Exodus 26:1–14

Instructions for Making the Tabernacle

¹“^aMoreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and ¹blue and purple and scarlet material; you shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful designer.

²“The length of each curtain shall be ¹twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four ²cubits; all the curtains shall have ³the same measurements.

³“Five curtains shall be ¹joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be ²joined to one another.

⁴“And you shall make loops of ¹blue on the edge of the ²outermost curtain in the one set, and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second ³set.

⁵“You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops on the ¹edge of the curtain that is in the second ²set; the loops shall be opposite each other.

⁶“You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and you shall ¹join the curtains to one another with the clasps so that the ²tabernacle will be a unit.

⁷“Then ^ayou shall make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains in all.

⁸“The length of each curtain shall be ¹thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have ²the same measurements.

⁹“And you shall ¹join five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain ²at the front of the tent.

¹⁰“You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the ¹curtain that is outermost in the one ²set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second ³set.

¹¹“You shall make fifty clasps of ¹bronze, and you shall put the clasps into the loops and ²join the tent together so that it will be one unit.

¹²“The ¹overlapping part that is left over in the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that is left over, shall lap over the back of the tabernacle.

¹³“The cubit on one side and the cubit on the other, of what is left over in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall lap over the sides of the tabernacle on one side and on the other to cover it.

¹⁴“^aYou shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins ¹dyed red and a covering of porpoise skins above.