Exodus 26:1–13

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.