And besyde that, they brought gyftes vnto it euery day in the mornynge. And all the wyse men that wrought all the holy worke, came euery man frō his worke whiche they made, and spake vnto Moses, saynge. The people brynge to moche, and more then ynough for the seruyce and worke whiche the Lorde hath commaunded to be made. And then Moses gaue a cōmaundement, and they caused it to be proclaymed thorowout the hoost, saynge:
Se that neyther man nor woman prepare any more worke for the present of the sanctu∣ary: & so the people were forbydden to bryng: for the stuffe they had, was suffycyent for all the worke, to make it, and to moche. [unspec B]
All the wyse harted men therfore, and they that wrought for the habitacyon, made x. curteynes of whyte twyned sylke, yelowe sylke, purple and scarlet: ❀ with pyctures of brodered worke made he them. The lengthe of one curteyne was. xxviii▪ cubytes, and the bredth. iiii. and the curteynes were all of one syse. And he coupled fyue curteynes by them¦selues, and other fyue by themselues. And he made lowpes of yelow sylke along by the edge of one curteyne, euen in the seluege of the couplyng curteyu. And likewyse he made on the syde of the couplynge curteyne on the other syde. Fyftye lowpes made he in the one curteyne, and fyftye in the edge of the cou∣plynge curteyne on the other syde: & the low∣pes helde one curteyne to an other. And he made fyftie rynges of golde, & coupled the curteynes one to an other with the rynges: & so was it made one dwellyng place.
And he made eleuen curteynes of gootes heere to be a tente ouer the tabernacle. The length of a curteyne had thyrty cubytes, and was foure cubytes brode, and they all eleuen of one syse. And he coupled fyue curteynes by themselues, & syx by themselues: & he made l. loupes alonge by the bordre of the vtmost couplynge curteyne, and fyftie in the edge of the other couplynge curteyne. ❀ (That they myght be ioyned togyther.) And he made. l. rynges of brasse to couple the tent togyther / that it myght be one. And he made a couer∣ynge vpon the tent, of rammes skynnes red / and yet another of taxus skynnes aboue that
And he made standynge bordes (for the [unspec C] Tabernacle) of Sethym wood. The length of a boorde was ten cubytes, the bredth one cubyte and an halfe. One borde had two fete wherby they were ioyned one to an other.
And thus made he for all the bordes of the Tabernacle. And he made twenty bordes for the south syde of the habitacyon, and fortye sockettes of syluer vnder the. xx. bordes▪ two sockettes vnder one borde, for his two feete: and two sockettes vnder an other boorde for his two feete: ❀ (vvhere the sockettes of the sydes ende, in the corner.) And for the other syde of the dwellynge whiche is towarde the north, he made twentye boordes, and theyr fourtye sockettes of syluer, two sockett{is} vn∣der one boorde, and two sockettes vnder the other. And towarde the west ende of the ta∣bernacle. ❀ (That is to saye, at the ende of the Tabernacle vvhich enclyneth tovvarde the see) He made. vi. boordes, and two other boordes made he in the corners of the habitacyon for eyther syde, & they were ioyned close benethe and aboue with a clampe, and thus they dyd to both the corners. And there were. viii. bor∣des and. xvi. sockettes of syluer, vnder euery boorde two sockettes.
And he made barres of Sethim wood. v. [unspec D] for the boordes of the tabernacle in the one syde: and fyue for the boordes of the taberna¦cle in the other syde, and fyue barres for the boordes of the habitacyon in the west ende / ❀ (Tovvarde the see.) And he made the myd∣dest barre to shote thorowe the boordes: euen from the one ende to the other, and ouerlayd the bordes with gold, and made theyr rynges of Golde to thruste the barres thorowe, and couered the barre with gold. And he made an hangyng of yelowe sylke, purple / scarlet / and whyte twyned sylke, euen wt pyctures made he it of brod••red worke. And made ther vnto foure pyllers of Sithem woode, and ouer∣layde them with golde. Theyr knoppes were also of golde, and he cast for them foure soc∣kettes of syluer. And he made an hangynge for a tabernacle dore, of yelow sylke, purple, scarlet & whyte twyned sylke of nedle worke. And the fyue pyllers of it with theyr knops, and ouerlayde the knoppes of them, and the hoopes with golde. Theyr fyue sockettes al∣so were of brasse.