Exodus 26

1 “And you make the Dwelling Place [with] ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet; [with] cherubim, the work of a designer, you make them;

“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.

2 the length of the one curtain [is] twenty-eight by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain [is] four by the cubit, one measure [is] for all the curtains;

Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide —all curtains the same size.

3 five of the curtains are joining to one another, and five curtains are joining to one another.

Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.

4 And you have made loops of blue on the edge of the first curtain, at the end in the joining; and so you make in the edge of the outermost curtain, in the joining of the second.

Make loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and do the same for the end curtain in the second set.

5 You make fifty loops in the first curtain, and you make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which [is] in the joining of the second, causing the loops to take hold to one another;

Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops line up opposite one another.

6 and you have made fifty hooks of gold, and have joined the curtains to one another by the hooks, and the Dwelling Place has been one.

Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit.

7 And you have made curtains of goats’ [hair] for a tent over the Dwelling Place; you make eleven curtains:

You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.

8 the length of one curtain [is] thirty by the cubit, and the breadth of one curtain [is] four by the cubit; one measure [is] for the eleven curtains;

Each of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

9 and you have joined the five curtains apart, and the six curtains apart, and have doubled the six curtains at the front of the tent.

Join five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another. Then fold the sixth curtain over double at the front of the tent.

10 And you have made fifty loops on the edge of the first curtain, the outermost in the joining, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is joining the second;

Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.

11 and you have made fifty hooks of bronze, and have brought in the hooks into the loops, and have joined the tent, and it has been one.

Make fifty bronze clasps and put them through the loops to join the tent together as a unit.

12 And the excess remaining in the curtains of the tent—the half of the curtain which is remaining—has spread over the back part of the Dwelling Place;

As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle.

13 and the cubit on this [side], and the cubit on that [side], in the remaining [part] of the length of the curtains of the tent, is spread out over the sides of the Dwelling Place, on this [side] and on that [side], to cover it;

And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.

14 and you have made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins made red, and a covering of tachashim skins above.

Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.

15 And you have made the boards for the Dwelling Place of shittim wood, standing up;

You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

16 ten cubits [is] the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of one board;

Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

17 two handles [are] to one board, joined to one another; so you make for all the boards of the Dwelling Place;

Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

18 and you have made the boards of the Dwelling Place—twenty boards for the south side southward;

Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

19 and you make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards, two sockets under one board for its two handles, and two sockets under the other board for its two handles.

with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.

20 And for the second side of the Dwelling Place, for the north side, [are] twenty boards,

For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, make twenty frames

21 and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.

22 And for the sides of the Dwelling Place westward, you make six boards.

Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

23 And you make two boards for the corners of the Dwelling Place in the two sides.

and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

24 And they are pairs beneath, and together they are pairs above its head to one ring; so is it for them both, they are for the two corners.

coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.

25 And they have been eight boards, and their sockets of silver [are] sixteen sockets, two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

26 And you have made bars of shittim wood: five for the boards of the first side of the Dwelling Place,

You are also to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

27 and five bars for the boards of the second side of the Dwelling Place, and five bars for the boards of the side of the Dwelling Place at the two sides, westward;

five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.

28 and one has caused the middle bar in the midst of the boards to reach from end to end;

The central crossbar in the middle of the frames shall extend from one end to the other.

29 and you overlay the boards [with] gold, and you make their rings of gold [for] places for bars, and have overlaid their bars with gold;

Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.

30 and you have raised up the Dwelling Place according to its fashion which you have been shown on the mountain.

So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

31 And you have made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, the work of a designer; he makes it [with] cherubim;

Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

32 and you have put it on four pillars of shittim wood, overlaid [with] gold, their pegs [are] of gold, on four sockets of silver.

Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

33 And you have put the veil under the hooks, and have brought in the Ark of the Testimony there within the veil; and the veil has made a separation for you between the holy and the Holy of Holies.

And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

34 And you have put the propitiatory covering on the Ark of the Testimony in the Holy of Holies.

Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.

35 And you have set the table at the outside of the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the Dwelling Place southward, and you put the table on the north side.

And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

36 And you have made a covering for the opening of the tent of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;

For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.

37 and you have made five pillars of shittim [wood] for the covering, and have overlaid them [with] gold, their pegs [are] of gold, and you have cast five sockets of bronze for them.”

Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.