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1 “Moreover
you shall make
the tabernacle
with ten curtains
of fine twined
linen, and blue,
and purple, and
scarlet, with
cherubim. You
shall make them
with the work
of a skillful
workman.
2 The length
of each
curtain shall be
twenty-eight cubits,
and the width
of each
curtain four cubits: all
the curtains shall
have one measure.
3 Five
curtains shall be
coupled together
to one another,
and the other five
curtains shall be
coupled to
one another.
4 You
shall make loops
of blue on
the edge of
the one curtain
from the edge
in the coupling,
and you shall
do likewise on
the edge of
the curtain that
is outermost in
the second
coupling.
5 You
shall make fifty
loops in the
one curtain, and
you shall make
fifty loops in
the edge of
the curtain that
is in the
second coupling.
The loops shall be
opposite one
another.
6 You
shall make fifty
clasps of gold,
and couple the
curtains to
one another with
the clasps. The
tabernacle shall
be a unit.
7 “You
shall make
curtains of goats’
hair for a covering
over the
tabernacle. You
shall make eleven
curtains.
8 The length
of each curtain shall
be thirty cubits,
and the width
of each curtain four cubits:
the eleven
curtains shall have one
measure.
9 You
shall couple five
curtains by
themselves, and
six curtains by
themselves, and
shall double over
the sixth curtain
in the forefront
of the tent.
10 You
shall make fifty
loops on the
edge of the
one curtain that
is outermost in
the coupling, and
fifty loops on
the edge of
the curtain which
is outermost in
the second
coupling.
11 You
shall make fifty
clasps of bronze,
and put the
clasps into the
loops, and couple
the tent together,
that it may
be one.
12 The overhanging part
that remains of
the curtains of
the tent—the
half curtain
that remains—shall hang
over the back of
the tabernacle.
13 The cubit
on the one
side and the cubit
on the other
side, of that
which remains in
the length of
the curtains of
the tent, shall
hang over the
sides of the
tabernacle on this
side and on
that side, to
cover it.
14 You
shall make a
covering for
the tent of rams’
skins dyed red,
and a covering
of sea cow hides
above.
15 “You
shall make the
boards for the
tabernacle of
acacia wood,
standing upright.
16 Ten cubits
shall be the length
of a board,
and one and
a half cubits the
width of each
board.
17 There
shall be two
tenons in each
board, joined to
one another: thus
you shall make
for all the
boards of the
tabernacle.
18 You
shall make twenty
boards for the
tabernacle, for
the south side
southward.
19 You
shall make forty sockets
of silver under
the twenty boards;
two sockets under
one board for
its two tenons,
and two sockets
under another board
for its two
tenons.
20 For
the second side
of the tabernacle,
on the north
side, twenty
boards,
21 and
their forty sockets of
silver; two sockets
under one board,
and two sockets
under another board.
22 For
the far side
of the tabernacle
westward you shall
make six boards.
23 You
shall make two
boards for the
corners of the
tabernacle in the
far side.
24 They
shall be double
beneath, and in
the same way
they shall be whole
to its top
to one ring:
thus shall it
be for them
both; they shall
be for the
two corners.
25 There
shall be eight
boards, and
their sockets of
silver, sixteen sockets;
two sockets under
one board, and
two sockets under another
board.
26 “You
shall make bars
of acacia wood:
five for the
boards of the
one side of
the tabernacle,
27 and
five bars for
the boards of
the other side
of the tabernacle,
and five bars
for the boards
of the side
of the tabernacle,
for the far
side westward.
28 The
middle bar in
the middle of
the boards shall
pass through from
end to end.
29 You
shall overlay the
boards with gold,
and make their
rings of gold
for places for
the bars. You
shall overlay the
bars with gold.
30 You
shall set up
the tabernacle
according to the
way that it
was shown to
you on the
mountain.
31 “You
shall make a
veil of blue,
and purple, and
scarlet, and fine
twined linen, with
cherubim. It
shall be the work
of a skillful
workman.
32 You
shall hang it
on four pillars of
acacia overlaid
with gold; their
hooks shall be
of gold, on four
sockets of silver.
33 You
shall hang up
the veil under
the clasps, and
shall bring the ark
of the covenant in
there within the
veil. The veil
shall separate the
holy place from
the most holy
for you.
34 You shall
put the mercy
seat on the ark
of the covenant in
the most holy
place.
35 You
shall set the
table outside the
veil, and the lamp
stand opposite the
table on the
side of the
tabernacle toward
the south. You
shall put the
table on the
north side.
36 “You
shall make a
screen for the
door of the Tent,
of blue, and
purple, and
scarlet, and fine
twined linen, the
work of the
embroiderer.
37 You
shall make for
the screen five
pillars of acacia,
and overlay them
with gold. Their
hooks shall be of
gold. You shall
cast five sockets
of bronze for
them.