Exo 36.1-38 tells us that Bezalel and Oholiab and all the workman under them, having received the call and the ability for the work of the Mishkan, set about in the construction of it; the people give over and above what was needed.
v 1…Now Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person in whom the Lord put skill and understanding to know how to perform all the work in the construction of the sanctuary (ha kodesh), shall perform in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded (if God calls you to a work, he will give you the ability to perform it).”
v 2…Then Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person in whom the Lord had put skill (wisdom), everyone whose heart stirred him to come (draw near) to the work to perform it (when God calls us to perform a work, he will also give us the desire to do it).
v 3…And they received from Moses all the contributions (terumah) which the sons of Israel had brought to perform the work in the construction of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning (and the workman took what was needed).
v 4…And the skillful men (wise men) who were performing all the work of the sanctuary (ha kodesh) came, each from the work which he was performing (left their work by mutual consent and came in a group to Moses),
v 5…and they said to Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for the construction work which the Lord commanded us to perform (2 Cor 9.6-8-liberal, cheerful giving in gratitude for their miraculous deliverance).”
v 6…So Moses issued a command and a proclamation was circulated throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman any longer perform work for the contributions of the sanctuary.” Thus the people were restrained from bringing more.
v 7…For the material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to perform it.
v 8…And all the skillful (wise) men among those who were performing the work made the tabernacle (Mishkan) with ten curtains (v 8-38 is a virtual repetition of Chapter 26); of fine twisted linen (shesh) and blue (techelet) and purple (argamon) and scarlet (tolat shanni), with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman, Bezalel made them.
v 9…the length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had the same measurements.
v 10…And he joined five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he joined to one another.
v 11…And he made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second set.
v 12…He made fifty loops in the curtain and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite each other.
v 13…And he made fifty clasps of gold, and joined the curtains to one another with the clasps so the tabernacle was a unit (echad or a plural unity; same word as in Deut 6.4).
v 14…Then he made curtains of goats hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains in all.
v 15…The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had the same measurements.
v 16…And he joined five curtains by themselves, and the other six curtains by themselves.
v 17…Moreover, he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the first set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second set.
v 18…And he made fifty clasps of bronze to join the tent together, that it might be a unit (echad).
v 19…And he made a covering for the tent of ram’s skins dyed red (adamim), and a covering of sealskins above (26.1-11, 14).
v 20…Then he made the boards (type of the believer-Eph 5.30) for the tabernacle of acacia wood (humanity) standing upright.
v 21…Ten cubits was the length of each board, and one and a half cubits the width of each board.
v 22…There were two tenons (a projection on a piece of wood shaped for insertion to join two pieces of wood together) for each board, fitted to one another; thus he did for all the boards of the sanctuary.
v 23…And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side (the direction of faith);
v 24…and he made forty (number of testing) sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
v 25…Then for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side (the side of the intellect and wisdom; faith involves these), he made twenty boards,
v 26…and their forty sockets of silver (redemption); two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board.
v 27…For the rear of the tabernacle, to the west (approaching God), he made six boards (relates to the cities of refuge-Num 35.6; Heb 6.17-20).
v 28…And he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear.
v 29…And they were beneath, and together they were complete to its top to the first ring; thus he did with both of them for the two corners.
v 30…And there eight boards (new beginning) with their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two under every board.
v 31…Then he made bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle;
v 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 rear side to the west.
v 33…And he made the middle bar to pass through in the center of the boards from end to end (Yeshua is from eternity-Mic 5.2; Rev 22.13).
v 34…And he overlaid the boards with gold and made their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold (26.15-29; the four bars supplement the middle bar in a chiastic structure-Eph 4.16; John 17.12).
v 35…Moreover, he made the veil (paroket-speaks of Yeshua in his humanity; the veil is “hung”=Gal 3.13; Heb 10.19-20) of blue (techelet or Yeshua from “heaven”) and purple (argamon or Yeshua is royalty) and scarlet (tolat shanni or the blood of Yeshua), and fine twisted linen (shesh or righteousness of Yeshua he made with cherubim (guardians of the Shekinah like in Eden-Gen 3.24; Yeshua is the messenger of God, the sent one), the work of a skilled (wise) workman.
v 36…And made four pillars (alludes to the four books of the Basarim and the four aspects of the Messiah as lion, ox, face of a man and eagle) of acacia wood for it, and overlaid them with gold (God’s glory) with their hooks of gold; and he cast four sockets of silver (redemption) for them.
v 37…And he made a screen for the doorway (Yeshua is the door and the only way to God-John 14.6) of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twisted linen (see v 35 notes), the work of a weaver;
v 38…and he made five (the number of responsibility and the Torah) pillars with their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their bands with gold; but their five sockets were of bronze (26.31-36; bronze speaks of judgement; we are responsible to understand the Torah because we all will be judged by it-Jam 1.25, 2.12).
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