Tabernacle of the Congregation Completed

A search of Exodus 35 thru 40:

Moses had all the children of Israel to come together to give them the Lord's commandments (Exodus 35:1). Moses said, "Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death" (Exodus 35:2).

The Lord also commanded of the congregation an offering unto Him from those who had a willing heart (Exodus 35:5). There was a specific list of items for offering unto the Lord which included: "...gold, and silver, and brass, [a]nd blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, [a]nd rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, [a]nd oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, [a]nd onyx stones, and stones to beset for the ephod, and for the breast plate" (Exodus 35:5-9).

The offering of labor and skills was commanded from the willing for "[t]he tabernacle, his tent, and covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, [t]he ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering, [t]he table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread, [t]he candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, [a]nd the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hinging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle, [t]he altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, [t]he hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
[t]he pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, [t]he 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" (Exodus 35:11-19).

"And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the Lord's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments" (Exodus 35:20,21).

"The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto 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. And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, [a]nd in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work" (Exodus 35:29-35).

There was such an outpour from the willing that more than enough was collected for the work of the sanctuary; therefore, Moses stopped the people from bringing more offering (Exodus 36:5,6).

You will find details on the work involved in construction of the sanctuary in chapters 35 thru 39 in Exodus.

When all the work was completed, "...Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them" (Exodus 39:43).

"And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregatiion. And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle. And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. And thous shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy. And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy. And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he" (Exodus 40:1-16).

"And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up... And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat: When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the Lord commanded Moses. And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: But if the cloud were not take up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys" (Exodus 40:17;31-38).