Exodus 36:8–19

The Building of the Tabernacle

^36:8All the skilled among those who were doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; they were made with cherubim that were the work of an artistic designer. ^36:9The length of one curtain was forty-two feet, and the width of one curtain was six feet—the same size for each of the curtains. ^36:10He joined²² five of the curtains to one another, and the other²³ five curtains he joined to one another. ^36:11He made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in the first set; he did the same along the edge of the end curtain in the second set. ^36:12He made fifty loops on the first curtain, and he made fifty loops on the end curtain that was in the second set, with the loops opposite one another. ^36:13He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains together to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was a unit.²⁴

^36:14He made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.^2536:15The length of one curtain was forty-five feet, and the width of one curtain was six feet—one size for all eleven curtains. ^36:16He joined five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. ^36:17He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set and fifty loops along the edge of the curtain that joined the second set. ^36:18He made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together so that it might be a unit.^2636:19He made a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red and over that a covering of fine leather.²⁷