Exodus 36:8–19

Building the Tabernacle

⁸All ^dthe skilled craftsmen ^eamong those doing the work made the tabernacle with 10 curtains. Bezalel made them of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with a design of cherubim worked into them. ⁹The length of each curtain was 42 feet, ^fand the width of each curtain six feet; ^gall the curtains had the same measurements. ¹⁰He joined five of the curtains to each other, and the other five curtains he joined to each other. ¹¹He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the last curtain in the first set and did the same on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set. ¹²He made 50 loops on the one curtain and 50 loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set, so that the loops lined up with each other. ¹³He also made 50 gold clasps and joined the curtains to each other, so that the tabernacle became a single unit.

¹⁴He made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made 11 of them. ¹⁵The length of each curtain was 45 feet, ^hand the width of each curtain six feet. ⁱAll 11 curtains had the same measurements. ¹⁶He joined five of the curtains together, and the other six together. ¹⁷He made 50 loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set and 50 loops on the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set. ¹⁸He made 50 bronze clasps to join the tent together as a single unit. ¹⁹He also made a covering for the tent from ram skins dyed red and a covering of manatee skins ^jon top of it.