Exodus 39:32

KJV1611 – Modern English

Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished, and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses; they did so.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתֵּ֕כֶל כָּל־עֲבֹדַ֕ת מִשְׁכַּ֖ן אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כְּ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֖ה כֵּ֥ן עָשֽׂוּ׃

Transliteration

And was wattēkel all-ʿabōdat miškān ʾōhel môʿēd, and wayyaʿaśû bĕnēy Yiśrāʾēl according to all which ṣiwwâ Yhwh ʾet-Mōšeh, thus they ʿāśû.

Grammar Details

• *wattēkel*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and was completed/finished
• *ʿabōdat*: feminine singular construct - work/service of
• *miškān*: masculine singular construct - tabernacle of
• *ʾōhel*: masculine singular construct - tent of
• *môʿēd*: masculine singular absolute - meeting/appointed time
• *wayyaʿaśû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd plural - and they did/made
• *bĕnēy*: masculine plural construct - sons/children of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ṣiwwâ*: piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - commanded
• *Yhwh*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *ʿāśû*: qal perfect 3rd plural - they did/made

Word Meanings

• *ʿabōdat*: work/service/labor/worship
• *miškān*: tabernacle/dwelling place
• *ʾōhel môʿēd*: tent of meeting/tabernacle of the congregation

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Thus all the work on the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed, and the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thus was finished{H3615} all the work{H5656} of the tabernacle{H4908} of the tent{H4908} of meeting:{H4150} and the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did{H6213} according to all that Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} Moses;{H4872} so did{H6213} they.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thus was all the work{H5656} of the tabernacle{H4908} of the tent{H168} of the congregation{H4150} finished{H3615}{(H8799)}: and the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did{H6213}{(H8799)} according to all that the LORD{H3068} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} Moses{H4872}, so did{H6213}{(H8804)} they.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Thus was all the worke of the habitacyon of the tabernacle of witnesse, finysshed. And the childern of Israel dyd, acordyng to all that the Lorde had commaunded Moses.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus the whole worke of ye Habitacion of ye Tabernacle of wytnesse, was fynished. And the childre of Israel dyd all that the LORDE comaunded Moses,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thus was all the worke of the Tabernacle, euen of the Tabernacle of the Congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to al that the Lord had commanded Moses: so dyd they.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus was all the worke of the tabernacle euen of the tabernacle of the congregation finished: And the children of Israel did according to al that the lorde commaunded Moyses, euen so did they.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Thus all the work of the tent of the tent of meeting was finished. The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses; so they did.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And all the service of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting is completed; and the sons of Israel do according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses; so they have done.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting: and the children of Israel did according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses; so did they.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting: and the children of Israel did according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses; so did they.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So all the work on the House of the Tent of meeting was done; as the Lord had given orders to Moses, so the children of Israel did it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished. The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses; so they did.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Moses Inspects the Sanctuary So all the work of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed, and the Israelites did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses– they did it exactly so.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 39:42-43 : 42 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. 43 And Moses looked upon all the work, and behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, and so they had done it; and Moses blessed them.
• Exod 25:40 : 40 And see that you make them according to the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.
• Exod 35:1-9 : 1 And Moses gathered all the assembly of the children of Israel together, and said to them, These are the words which the LORD has commanded, that you should do them. 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. 3 You shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the sabbath day. 4 And Moses spoke to all the assembly of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, 5 Take from among you an offering to the LORD: whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and bronze, 6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, 7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and acacia wood, 8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. 10 And every wise-hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD has commanded; 11 The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets, 12 The ark, and its poles, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering, 13 The table, and its poles, and all its vessels, and the showbread, 14 The candlestick also for the light, and its furniture, and its lamps, with the oil for the light, 15 And the incense altar, and its poles, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle, 16 The altar of burnt offering, with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its vessels, the laver and its base, 17 The hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the screen for the door of the court, 18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, 19 The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. 20 And all the assembly of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whose spirit made him willing, and they brought the LORD'S offering to the work of the tabernacle of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. 22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and necklaces, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered, offered an offering of gold to the LORD. 23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them. 24 Everyone that did offer an offering of silver and bronze brought the LORD'S offering: and every man, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it. 25 And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought what they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 26 And all the women whose hearts stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. 27 And the leaders brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; 28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering to the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. 30 And Moses said to the children of Israel, See, the LORD has called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 31 And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of craftsmanship; 32 And to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, 33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of skillful work. 34 And He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 Them has He filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even those who do any work, and those who devise skillful work.
• Exod 39:33 : 33 And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent, and all its furniture, its hooks, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets,
• Exod 25:1-9 : 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: from every man who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take my offering. 3 And this is the offering you shall take from them; gold, silver, and bronze, 4 Blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen, and goats' hair, 5 Rams' skins dyed red, badgers' skins, and acacia wood, 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, 7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. 8 And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. 9 According to all that I show you, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its instruments, even so shall you make it. 10 And they shall make an ark of acacia wood: two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height. 11 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out shall you overlay it, and shall make upon it a crown of gold all around. 12 And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners; two rings shall be on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. 13 And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried with them. 15 The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it. 16 And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I will give you. 17 And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold: two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width. 18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, at the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; from the mercy seat you shall make the cherubim on its two ends. 20 And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look toward one another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. 21 And you shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you. 22 There I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, of everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel. 23 You shall also make a table of acacia wood: two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height. 24 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a border of gold all around. 25 And you shall make for it a rim of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a golden border for the rim all around. 26 And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four legs. 27 The rings shall be close to the rim, as holders for the poles to carry the table. 28 And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them. 29 And you shall make its dishes, and spoons, and covers, and bowls for pouring: you shall make them of pure gold. 30 And you shall set the showbread on the table before me always. 31 And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold: of hammered work shall the lampstand be made; its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same piece.
• Exod 40:32 : 32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Lev 8:1-9 : 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, the garments, the anointing oil, a bull for the sin offering, two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; 3 And gather all the congregation together at the entrance of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together at the entrance of the tabernacle of the congregation. 5 And Moses said to the congregation, This is what the LORD commanded to be done. 6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. 7 And he put the coat on him, girded him with the girdle, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod on him, girded him with the embroidered girdle of the ephod, and bound it to him with it. 8 And he put the breastplate on him, and he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. 9 And he put the mitre on his head; also on the mitre, on his forefront, he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Num 3:25-26 : 25 And the duty of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance of the tent of meeting, 26 The hangings of the court, the curtain for the entrance of the court which is around the tabernacle and altar, and their cords—for all the service connected with these.
• Num 3:31 : 31 Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary, with which they minister, the curtain, and all related service.
• Num 3:36-37 : 36 Under the care and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the frames of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its utensils, all their service, 37 The pillars of the surrounding court, their sockets, their pegs, and their cords.
• Num 4:4-9 : 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, regarding the most holy things: 5 And when the camp moves forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil, and cover the ark of testimony with it: 6 And shall put on it the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth entirely of blue, and shall put in the poles. 7 And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put on it the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers for covering, and the continual bread shall be on it: 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the poles. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the lampstand of the light, and its lamps, and its tongs, and its trays, and all the oil vessels thereof, with which they serve it: 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the poles. 12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, with which they serve in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar. 13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it: 14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels with which they serve about it, even the censers, the forks, the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put in the poles of it. 15 And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to move forward, after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. 16 And to the office of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, pertains the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and all that is in it, in the sanctuary, and in its vessels. 17 And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 18 Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: 19 But do this for them, that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint every one to his service and to his burden: 20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. 21 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, by their families, by the house of their fathers; 23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old, shall you number them; all that enter to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve and bear burdens: 25 And they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, its covering, and the covering of badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar all around, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve. 27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and you shall appoint to them in charge all their burdens. 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. 29 As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by the house of their fathers; 30 From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old you shall number them, every one that enters into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. 31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, 32 And the pillars of the court all around, and their sockets, and their pegs, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.
• Deut 12:32 : 32 Whatever I command you, be careful to do it; you shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
• 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel said, Does the LORD have as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
• 1 Chr 28:19 : 19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
• Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.
• Heb 3:2 : 2 Who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house.
• Heb 8:5 : 5 Who serve as an example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, says He, that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you on the mount.