Preface: Back in Exodus 26, God explained to Moses what needed to be done to build the Tabernacle. This chapter describes the gifts being brought as being excessive (not in a bad way), followed by the actual construction of the Tabernacle.

The Bible Summary of Exodus 36 (in 140 characters or less): The people gave more than enough. The craftsmen made the curtains. Bezalel made the curtains, the boards, the veil and the pillars.

There are many chapter commentaries on the book of Exodus. This will be the most extensive examination of Exodus 36, where you will be able to examine in depth every word of the original text. Every attempt has been made to make this both a complete and self-contained study. Therefore, all references, vocabulary, and related concepts should be found within this extensive study. Easy access links to more in-depth studies of some vocabulary words, concepts and doctrines are also provided.

Outline of Chapter 36:

Introduction

         vv.     1–7           Men with Bible Doctrine Work with Moses/the People Bring Too Much

         vv.     8–19         Constructing the Tabernacle: Making the Overhead Curtains

         vv.    20–34         Constructing the Tabernacle: Making the Frame Boards and Cross Bars

         vv.    35–38         Constructing the Tabernacle: The Veil, the Inner Pillars, and the Outer Pillars

Chapter Summary

Addendum

Charts, Graphics and Short Doctrines:

         Preface               Quotations

         Introduction         Moses wrote the book of Exodus

         Introduction         Tabernacle Covers and Curtains (a graphic)

         Introduction         The Tabernacle and Its Furniture Point to Jesus (a graphic)

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         Introduction         Titles and/or Brief Descriptions of Exodus 36 (by various commentators)

         Introduction         Brief, but insightful observations of Exodus 36 (various commentators)

         Introduction         Fundamental Questions About Exodus 36

         Introduction         The Prequel of Exodus 36

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         Introduction         The Principals of Exodus 36

         Introduction         The Places of Exodus 36

         Introduction         By the Numbers

         Introduction         Timeline for Exodus 36

         Introduction         A Synopsis of Exodus 36

         Introduction         Outlines of Exodus 36 (Various Commentators)

         Introduction         A Synopsis of Exodus 36 from the Summarized Bible

         Introduction         The Big Picture (Exodus 34–38)

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         Introduction         Changes—additions and subtractions (for Exodus 36)

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         v.      21              Men making frames for the Tabernacle (a graphic)

         v.      21              The Sinai Desert Today (a photograph)

         v.      22              Dowels Used to Hold Boards Together (a graphic)

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         v.      24              20 Planks and Their Silver Bases (graphics from Chabad.org)

         v.      24              First Completed Work Order (a table)

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         v.      29              Gold Rings Hold Boards Together (an illustration)

         v.      29              Gold Rings Hold Corners Together (an illustration)

         v.      30              The Second Completed Work Order (a table)

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         v.      34              The Frame Boards and Cross Bars (an illustration)

         v.      35              The Tabernacle Curtains (a drawing)

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         v.      36              Four Pillars and Their Silver Bases (a graphic)

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         v.      38              Five Pillars and the Veil (an illustration)

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         v.      38              4 Pillars or 5 Pillars?

         Summary            A Set of Summary Doctrines and Commentary

         Summary            Why Exodus 36 is in the Word of God

         Summary            What We Learn from Exodus 36

         Summary            Jesus Christ in Exodus 36

         Summary            What Does Exodus 36 Teach Me?

         Summary            Shmoop Summary of Exodus 36

         Summary            Edersheim Summarizes Exodus 36

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         Addendum          Josephus’ History of this Time Period

         Addendum          A Complete Translation of Exodus 36

         Addendum          Doctrinal Teachers Who Have Taught Exodus 36

         Addendum          Word Cloud from a Reasonably Literal Paraphrase of Exodus 36

         Addendum          Word Cloud from Exegesis of Exodus 36

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An Introduction to Exodus 36

I ntroduction: Exodus 36 repeats much of what we read in Exodus 26. See Exodus 26 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD). Exodus 26 is what God instructed Moses to do; and Exodus 36 is the execution of those instructions. Now, had someone written this hundreds of years later, as is sometimes alleged, then we would not have both chapters. There would be no reason to repeat this information. However, if this was written at the time that these things were occurring—and it was—then it would be very natural to record the words of God; and then to record the actions of the workers who followed God’s instructions. To Moses, the instructions and fulfilling God’s instructions are two very different things. This verified that these workers did exact as God has instructed them.

Let’s talk about what will actually be done in this chapter. All of the component parts of the Tabernacle (45' x 15' x 15') will be constructed in Exodus 36–38. All of these things will be put together in Exodus 40 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD). The Tabernacle is simply a very fancy tent. It will have a very substantial framework (vv. 20–34). Over this frame there will be four layers of what are often called curtains, but which make up the four layer covering which is placed over the framing. The making of these four layers is described in vv. 8–19. There will be a curtain (vv. 35–36) which hangs inside the Tabernacle so that the back third of the Tabernacle will be separate from the front part of the Tabernacle. The back part of the Tabernacle will be known as the Holy of Holies. Some of the Tabernacle furniture will be placed in the Holy of Holies; and some will be placed in the main room (I think some call it a sanctuary). At the front of the Tabernacle will be another hanging curtain described in vv. 38–39.

What helps the most is to simply have a picture of the finished product. Tabernacle Covers and Curtains (a graphic); from Lifting Jesus; accessed January 29, 2024. Two of the curtains (the linen and the goat’s hair) lie over the framing, starting at the front of the Tabernacle and hanging over the back of it (vv. 8–18). Over these two hangings are the two coverings, the ram’s skin dyed red covered over by the badger’s skin (v. 19) (we do not really know the animal associated with the top layer). The way that the tent was constructed was very practical and this served the Israelites as their center or worship for almost 500 years. Also, each item used for the Tabernacle actually had a spiritual meaning as well. This chapter will focus on the Tabernacle frame, hangings, and coverings.

When it comes to the assembly of the Tabernacle, one thing to keep in mind is, the end product had to be something that could be taken down, moved and reassembled. So everything that was a part of the Tabernacle or related to its furniture, could be taken apart; or, if not, there was a way for it to be moved.

I should give credit to Ken Cayce, who has written what appears to be a fairly good commentary on the entire Bible. At this point, I am only familiar with his work on this particular chapter, but it appears to be fairly readable and understandable.

What Cayce lacks in graphics is made up for on Chabad.org, where there are a large number of drawings of the things that we are studying.

Bear in mind that Cayce, Chabad.org and myself are examining text written in the Hebrew from 3500 years ago. Therefore, we are making our best guesses as to how everything was assembled and how it looked once completed (obviously, this is true for any description or any graphical representation). It should be reasonable to assume that both Moses and these two men (Bezalel and Aholiab) understood what the end product was to look like and used the raw materials to achieve that end.

There is always the question of, what is this material to me? What do I get out of it? When dealing with many of the details found within this chapter, that is a difficult question to answer—I may make an attempt at answering that question at the very end.

There is always the danger in a chapter like this to present too much detail, which is not necessarily what a reader wants. I want to be as thorough as possible; but in chapters like this, too much detail can turn the reader (or even the dedicated student) off. So I will attempt to be thorough, yet brief (if that is possible).

The Tabernacle and Its Furniture Point to Jesus (a graphic); from Cross My Heart Ministry; accessed January 12, 2020.

Generally speaking, everything that we are studying—the Tabernacle and its furniture, all points to the Lord. These items are all typical of Jesus Christ. What this graphic says is, all of these things point to Jesus.

Application: You know, if you understand just a modicum of doctrine; the concept of dispensations, what Israel is, what the church is. If you understand a little bit around the Tabernacle and the Temple and how these things all pointed toward the Lord Jesus Christ, you would never name your church the Tabernacle Baptist Church or you would never name your choir the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. You would never build a building that you call a temple. Furthermore, you would never be drawn into covenant theology. All of these things have a place, an era, a context and great spiritual meaning.

When you were 2, you had a blanket that you love to hold; or a stuffed animal; or perhaps some kind of toy that got your attention and you liked to have it with you. But, when you turned 11 or 12 and began to go to Junior High School, you did not carry your blanket or that stuff animals to school with you. It may have provided you with some kind of comfort when you were a child; but it does not fit into your world anymore. And when you were in high school, you may have worn clothing which you that was really cool. No matter how cool you thought that clothing was, you don’t wear it at age 25 when applying for a job out in the real world. There are things which were, at some point in time, important to you—but, as your grow, you set them aside.

The revelation of God took place over a long period of time. Anyone who believed in God as He revealed Himself was saved. However, for thousands of years, He was revealing Himself in shadow form. No one got the full story, even if he was a devout Israelite. However, in the fullness of time, Jesus came and died for our sins; and it was that point in history when God revealed His complete plan of redemption for us.

Once Jesus revealed Himself fully, and died for our sins on the cross; we no longer need animal sacrifices, the Tabernacle, the Temple, the Table of Showbread, etc. We have moved beyond those things (although, they are important to study). Remember, once Solomon built the Temple, the Israelites did not return to Tabernacle worship; they moved on from there. So, we as Christians, although we should know about the revelation of God in the Old Testament, do not get confused and caught up in how God revealed Himself then.

As you may have figured out, I truly enjoy the study of the Old Testament and the Law and typology. But I don’t secretly offer up animal sacrifices. I don’t have a Tabernacle erected somewhere that I go and worship God at. There is no table of showbread where I bake loaves of bread and put new ones there each day. I don’t do any of that stuff, even though I study it.

Chapter 36. like 35, will move rather quickly. We have covered all of this material before in Exodus 26 and 31.

On a personal note: I cannot help but wonder, who exactly is going to read this set of notes/commentary and what is their purpose? Obviously, you do not need to build a Tabernacle; nor do I; nor does anyone else need to (unless it is for some sort of academic assignment or some sort of historic demonstration of the ancient Tabernacle. But the average believer would have nothing related to building the Tabernacle which is the focus of this chapter. This is within the Pentateuch, which I want to develop an entire exegetical study of. I think that it is good for some believers to understand all of the Mosaic Law (somewhat of a misnomer, as the Law did not originate with Moses but with God).

In any case, an understanding of this chapter provides an excellent argument for Moses actually writing this material (as opposed to someone writing this 500 years later, which is often alleged).

Timeline for Exodus 36

As I have done previously, since this chapters is what God is saying to Moses, I will begin and end the chapter with quotation marks. I will not insert a new set of quotation marks for each new paragraph.

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Men with Bible Doctrine Work with Moses/the People Bring Too Much

Compare with Exodus 25:2–7 31:1–6 35:30

V. 1 really belongs at the end of Exodus 35.

Here is how others have translated this verse:

Ancient texts:                       Note: I compare the Hebrew text to English translations of the Latin, Syriac (= Aramaic) and Greek texts, using the Douay-Rheims translation; George Lamsa’s translation, and Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton’s translation as revised and edited by Paul W. Esposito, respectively. I often update these texts with non-substantive changes (e.g., you for thou, etc.). I often use the text of the Complete Apostles’ Bible instead of Brenton’s translation, because it updates the English text.

The Septuagint was the earliest known translation of a book (circa 200 b.c.). Since this translation was made before the textual criticism had been developed into a science and because different books appear to be translated by different men, the Greek translation can sometimes be very uneven.

When there are serious disparities between my translation and Brenton’s (or the text of the Complete Apostles’ Bible), I look at the Greek text of the Septuagint (the LXX) to see if a substantive difference actually exists (and I reflect these changes in the English rendering of the Greek text). I use the Greek LXX with Strong’s numbers and morphology available for e-sword. The only problem with this resource (which is a problem for similar resources) is, there is no way to further explore Greek verbs which are not found in the New Testament. Although I usually quote the Complete Apostles’ Bible here, I have begun to make changes in the translation when their translation conflicts with the Greek and note what those changes are.

The Masoretic text is the Hebrew text with all of the vowels (vowel points) inserted (the original Hebrew text lacked vowels). We take the Masoretic text to be the text closest to the original. However, differences between the Masoretic text and the Greek, Latin and Syriac are worth noting and, once in a great while, represent a more accurate text possessed by those other ancient translators.

In general, the Latin text is an outstanding translation from the Hebrew text into Latin and very trustworthy (I say this as a non-Catholic). Unfortunately, I do not read Latin—apart from some very obvious words—so I am dependent upon the English translation of the Latin (principally, the Douay-Rheims translation).

The comparisons which I do are primarily between the English translations which are taken from the ancient tongues. For the most part, the variances are so minor that I rarely investigate them any further than that.

Underlined words indicate differences in the text.

Bracketed portions of the Dead Sea Scrolls are words, letters and phrases lost in the scroll due to various types of damage. Underlined words or phrases are those in the Dead Sea Scrolls but not in the Masoretic text.

I will only list the translation from the Dead Sea Scrolls if it exists and if it is different from the Masoretic text.

The Targum of Onkelos is actually the Pentateuchal Targumim, which are The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel. On the Pentateuch With The Fragments of the Jerusalem Targum From the Chaldee by J. W. Etheridge, M.A. From http://www.becomingjewish.org/texts/targum/onkelos_Exodus.html and first published in 1862.

Occasionally, there is an obvious error in the English translation, and I correct those without additional mention or footnoting. For instance, the online version of the Targum of Onkelos which I use has gorund in Ex. 4:9; I simply corrected the text. This may occur once or twice in a chapter.

I attempt to include translations which are different in their vocabulary and phrasing. On many occasions, I may include a translation which is not substantially different than another listed translation.

Most of the translations can be found here.

Ancient texts:

Masoretic Text (Hebrew)        [Moses continues speaking to the people:] “And did Bezalel and Aholiab and every man wise of heart [in] whom gave Y^ehowah wisdom and understanding in them, to know to do all craftsmanship of work of the holy [place], for all that which commanded Y^ehowah.” And so calls Moses unto Bezalel and unto Aholiab and unto every man wise of heart, [to] whom has given Y^ehowah wisdom in his heart, everyone who He has lifted him up his heart to come unto the work to do her. And so they take from to faces of Moses all the freewill offering which had brought sons of Israel for a craftsmanship of work of the holy [place], to do her. And they brought in unto him still a freewill offering in the morning.

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Targum (Onkelos)                  And Bezalel and Ahaliab, with every man wise in heart, to whom the Lord had given wisdom and intelligence to know how to make each work for the service of the sanctuary, wrought (according) to all that the Lord had commanded. And Mosheh called Bezalel and Ahaliab, and every man wise in heart, to whose heart the Lord had given wisdom, every one whose heart was led to draw near and do the work itself. And they took from Mosheh all the separation which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary to make it. And they still brought to him votive offerings from morning to morning. Translation for Onkelos and Pseudo-Jonathan by J. W. Etheridge, M.A. (1862).

Targum (Pseudo-Jonathan)   And Bezalel and Ahaliab wrought, and every man wise in heart, to whom the Lord had given wisdom and intelligence to understand and to make all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had commanded. And Mosheh called Bezalel and Ahaliab, and every man wise in heart, to whose heart the Lord had given wisdom, every one whose heart was moved, to draw near, and do the work itself. And they took from before Mosheh all the separation that the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it. And they still brought to him the voluntary gift, morning after morning from their possessions. [JERUSALEM.The gift.]

Douay-Rheims 1899 (Amer.) Beseleel therefore, and Ooliab, and every wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and understanding, to know how to work artificially, made the things that are necessary for the uses of the sanctuary, and which the Lord commanded. And when Moses had called them, and every skilful man, to whom the Lord had given wisdom, and such as of their own accord had offered themselves to the making of the work, He delivered all the offerings of the children of Israel unto them. And while they were earnest about the work, the people daily in the morning offered their vows.

Aramaic ESV of Peshitta        "Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom Mar-Yah has put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Mar-Yah has commanded."

Mosha called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Mar-Yah had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it: and they received from Mosha all the offering which the B'nai Yisrael had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. They brought yet to him freewill offerings every morning.

Lamsa’s Peshitta (Syriac)     And Betsalieil and Elihab and every man wise of heart, to whom LORD JEHOVAH gave wisdom and understanding, worked to know and to do works of the labor of Holiness, according to what LORD JEHOVAH commanded.

And Moshe called Betsalieil and Elihab and every man wise of heart to whom LORD JEHOVAH gave wisdom in his heart, everyone who purposed in his heart to come to the work to make it: And they took from before Moshe every offering that the sons of Israel brought to the work of the Time Tent, to make it, and those bringing to him an offering again, from dawn to dawn.

Samaritan Pentateuch           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.

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:

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.

Updated Brenton (Greek)       And Bezalel performed his work, and Eliab and everyone wise in understanding, to whom was given wisdom and knowledge, to understand how to do all the works according to the holy offices, according to all things which the Lord commanded. And Moses called Bezalel and Eliab, and all that had wisdom, to whom God gave knowledge in their heart, and all who were freely willing to come forward to the works, to perform them. And they received from Moses all the offerings, which the children of Israel brought for all the works of the sanctuary, to do them; and they continued to receive the gifts brought, from those who brought them in the morning.

Significant differences: 

Limited Vocabulary Translations:

Bible in Basic English             So let Bezalel and Oholiab get to work, with every wise-hearted man to whom the Lord has given wisdom and knowledge, to do whatever is necessary for the ordering of the holy place, as the Lord has given orders. 

Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab, and for all the wise-hearted men to whom the Lord had given wisdom, even everyone who was moved by the impulse of his heart to come and take part in the work: 

And they took from Moses all the offerings which the children of Israel had given for the building of the holy place. And still they went on giving him more free offerings every morning.

Easy English                          Then Moses said, ‘Bezalel and Oholiab will do the work that the Lord has commanded us to do. Everyone that the Lord has helped to have special skills will work with them. They will help to build the tabernacle and all the other special things that the Lord has commanded.’

Then Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab and all the other people who had special skills to come together. The Lord had given them these skills and they wanted to start the work. They received from Moses all the gifts that the Israelites had chosen to bring. They had brought gifts that would help to build the tabernacle and the other special things. The Israelites continued to bring more gifts to Moses every morning.

command

(1) To tell a person what they must do. — (2) Rule that says what you must do. There were 10 special commands that God gave to Moses on Sinai mountain. You can read these rules in Exodus 20:1-17 and in Deuteronomy 5:6-21.

Israelites

People of 12 tribes who were descendants of Jacob's 12 sons. Or it may mean the people of the 10 tribes in the north kingdom of Israel.

Easy-to-Read Version–2008  "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."

Then Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the other skilled men who the LORD had given special skills to. And they came because they wanted to help with the work. Moses gave them everything the Israelites had brought as gifts, and they used these things to build the holy place. The people continued to bring gifts each morning.

Good News Bible (TEV)         "Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the other workers to whom the LORD has given skill and understanding, who know how to make everything needed to build the sacred Tent, are to make everything just as the LORD has commanded."

Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the other skilled men to whom the LORD had given ability and who were willing to help, and Moses told them to start working. They received from him all the offerings which the Israelites had brought for constructing the sacred Tent. But the people of Israel continued to bring Moses their offerings every morning.

The Message                         “Bezalel and Oholiab, along with everyone whom God has given the skill and know-how for making everything involved in the worship of the Sanctuary as commanded by God, are to start to work.”

Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab along with all whom God had gifted with the ability to work skillfully with their hands. The men were eager to get started and engage in the work. They took from Moses all the offerings that the Israelites had brought for the work of constructing the Sanctuary. The people kept on bringing in their freewill offerings, morning after morning.

Names of God Bible               Moses continued, “So Bezalel and Oholiab will do the work as Yahweh has commanded. They will do this with the help of every other craftsman to whom Yahweh has given the necessary skills and talents. They will know how to do all the work for constructing the holy place.”

Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every other craftsman to whom Yahweh had given these skills and who was willing to come and do the work.

Excess Contributions

Moses turned over to them all the contributions the Israelites had brought for the work of constructing the holy place. But the people still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning.

NIRV                                      Bezalel and Oholiab must do the work just as the Lord has commanded. So must every skilled worker to whom the Lord has given skill and ability. They know how to do all the work for every purpose connected with the sacred tent. And that includes setting it up.”

Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab. He sent for every skilled worker to whom the Lord had given ability and who wanted to come and do the work. They received from Moses all the offerings the people of Israel had brought. They had brought the offerings for all the work for every purpose connected with the holy tent. That included setting it up. The people kept bringing the offerings they chose to give. They brought them morning after morning.

Thought-for-thought translations; dynamic translations; paraphrases:

Casual English Bible             Exodus 36

Artisans build tent worship center

Moses stops building fund contributions

Moses said, “The LORD gave Bezalel, Oholiab, and every other artisan here the know-how and the skill to do what they’ve become experts in doing. And that’s why it’s their responsibility to build the worship center God wants us to have.”

So Moses called on all the skilled workers to get busy. Bezalel, Oholiab, and all other artisans moved by what Moses showed up for work. Moses gave them everything the people had donated for the building project. Yet every morning, more people kept showing up voluntarily with additional contributions.

Contemporary English V.       The LORD has given to Bezalel, Oholiab, and others the skills needed for building a place of worship, and they will follow the LORD's instructions. Then Moses brought together these workers who were eager to work, and he gave them the money that the people of Israel had donated for building the place of worship. In fact, so much money was being given each morning,...

The Living Bible                     “All the other craftsmen with God-given abilities are to assist Bezalel and Oholiab in constructing and furnishing the Tabernacle.” So Moses told Bezalel and Oholiab and all others who felt called to the work to begin. Moses gave them the materials donated by the people and additional gifts were received each morning.

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New Life Version                    “Bezalel and Oholiab will do the work, together with every workman whom the Lord has made able and understands how to do all the work in the building of the holy place. They will do all that the Lord has said.”

The People Bring More Than Enough

Then Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every workman whom the Lord had made able, every one whose heart moved him to come to do the work. They received from Moses all the gifts the people of Israel had brought for the work of building the holy place. And they kept bringing gifts because they wanted to every morning.

New Living Translation           “The Lord has gifted Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other skilled craftsmen with wisdom and ability to perform any task involved in building the sanctuary. Let them construct and furnish the Tabernacle, just as the Lord has commanded.”

So Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and all the others who were specially gifted by the Lord and were eager to get to work. Moses gave them the materials donated by the people of Israel as sacred offerings for the completion of the sanctuary. But the people continued to bring additional gifts each morning.

Partially literal and partially paraphrased translations:

American English Bible          So BeSeleEl, EliAb, and all those that were wise and knowledgeable, were given the wisdom, knowledge, and necessary [skills] to do everything that had to be done for the holy offices in the way that Jehovah had instructed.

Then Moses called BeSeleEl, EliAb, and all the wise men that had received the needed skills from God, as well as everyone that was willing to come and donate their work, to get the job done.

Moses gave them everything that the children of IsraEl had brought to build the Holy Place. In fact, they continued to receive the gifts each morning, and wise people with many different skills kept showing up to work at the Holy Place. V. 4 is included for context.

Beck’s American Translation .

Common English Bible           “Let Bezalel, Oholiab, and every other skilled worker whom the Lord has given skill, ability, and knowledge for the work of building the sanctuary do all that the Lord has commanded.”

Moses then called together Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the Lord had given skill and who was eager to come and do the work. Moses gave them all the gift offerings that the Israelites had contributed to the work on the sanctuary. They kept bringing him spontaneous gifts, morning after morning.

New Advent (Knox) Bible       And so the work was begun, by Beseleel, and Oöliab, and all the craftsmen to whom the Lord had given skill in their craft, so that they should know how to make workmanlike provision for the sanctuary’s needs, according to the prescriptions the Lord had given. Moses summoned them, all these trained workmen who had been endowed by the Lord with skill, and had offered their services freely; and he handed over to them the contributions which the sons of Israel made. Eagerly they set about their work, and every morning the people brought their gifts,...

Translation for Translators              “Bezalel and Oholiab, and all the other men to whom Yahweh has given ability and enabled them to understand how to do all the work to make the Sacred Tent, must make everything just as Yahweh has commanded.”

So Moses/I summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and all the other skilled men to whom Yahweh had given special ability and who wanted to do some of the work. Moses/I gave them all the things that the people had brought as offerings to Yahweh for making the Sacred Tent. But the people continued bringing more things every morning.

Mostly literal renderings (with some occasional paraphrasing):

Berean Study Bible                The People Bring More than Enough

“So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”

Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work. They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary.

Conservapedia                       Then made Bezaleel and Ahobliab, and every wiseman, who the LORD gifted to work the sanctuary, according to His plan. And Moses called every wise man to complete the work, even the ones with wild hearts. And Moses gave him the offering of the people of Israel to expand the sanctuary, and they gave him more every day.

Ferrar-Fenton Bible                Bezalal and Ahaliab consequently worked, with all the skilful men to whom the Ever-living had given intelligence and understanding, to assist them in their operations, for the production of all the furniture for the sanctuary, which the Ever-living had commanded. Thus Moses appointed Bezalal and Ahaliab, and all the skilful men to whom the Ever-living had given an intelligent mind, with everyone whose mind invited them to go to the work to effect it; and they received in the presence of Moses all the offerings that the children of Israel had brought to make the appliances for the services of the sanctuary. They fetched their part from the treasury morning by morning, and every skilled worker brought back the articles For the sanctuary which he had made from his workshop; until they reported to Moses, saying, "The material which the people have brought is more than the requirements for the furniture that the Ever-living commanded to be made from it." Vv. 4–5 are included for context.

God’s Truth (Tyndale)           And Bezaleel wrought and Ahaliab and all wise hearted men to whom the Lord had given wisdom and understanding, to know how to work all manner work for the holy service, in all that the Lord commanded. And Moses called for Bezaleel, Ahaliab and all the wise hearted men in whose hearts the Lord had put wisdom, even as many as their hearts couraged to come unto the work to work it. And they received of Moses all the heave offerings which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the holy service to make it withal. And they brought beside that, willing offerings every morning.

International Standard V        Bezalel and Oholiab and all the skilled craftsmen to whom the Lord gave wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work in constructing [Lit. for the service of] the sanctuary shall do everything that the Lord has commanded.”

Contributions for Building the Tent

Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the skilled [Lit. wise of heart] people to whom the Lord had given ability, [Lit. wisdom in his heart] including everyone whose hearts stirred them to come forward to do the work. They received from Moses all the offerings that the Israelis had brought for doing the work of constructing [Lit. for the service of] the sanctuary, and the people [Lit. they] continued to bring freewill offerings every morning.

Lexham English Bible            And Bezalel and Oholiab and everyone who is skilled of heart in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and skill to know and to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary—they will do it , according to all that Yahweh has commanded.”

Making the Tabernacle

And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and everyone skilled of heart, in whose heart Yahweh had put skill, all whose heart lifted him to come near to the work in order to do it. And they took from Moses all the contributions [Hebrew “contribution”] that the Israelites [Literally “sons/children of Israel”] had brought for the work of the service for the sanctuary in order to do it, and they still brought to him voluntary offerings every morning. [Literally “in the morning in the morning”]

Urim-Thummim Version         Then Bezaleel and Aholiab with every skillfully inclined man took action, those who YHWH bestowed skill and understanding on, to know how to fashion all facets of workmanship for the service of the Sacred Place, according to all that YHWH had commanded. Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab with every skillfully inclined man in whose mind YHWH had put skill, even every one whose inner man inspired him to come and to accomplish this work. They received from Moses all the Heave-Offerings that the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the Sacred Place, to accomplish everything with. And they brought Free-Will offerings to him every sunrise.

Wikipedia Bible Project          And Betsalel did, and Ahaliav, and every wise-hearted man, those to whom Yahweh gave wisdom and learning, to know how to do all the sacred craft work, as everything that Yahweh commanded. And Moses called to Betsalel and to Ahaliav and to every wise-hearted man, that Yahweh gave wisdom in his heart, all who's heart impelled them, to make the work their own, to do. And they took from before Moses all the donations that the sons of Israel brought for the sacred craft work, to do it.

Catholic Bibles (those having the imprimatur):

Christian Community (1988)           Bezalel and Oholiab and all the skilled craftsmen to whom Yahweh had given skill and understanding to carry out all that was required for the building of the sanctuary, did their work exactly as Yahweh had directed.

Moses then called Bezalel and Oholiab and all the skilled craftsmen to whom Yahweh had given ability and who felt able to do the work. They received from Moses all that the people of Israel had brought as contributions for the work of building the sanctuary. In the meantime, the people continued each morning to bring their offerings.

The Heritage Bible                          And Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom Jehovah gave wisdom, and understanding to know to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, made the work according to all that Jehovah had commanded.

And Moses called Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart Jehovah had given wisdom, everyone whose heart lifted him up to draw near to the work to do it,

And they took from Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary to make it. And they brought in addition to him freewill offerings every dawn.

New American Bible (2002)   "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." 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. 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.

New American Bible(2011)    “Bezalel, therefore, will set to work with Oholiab and with all the artisans whom the LORD has endowed with skill and understanding in knowing how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary, just as the LORD has commanded.”^a

Moses then called Bezalel and Oholiab and all the other artisans whom the LORD had endowed with skill, men whose hearts moved them to come and do the work.

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

a. [36:1–2] Ex 31:1, 6.

New Catholic Bible                 Bezalel and Aholiab shall work exactly as the LORD has commanded, and so also shall every craftsman whom the LORD has made skilful and ingenious in these matters, to know how to execute every kind of work for the service of the sanctuary.'

Too many gifts.

Moses summoned Bezalel, Aholiab, and every craftsman to whom the LORD had given skill and who was willing, to come forward and set to work. V. 3 is placed with the next passage for context.

New Jerusalem Bible             'Bezalel, Oholiab and all the men whom Yahweh has endowed with the skill and knowledge to know how to carry out all the work to be done on the sanctuary, will do exactly as Yahweh has ordered.' Moses then summoned Bezalel, Oholiab and all the skilled men whose hearts Yahweh had endowed with skill, all whose heart stirred them to come forward and do the work. V. 3 is placed with the next passage for context.

Jewish/Hebrew Names Bibles:

Complete Jewish Bible           “B’tzal’el and Oholi’av, along with all the craftsmen whom Adonai has endowed with the wisdom and skill necessary to carry out the work needed for the sanctuary, are to do exactly according to everything Adonai has ordered.”

Moshe summoned B’tzal’el, Oholi’av and every craftsman to whom Adonai had given wisdom, everyone whose heart stirred him, to come and take part in the work. V. 3 is placed with the next passage for context.

exeGeses companion Bible   CONSTRUCTION OF THE TABERNACLE

And Besal El and Oholi Ab

and every wise hearted man,

in whom Yah Veh gives wisdom and discernment

to know how to work all work

for the service of the holies,

work according to all Yah Veh misvahed.

And Mosheh calls Besal El and Oholi Ab

and every wise hearted man,

in whose heart Yah Veh gives wisdom

- everyone whose heart lifts

who approaches to work the work:

and at the face of Mosheh

they all take the exaltment the sons of Yisra El bring

to work the work of the service of the holies:

and they still bring him voluntaries

morning by morning.

Kaplan Translation                 Appointing the Architects

'Betzalel shall thus do all that God commanded, along with Oholiav and every other skilled individual, to whom God has granted the wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work necessary for the sacred task.'

Moses summoned Betzalel, Oholiav, and all the other skilled individuals upon whom God had bestowed a natural talent, all who volunteered to dedicate themselves to completing the task.

In Moses' presence, they took the entire donation that the Israelites had brought to complete the work on the sacred task.

Meanwhile, [the Israelites] were bringing more gifts each morning. The Kaplan Translation, particularly in Exodus through Deuteronomy, takes note of historic rabbinic opinions.

the Israelites

(Ramban; Ibn Ezra). Or, 'the workers' (Abarbanel; HaNothen Imrey Shefer; Tzeror HaMor).

The Scriptures 2009              “And Betsal’ěl and Oholiah, and every wise-hearted man in whom יהוה has given wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all work for the service of the set-apart place, shall do according to all that יהוה has commanded.” 

And Mosheh called Betsal’ěl and Oholiah, and every wise-hearted man in whose heart יהוה had given wisdom, everyone whose heart lifted him up, to come and do the work. V. 3 will be place with the next passage for context.

Weird English, Olde English, Anachronistic English Translations:

Alpha & Omega Bible            AND BESELEEL WROUGHT, AND ELIAB AND EVERY ONE WISE IN UNDERSTANDING, TO WHOM WAS GIVEN WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE, TO UNDERSTAND TO DO ALL THE WORKS ACCORDING TO THE HOLY OFFICES, ACCORDING TO ALL THINGS WHICH JESUS APPOINTED.

AND MOSES CALLED BESELEEL AND ELIAB, AND ALL THAT HAD WISDOM, TO WHOM THE THEOS (Alpha & Omega) GAVE KNOWLEDGE IN THEIR HEART, AND ALL WHO WERE FREELY WILLING TO COME FORWARD TO THE WORKS, TO PERFORM THEM.

AND THEY RECEIVED FROM MOSES ALL THE OFFERINGS, WHICH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BROUGHT FOR ALL THE WORKS OF THE SANCTUARY TO DO THEM; AND THEY CONTINUED TO RECEIVE THE GIFTS BROUGHT, FROM THOSE WHO BROUGHT THEM IN THE MORNING.

Awful Scroll Bible                   Even is to have done Bezale-el and Aholi-ab, and they prudent in the sensibility of their heart, everyone whom Sustains To Become is to have granted prudence and discrimination, to know how to work in the occupations, for the service of that set apart; as Sustains To Become is to have given charge.

Moses was to call Bezale-el and Aholi-ab, and they prudent in the sensibility of heart, everyone whose heart Sustains To Become is to have put in cunning, even the hearts that are to have been lifted up, to draw near to make things of their occupation.

They were to take of, turned before Moses, the contributions that the sons of Isra-el are to have brought in, for the works of the service of that set apart, even to be making the things of it. They are to have brought in their voluntary things in the mornings.

Orthodox Jewish Bible           Then Bezalel and Oholiav, and kol ish chacham lev, in whom Hashem gave chochmah and tevunah to have da'as to do all manner of work for the Avodas HaKodesh, according to all that Hashem had commanded.

And Moshe called Bezalel and Oholiav, and kol ish chochmah lev, in whose lev Hashem had given chochmah, even every one whose lev stirred him up to come unto the work to do it;