whole.

14 Sheets of goat hair were also woven as a tent over the Dwelling. Eleven such sheets were made.

15 The length of each sheet was thirty cubits and the width four cubits; all eleven sheets were the same size.

16 Five of these sheets were sewed edge to edge into one set; and the other six sheets into another set.

17 Fifty loops were made along the edge of the end sheet in one set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding sheet in the other set.

18 Fifty bronze clasps were made with which the tent was joined so that it formed one whole.

19 A covering for the tent was made of rams' skins dyed red, and above that, a covering of tahash skins.

20 Boards of acacia wood were made as walls for the Dwelling.

21 The length of each board was ten cubits, and the width one and a half cubits.

22 Each board had two arms, fastening them in line. In this way all the boards of the Dwelling were made.

23 They were set up as follows: twenty boards on the south side,

24 with forty silver pedestals under the twenty boards, so that there were two pedestals under each board, at its two arms;

25 twenty boards on the other side of the Dwelling, the north side,

26 with their forty silver pedestals, two under each board;

27 six boards at the rear of the Dwelling, to the west;

28 and two boards at the corners in the rear of the Dwelling.

29 These were double at the bottom, and likewise double at the top, to the first ring. That is how both boards in the corners were made.

30 Thus, there were in the rear eight boards, with their sixteen silver pedestals, two pedestals under each board.

31 Bars of acacia wood were also made, five for the boards on one side of the Dwelling,

32 five for those on the other side, and five for those at the rear, to the west.

33 The center bar, at the middle of the boards, was made to reach across from end to end.

34 The boards were plated with gold, and gold rings were made on them as holders for the bars, which were also plated with gold.

35 The veil was woven of violet, purple and scarlet yarn, and of fine linen twined, with cherubim embroidered on it.

36 Four gold-plated columns of acacia wood, with gold hooks, were made for it, and four silver pedestals were cast for them.

37 The curtain for the entrance of the tent was made of violet, purple and scarlet yarn, and of fine linen twined, woven in a variegated manner.

38 Its five columns, with their hooks as well as their capitals and bands, were plated with gold; their five pedestals were of bronze.

v1-3. Bezalel and his associates did not preach, teach or have any ministry in the sanctuary, but they are vitally important in the over all operation, 1 Cor. 12. Whatever their own skills, God gave special wisdom to follow and carry out the plan Moses had seen on the mountain. There were many volunteer laborers as well as the free will offerings that poured in every morning.

v 4-7. Apparently there was an over supply of every kind of item needed, so the workers reported to Moses and the people were commanded to stop giving.

 

 

 

 

 

v 8-13. This is the curtain that made the beautiful ceiling of the sanctuary. It was white linen with cherubim and other designs woven or embroidered in with blue, purple and scarlet. The eleven curtains ran lengthwise, all coupled together as one. It is not told how they were supported, but there were 500 gold clasps to fasten.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 14-18. The second cover was goats hair, again eleven curtains with the sixth one being in the center over the supports. The 500 clasps are brass, or bronze.

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 19. The third cover was ram skins dyed red, and the outer cover exposed to the weather and weighting the others down was badgers skins, which we consider to actually be dolphin or porpoise skins. This made the tabernacle unlovely on the outside, but beautiful on the inside.

 

v 20-30. The upright boards for the sides were about 15 feet high. The two silver sockets, or bases, under the tenons of each board would raise them a few inches, and would be an equal distance apart. Twenty boards on each side, 6 on the west end and 2 for the corners, a total of 48 boards. The corners were fastened at the top with a ring.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 31-33. Lengthwise bars held the frame work in place. (mid. bar 30’ acacia rare) v 34. All bars and boards were overlaid with gold, a picture of Christ being both God and man. Gold rings held the bars in place.

 

 

v 35,36. The veil that separated the Holy place from the Most Holy Place, or Holy of Holies, was beautiful with the blue, purple and scarlet woven into the white linen along with the Cherubim, like the ceiling. The four pillars have no caps but are cut off, just as Christ was “cut off” at Calvary. Some say they represent the four gospels, others that they are four pillars of the believer’s strength in 1 Cor. 1:30: (See also next page)
We are made wise unto salvation, 2 Tim. 3:15
Righteous in Him, 2 Cor. 1:30
Sanctification in Christ’s name, 1 Cor. 6:11
Redemption - He paid our debt permanently, Rom. 8:33,34

v 37,38. The outer hanging or screen was of similar material but without the cherubim. There were five pillars whose bases were brass for judgment, but they were capped and joined with gold for deity.

 

Just a reminder that blue shows the heavenly nature of Christ, purple His royalty, scarlet His sacrifice, and white His perfection. This chart cp. Ezek. 1:10 with Rev. 4:7.
Camp - Banner - Represents - Banner - Represents - Gospel - Written - Concerns
Color Figure To Christ’s
Judah - Purple - Royalty - Lion - King - Matt. - Jews - Reign
Ephraim - Scarlet -Sacrifice - Ox - Servant - Mark - Romans - Death
Reuben - White -Perfect (Man) - Man - Son of Man - Luke -Greeks -Humanity
Dan - Blue - Heaven Sent - Eagle - Son of God - John -Believers - Deity
There were three sets of pillars, Way, Truth and Life.
The Way - Court gate. Brazen altar relates to this gate as cross relates to Christ.
The Truth - Tabernacle Door. Reveals truth of God - Christ reveals God of Truth.
The Life - The Veil - “His flesh” Heb. 10:19,20.
When we get to chapter 38:19 we see there were four pillars at the Court Gate. They have been spoken of as representing the fourfold Sonship of Christ.
a. Son of David -Throne Mt. 1:1; Lk. 1:32
b. Son of Abraham - Land Mt. 1:1; Gal. 3:16; Gen. 15:18
c. Son of Man - Judge Jn. 5:26; Acts 17:31
d. Son of God - Father’s heir Heb. 1:2 and 8

As we study we must bear in mind that they are not man’s invention, scheme of guessing, or imagination, but a key of truth and the revelation and illumination of it. Never find or build a doctrine on type. Find the doctrine in the N.T. and look in the O.T. for the matching type, they supplement one another. The type is prophecy of doctrine, the doctrine is demonstration and proof of the inspiration of type.
For instance, the fence compares to the law, it demanded perfect obedience and could not save, so the only way of entrance was the one gate, we can only enter into salvation through Christ, Jn. 10:7-9. Also consider colors.
Color type Color fulfilled in Phil. 2:6-11
Blue - Heavenly nature Form of God v 6
White - Perfection Equal with God v 6
Scarlet - Sacrifice Death of Cross v 8
Purple - Royalty Every knee bow v 9-11 
The pins of bronze spoken of in Ex. 27:19 and 35:18 were driven into the ground to secure the tent and the fence. Some say the buried portion shows Christ’s death and the part above ground shows His resurrection, so we are secure in Him.