Instructions for Making the Tabernacle

26 “And the tabernacle you will make with ten curtains; you will make them of finely twisted linen and blue and purple and crimson yarns, with cherubim, the work of a skilled craftsman. 2 The length of the one curtain will be twenty-eight cubits, and the width will be four cubits for the one curtain; one measure will be for all the curtains. 3 Five curtains will be joined ⌊to one another⌋,a and five curtains joined ⌊to one another⌋.b 4 And you will make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the set; and you will do so on the edge of the end curtain in the second set. 5 You will make fifty loops on the one curtain, and you will make fifty loops on the end of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops are to be oppositec ⌊to one another⌋.d 6 And you will make fifty gold clasps and join the curtains ⌊to one another⌋e with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be one.

7 “And you will make curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you will make them eleven curtains. 8 The length of the one curtain will be thirty cubits, and the width will be four cubits for the one curtain; one measure will be for the eleven curtains. 9 And you will join five curtains together and six curtains together, and you will fold double the sixth curtain at the front of the tent. 10 And you will make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain at the end of the first set and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set. 11 And you will make fifty bronze clasps, and you will put the clasps in the loops and join the tent, so that it will be one.

12 “And the surplus in the curtains of the tent will be an overhang; the surplus half curtain will hang over the back of the tabernacle. 13 And a cubit ⌊from one side⌋f and a cubit ⌊from the other side⌋g in the surplus in the length of the curtains of the tent will be hung over the sides of the tabernacle ⌊equally⌋h to cover it.

14 “And you will make a covering for the tent of red-dyed ram skins and a covering of fine leather to go above.

15 “And you will make the framesi for the tabernacle of acacia wood as uprights.j 16 The length of the framek will be ten cubits, and the width of the one framel will be one and a half cubits. 17 You will make two ⌊pegs⌋m for the one framen for joining ⌊each to another⌋o and likewise for all the framesp of the tabernacle. 18 And you will make the framesq for the tabernacle with twenty framesr for the ⌊south⌋s side. 19 And you will make forty silver bases under the twenty frames,t with two bases under the one frameu for its two ⌊pegs⌋v and two bases under the ⌊next⌋w framex for its two ⌊pegs⌋.y 20 And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, there will be twenty framesz 21 and their forty silver bases, with two bases under the one framea and two bases under the ⌊next⌋b frame.c

22 “And for the rear of the tabernacle ⌊on the west⌋d you will make six frames.e 23 And you will make two framesf for the tabernacle corners at the rear. 24 They will be double at the bottom, and they will be completely together on its top to the one ring; it will be likewise for the two of them; they will be for the two corners. 25 And there will be eight framesg and their silver bases, sixteen bases, with two bases under the one frameh and two bases under the ⌊next⌋i frame.j

26 “You will make five bars of acacia wood for the framesk on the one side of the tabernacle, 27 and five bars for the framesl on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the framesm on the side of the tabernacle at the rear ⌊on the west⌋.n 28 And the bar in the middle, in the midst of the frameso will run from end to end. 29 And you will overlay the framesp with gold, and you will make their rings of gold as ⌊holders⌋q for the bars, and you will overlay the bars with gold. 30 And you will erect the tabernacle according to its plan, which you have been shown on the mountain.

31 “And you will make a curtain of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of a skilled craftsman; he will make it with cherubim. 32 And you will put it on four acacia pillars overlaid with gold with their gold hooks on four silver bases. 33 And you will put the curtain under the clasps, and you will bring the ark of the testimony there inside the curtain, and the curtain will separate for you between the holy and the ⌊most holy place⌋.r 34 And you will put the atonement cover on the ark of the testimony in the ⌊most holy place⌋.s 35 And you will place the table outside the curtain and the lampstand opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle, and you will put the table on the north side.

36 “And you will make for the entrance of the tent a screen of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. 37 And you will make for the screen five acacia pillars, and you will overlay them with gold with their gold hooks, and you will cast for them five bronze bases.

Instructions for Making the Bronze Altar

27 “And you will make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar will be square, and its height will be three cubits. 2 And you will make its horns on its four corners; its horns will be ⌊of one piece with it⌋,a and you will overlay it with bronze. 3 And you will make its pots for removing its fat-soaked ashes and its shovels and its sprinkling bowls and its forksb and its fire pans; you will make all its equipment with bronze. 4 And you will make for it a grating, a work of bronze network, and you will make on the network four bronze rings on its four ends. 5 And you will put it under the ledge of the altar, below, and the network will be up to the middle of the altar. 6 And you will make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you will overlay them with bronze. 7 And the poles will be put into the rings, and the poles will be on the two sides of the altar when carrying it. 8 You will make it hollow with boards. As it was shown you on the mountain, so they will do.

Instructions for Making the Courtyard

9 “You will make the courtyard of the tabernacle; for the ⌊south⌋c side will be hangings for the courtyard of finely twisted linen, one hundred cubits long for the one side. 10 And its twenty pillars and their twenty bases will be bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands will be silver. 11 And likewise for the north side along the length will be hangings one hundred cubits long; and its twenty pillars and their bases will be bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands will be silver. 12 And the width of the courtyard for the westd side will be hangings of fifty cubits, their ten pillars and their ten bases. 13 And the width of the courtyard for the east side, toward sunrise, will be fifty cubits. 14 And hangings for the shouldere will be fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three bases. 15 And fifteen cubits of hangings will be for the second shoulderf with their three pillars and their three bases. 16 And for the gate of the courtyard there will be a screen of twenty cubits of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer; with their four pillars and their four bases.

17 “All the pillars of the courtyard all around will be banded with silver, and their hooks will be silver, and their bases will be bronze. 18 The length of the courtyard will be one hundred cubits and the width fifty cubitsg and the height five cubits, of finely twisted linen, with their bronze bases. 19 Bronze will be for all the equipment of the tabernacle in all its service and all its ⌊pegs⌋h and all the ⌊pegs⌋i of the courtyard.

Instructions for Making Oil for the Lampstand

20 “And you will command the ⌊Israelites⌋,j and they will bring to you pure, beaten olive oil for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. 21 In the tent of assembly outside the curtain that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons will arrange it, from evening until morning, before Yahweh as a lasting statute throughout their generations from the ⌊Israelites⌋.k

Instructions for Making Garments for Priests

28 “And bring near to you Aaron, your brother, and his sons with him from the midst of the ⌊Israelites⌋a to serve as priests for me—Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron. 2 And you will make holy garmentsb for Aaron, your brother, for glory and for splendor.c 3 And you will speak to all the skilled of heart, whom I have given ⌊a gift of skill⌋,d and they will make the garments of Aaron to consecrate him for his serving as my priest. 4 And these are the garments that they will make: A breast piece and an ephod and a robe and a tunic of specially woven fabric,e a turban and a sash. And they will make holy garmentsf for Aaron your brother, and for his sons to serve as priests for me.

5 “And they will take the gold and the blue and the purple and the crimson yarns and the fine linen, 6 and they will make the ephod of gold, blue and purple, and crimson yarns, and finely twisted linen, the work of a skilled craftsman. 7 It will have two joining shoulder pieces at its two edges, so that it can be fastened. 8 And the waistband of his ephod, which is on it, will be of like work to it—gold, blue, and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen.

9 “And you will take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the ⌊Israelites⌋,g 10 with six of their names on the one stone and the remaining six on the second, according to their genealogies.h 11 As the work of a skilled stone craftsman, with seal engravings you will engrave on the two stones the names of the ⌊Israelites⌋;i you will make them mounted in gold filigree settings. 12 And you will set the two stones on the ephod’s shoulder pieces as stones of remembrance for the ⌊Israelites⌋,j and Aaron will bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulder pieces for remembrance.

13 “And you will make gold filigree settings. 14 And you will make …