Then King Josiah broke down the houses of the male prostitutes [286] that were in the Lord’s temple. Women also used those houses and made little tent covers to honor the false goddess Asherah.
All the people who wanted to give came and brought a gift to the Lord. These gifts were used for making the Meeting Tent, [371] all the things in the Tent, and the special clothes.
All the people of Israel that wanted to help brought gifts to the Lord. The people gave these gifts freely, because they wanted to. These gifts were used to make all the things the Lord had commanded Moses and the people to make.
Then Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and all the other skilled people that the Lord had given special skills to. And these people came because they wanted to help with the work.
Then the skilled workers began making the Holy Tent. [382] They made the ten curtains from fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn. And they sewed pictures of Cherub angels [383] with wings into the curtains.