Exodus 36:8–19

Construction Proceeds

^8aAll the ¹skillful men among those who were performing the work made the ²tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twisted linen and ³blue and purple and scarlet material, with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman, ⁴Bezalel made them.

⁹The length of each curtain was twenty-eight ¹cubits and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had ²the same measurements.

¹⁰He ¹joined five curtains to one another and the other five curtains he joined to one another.

¹¹He made loops of ¹blue on the edge of the ²outermost curtain in the first ³set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second set.

¹²He made ^afifty loops in the one curtain and he made fifty loops on the ¹edge of the curtain that was in the second ²set; the loops were opposite each other.

¹³He made ^afifty clasps of gold and ¹joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so the tabernacle was ²a unit.

¹⁴Then ^ahe made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains ¹in all.

¹⁵The length of each curtain was thirty cubits and four cubits the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had ¹the same measurements.

¹⁶He ¹joined five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves.

¹⁷Moreover, he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the first ¹set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second set.

¹⁸He made fifty clasps of ¹bronze to ²join the tent together so that it would be ³a unit.

¹⁹He made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins ¹dyed red, and a covering of porpoise skins above.