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Exodus 36

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Exodus 36 records the beginning of tabernacle construction under Bezalel, Aholiab, and the wisehearted craftsmen. The people continue bringing freewill offerings every morning until the workers report that there is more than enough material. Moses commands the people to stop giving. The chapter then describes the making of the fine-linen curtains with cherubims, goat-hair coverings, protective skins, gold-overlaid boards, bars, veil, and entrance hanging according to the pattern previously revealed.

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Before you read Exodus 36

Coming from

Exodus 35 gathers willing offerings and commissions the Spirit-equipped craftsmen.

In this chapter

The response becomes so abundant that giving must stop, and the craftsmen begin turning the supplied materials into the commanded sanctuary structure.

Leads into

Exodus 37 continues construction with the ark, mercy seat, table, lampstand, incense altar, anointing oil, and incense.

Key understanding

Exodus 36 records the beginning of tabernacle construction under Bezalel, Aholiab, and the wisehearted craftsmen. The people continue bringing freewill offerings every morning until the workers report that there is more than enough material. Moses commands the people to stop giving. The chapter then describes the making of the fine-linen curtains with cherubims, goat-hair coverings, protective skins, gold-overlaid boards, bars, veil, and entrance hanging according to the pattern previously revealed.

Major truths in this chapterExplore deeper

Truth 1

Generosity reaches the point of sufficiency and overflow; faithful leaders recognize when enough has been given.

Truth 2

The command to stop giving shows that legitimate ministry needs do not justify endless fundraising once the need is met.

Truth 3

Craftsmanship faithfully reproduces the pattern already given rather than redesigning the sanctuary during construction.

Truth 4

Wisehearted service is both spiritual and practical, turning offerings into usable sacred objects.

Truth 5

The repeated construction details confirm actual obedience to the earlier instructions.

Connections to the rest of ScriptureExplore deeper

Connection 1

Exodus 26 contains the original design for the curtains, boards, veil, and entrance now constructed here.

Connection 2

2 Corinthians 8–9 praises generous giving while also emphasizing integrity and purpose in handling resources.

Connection 3

1 Chronicles later records abundant voluntary giving for temple preparation in another major sanctuary project.

Connection 4

Hebrews refers back to the tabernacle as a real old-covenant sanctuary patterned according to divine instruction.

What is clear, and where care is neededExplore deeper

Keep this clear 1

The repetition between instruction and construction is intentional evidence of compliance, not unnecessary duplication.

Keep this clear 2

The surplus-offering episode should not become a promise that every religious building campaign will receive excess resources.

Keep this clear 3

Stopping contributions when the need is met provides an important ethical counterweight to manipulative fundraising.

Keep this clear 4

Detailed craftsmanship may support theological reflection, but Scripture does not attach hidden meaning to every clasp, board, or measurement.

Read Exodus 36 watching for…

The people bringing offerings every morning.

The craftsmen reporting that there is too much material.

Moses publicly stopping further contributions.

The exact correspondence with Exodus 26.

The transition from donated materials to finished sacred structure.

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Chapter outline5 sections
1-7The craftsmen begin and the people bring more than enough8-19The curtains and coverings are made20-34The boards, bars, sockets, and rings are made35-36The veil is made37-38The hanging for the door is made
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.

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.

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