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| Book of Exodus |
| Chapter 36 - Read Chapter |
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- 36:1 - [In Context]
- "So, Bezalel, Oholiab and all the other skilled men must do the work the Lord has commanded. The Lord has given these men the wisdom and understanding to do all the skilled work needed to build this holy place."
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- 36:2 - [In Context]
- Then Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and all the other skilled people that the Lord had given special skills to. And these people came because they wanted to help with the work.
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- 36:3 - [In Context]
- Moses gave these people all the things the people of Israel had brought as gifts. And they used these things to build {God's} holy place. The people continued to bring gifts each morning.
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- 36:4 - [In Context]
- Finally, all the skilled workers left the work they were doing on the holy place, and they went to speak to Moses. They said,
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- 36:5 - [In Context]
- "The people have brought too much! We have more than we need to finish the work on the Tent!"
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- 36:6 - [In Context]
- Then Moses sent this message throughout the camp: "No man or woman should make anything else as a gift for the holy place." So the people were forced to stop giving more.
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- 36:7 - [In Context]
- The people had brought more than enough things to finish the work {of building God's holy place}.
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- 36:8 - [In Context]
- Then the skilled workers began making the Holy Tent. F382 They made the ten curtains from fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn. And they sewed pictures of Cherub angels F383 with wings into the curtains.
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FOOTNOTES: F382: Holy Tent Or, "tabernacle," the tent where God came to live among his people.
F383: Cherub angels Special angels from God. Statues of these angels were on top of the Box of the Agreement.
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