Quotes About Construction

Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.

For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames

and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.

He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.

So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.

He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other.

And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts.

together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.

Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

He made two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it.

Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.

He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.