ExodusChapter 26

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¹"You are to make the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen. Each one is to have blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. Have a skilled worker weave cherubim into them. ²Each curtain is to be 42 feet long and 6 feet wide. All the curtains must be the same size.a ³Join five of the curtains together. Then join the other five together too. ⁴Make loops of blue cloth along the edge of the end curtain in the first set. Do the same for the end curtain in the second set. ⁵Make fifty loops on one curtain. Make fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set. The loops will line up across from each other. ⁶Make fifty gold clasps too. Join the curtains together with the clasps. Then the tabernacle will be one whole piece. ⁷You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle. Make eleven curtains in all. ⁸All eleven curtains are to be the same size. Each will be 45 feet long and 6 feet wide.b ⁹Join five of the curtains into one set. Join the other six into another set. Then fold the sixth curtain in half at the front of the tent. ¹⁰Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set. Make fifty loops along the edge of the matching curtain in the second set. ¹¹Make fifty bronze clasps. Put them through the loops to join the tent together. Then it will be one whole piece. ¹²Part of the tent curtains will be extra. That extra half curtain is to hang down over the back of the tabernacle. ¹³The tent curtains will be 18 inches longer on each side. The extra part will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.c ¹⁴Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red. Over that, put a covering of fine leather. ¹⁵You are to make standing frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. ¹⁶Each frame is to be 15 feet tall and 27 inches wide.d ¹⁷Each frame must have two pegs joined to each other. Make all the frames of the tabernacle this way. ¹⁸Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle. ¹⁹Put forty silver bases under the twenty frames. There will be two bases for each frame, one under each peg. ²⁰For the other side of the tabernacle, the north side, make twenty frames ²¹and forty silver bases. Put two bases under each frame. ²²Make six frames for the back of the tabernacle, the west side. ²³Make two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle. ²⁴They are to be joined together from bottom to top and fitted into one ring. These two frames will make the two corners. ²⁵So there will be eight frames and sixteen silver bases, two under each frame. ²⁶You are also to make crossbars of acacia wood. Make five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, ²⁷five for the frames on the other side, and five for the frames on the back of the tabernacle, to the west. ²⁸The middle crossbar is to run through the center of the frames. It will reach from one end to the other. ²⁹Cover the frames with gold. Make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Cover the crossbars with gold too. ³⁰So you are to set up the tabernacle just like the pattern I showed you on the mountain. ³¹Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely spun linen. Have a skilled worker weave cherubim into it. ³²Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood. Cover the posts with gold. Stand them on four silver bases. ³³Hang the veil from the clasps. Put the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. The veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. ³⁴Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place. ³⁵Put the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle. Put the lampstand across from the table, on the south side. ³⁶For the doorway of the tent, make a curtain. Embroider it with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely spun linen. ³⁷Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain and cover them with gold. Use gold hooks. Pour melted bronze into molds to make five bronze bases for them.