Exodus 36 — Hebrew and Greek compared

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36:1 “Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person in whom YHWH has put wisdom and understanding to know how to carry out all the work for the service of the sanctuary shall work according to all that YHWH has commanded.”

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G 36:1 Bezalel, Eliab, and every person wise in understanding, to whom had been given wisdom and knowledge to understand how to do all the work for the holy service, worked according to all that the Lord had commanded.

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36:2 Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person in whose heart YHWH had put wisdom, everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.

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G 36:2 Moses called Bezalel, Eliab, and all who possessed wisdom, to whom God had given knowledge in their hearts, and all who willingly came forward to the work to complete it.

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36:3 They received from Moses all the contribution the children of Israel had brought for the work of the sanctuary’s service, to carry it out. The people continued bringing him freewill offerings morning after morning.

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G 36:3 They received from Moses all the contributions the children of Israel had brought for all the work of the sanctuary, to carry it out. They continued receiving gifts from those who brought them, morning after morning.

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36:4 All the skilled workers who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work he was doing,

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G 36:4 All the skilled workers who were doing the work of the sanctuary came, each according to the work he was doing,

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36:5 and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for the service of the work YHWH commanded to be done.”

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G 36:5 and they said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than is needed for the work the Lord commanded to be done.”

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36:6 Moses gave a command, and a proclamation went through the camp: “Let neither man nor woman make anything more for the sanctuary contribution.” So the people were restrained from bringing more.

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G 36:6 Moses gave a command and proclaimed in the camp, “Let neither man nor woman work any longer for the firstfruits of the sanctuary.” The people were restrained from bringing any more.

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36:7 The material they had was sufficient to do all the work, with some left over.

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G 36:7 The work supplied was sufficient for the construction, with some left over.

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36:8 All the skilled workers made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. He made them with cherubim, the work of a skilled designer.

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G 37:1 They made ten curtains for the tent.

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36:9 Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide. All the curtains had the same measurements.

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G 37:2 Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long; all were alike. Each curtain was four cubits wide.

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36:10 He joined five curtains to one another, and joined the other five curtains to one another.

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H 36:10 alignment — No corresponding construction detail in this G account. —

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36:11 He made blue loops along the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set, and did the same along the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

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36:12 He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops along the edge of the curtain in the second set, with the loops opposite one another.

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36:13 He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle became one.

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G 38:19 He also made the rings of the tent of gold, and the rings of the court and the rings for stretching the covering overhead of bronze.

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36:14 He made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.

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H 36:14 alignment — No corresponding construction detail in this G account. —

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36:15 Each curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide. The eleven curtains had the same measurements.

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H 36:15 alignment — No corresponding construction detail in this G account. —

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36:16 He joined five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves.

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36:17 He made fifty loops along the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set and fifty loops along the edge of the curtain in the second set.

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36:18 He made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as one.

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H 36:18 alignment — No separate count of these clasps in G. —

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36:19 He made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of tachash skins above it.

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H 36:19 alignment — No separate making-of-the-skins clause here in G. —

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36:20 He made upright boards of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

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H 36:20 alignment — No corresponding detailed board-construction account in G. —

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36:21 Each board was ten cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

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H 36:21 alignment — No corresponding construction detail in this G account. —

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36:22 Each board had two tenons joined to one another. He made all the tabernacle’s boards this way.

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36:23 He made twenty boards for the south side of the tabernacle.

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H 36:23 alignment — No corresponding construction detail in this G account. —

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36:24 He made forty silver bases under the twenty boards: two bases under one board for its two tenons, and two bases under the next board for its two tenons.

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H 36:24 alignment — No corresponding construction detail in this G account. —

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36:25 For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north, he made twenty boards,

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H 36:25 alignment — No corresponding construction detail in this G account. —

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36:26 with their forty silver bases: two bases under one board and two bases under the next board.

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H 36:26 alignment — No corresponding construction detail in this G account. —

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36:27 For the rear of the tabernacle, toward the west, he made six boards.

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36:28 He made two boards for the corners at the rear of the tabernacle.

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36:29 They were paired at the bottom and joined together at the top into one ring. He did this for both of them at the two corners.

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H 36:29 alignment — No corresponding construction detail in this G account. —

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36:30 There were eight boards with sixteen silver bases, two bases under each board.

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H 36:30 alignment — No corresponding construction detail in this G account. —

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36:31 He made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards on one side of the tabernacle,

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H 36:31 alignment — No corresponding bar count in this G account. —

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36:32 five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards at the rear of the tabernacle, toward the west.

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H 36:32 alignment — No corresponding bar count in this G account. —

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36:33 He made the middle bar pass through the midst of the boards from one end to the other.

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H 36:33 alignment — No corresponding construction detail in this G account. —

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36:34 He overlaid the boards with gold, made their gold rings as holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

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G 38:18 He overlaid the pillars with silver, cast gold rings for the pillar, and overlaid the bars with gold. He overlaid the pillars of the veil with gold and made gold hooks.

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36:35 He made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen. He made it with cherubim, the work of a skilled designer.

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G 37:3 They made the veil of blue, purple, spun scarlet, and spun fine linen, with woven cherubim.

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36:36 He made four acacia pillars for it and overlaid them with gold, with gold hooks; he cast four silver bases for them.

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G 37:4; 38:20 They placed it on four pillars of decay-resistant wood overlaid with gold. Their capitals were gold, and their four bases were silver. He cast the silver capitals of the tent and the bronze capitals of the tent doorway and the gate of the court. He made silver hooks for the pillars; he silvered them.

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36:37 He made an entrance screen for the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer.

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G 37:5 They made the entrance veil of the Tent of Testimony of blue, purple, spun scarlet, and spun fine linen, with woven cherubim.

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36:38 He made its five pillars and their hooks, overlaid their capitals and bands with gold, and made their five bases of bronze.

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G 37:6 They made its five pillars and their rings, overlaid their capitals and their bands with gold, and made their five bases of bronze.