Exodus 26–27

Chapter 26

Curtains of Linen

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 workman.

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

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

⁴“You shall make loops of ¹blue on the edge of the ²outermost curtain in the first 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 ¹join the curtains to one another with the clasps so that the ²tabernacle will be a unit.

Curtains of Goats’ Hair

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

⁹“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 first ²set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set.

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 ³a 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.

Boards and Sockets

¹⁵“Then you shall make ^athe boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.

¹⁶“Ten cubits shall be the length of ¹each board and one and a half cubits the width of each board.

¹⁷“There shall be two tenons for each board, ¹fitted to one another; thus you shall do for all the boards of the tabernacle.

¹⁸“You shall make the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards ¹for the south side.

¹⁹“You shall make forty ^1asockets 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;

²⁰and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards,

²¹and their forty ¹sockets of silver; two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board.

²²“For the ¹rear of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six boards.

²³“You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the ¹rear.

²⁴“They shall be double beneath, and together they shall be complete ¹to its top ²to the first ring; thus it shall be with both of them: they shall form the two corners.

²⁵“There shall be eight boards with their ¹sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board.

²⁶“Then you shall make ^abars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle,

²⁷and five bars for the boards of the ¹other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle for the ²rear side to the west.

²⁸“The middle bar in the ¹center of the boards shall pass through from end to end.

²⁹“You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold as holders for the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold.

³⁰“Then you shall erect the tabernacle ^aaccording to its plan which you have been shown in the mountain.

The Veil and Screen

³¹“You shall make ^aa veil of ¹blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.

³²“You shall ¹hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks also being of gold, on four ²sockets of silver.

³³“You shall ¹hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring in ^athe ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall ²serve for you as a partition ^bbetween the holy place and the holy of holies.

³⁴“^aYou shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies.

³⁵“^aYou shall set the table outside the veil, and the ^blampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.

³⁶“^aYou shall make a screen for the doorway of the tent of ¹blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a ²weaver.

³⁷“^aYou shall make five pillars of acacia for the screen and overlay them with gold, their hooks also being of gold; and you shall cast five ¹sockets of ²bronze for them.

Chapter 27

The Bronze Altar

¹“And you shall make ^athe altar of acacia wood, five ¹cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

²“You shall make ^aits horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with ¹bronze.

³“You shall make its pails for removing its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.

⁴“You shall make for it a grating of network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings ¹at its four corners.

⁵“You shall put it beneath, under the ledge of the altar, so that the net will reach halfway up the altar.

⁶“You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

⁷“Its poles shall be inserted into the rings, so that the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar ^awhen it is carried.

⁸“You shall make it hollow with planks; ^aas it was shown to you in the mountain, so they shall make it.

Court of the Tabernacle

⁹“You shall make ^athe court of the ¹tabernacle. ²On the south side there shall be hangings for the court of fine twisted linen one hundred cubits long for one side;

¹⁰and its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty ¹sockets of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their ²bands shall be of silver.

¹¹“Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty ¹sockets of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.

¹²“For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten ¹sockets.

¹³“The width of the court on the ¹east side shall be fifty cubits.

¹⁴“The hangings for the one ¹side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three ²sockets.

¹⁵“And for the ¹other ²side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three ³sockets.

¹⁶“For the gate of the court there shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of ¹blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a ²weaver, with their four pillars and their four ³sockets.

¹⁷“All the pillars around the court shall be furnished with silver bands with their hooks of silver and their ¹sockets of bronze.

¹⁸“The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their ¹sockets of bronze.

¹⁹“All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.

²⁰“You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they bring you ^aclear oil of beaten olives for the ¹light, to make a lamp ²burn continually.

²¹“In the ^atent of meeting, outside ^bthe veil which is before the testimony, ^cAaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the Lord; it shall be a perpetual ^dstatute throughout their generations ¹for the sons of Israel.