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Exodus 26 :: New International Version (NIV)

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The Tabernacle

(Exo 36:8–38 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - “Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2 - All the curtains are to be the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3 - Join five of the curtains together, and do the same with the other five.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:4 - Make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and do the same with the end curtain in the other set.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:5 - Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:6 - Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:7 - “Make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - All eleven curtains are to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - Join five of the curtains together into one set and the other six into another set. Fold the sixth curtain double at the front of the tent.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:10 - Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:11 - Then make fifty bronze clasps and put them in the loops to fasten the tent together as a unit.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:12 - As for the additional length of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over is to hang down at the rear of the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - The tent curtains will be a cubit[fn] longer on both sides; what is left will hang over the sides of the tabernacle so as to cover it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:14 - Make for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:15 - “Make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:16 - Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:17 - with two projections set parallel to each other. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:18 - Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:19 - and make forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:20 - For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, make twenty frames
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:21 - and forty silver bases—two under each frame.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:22 - Make six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:23 - and make two frames for the corners at the far end.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - At these two corners they must be double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both shall be like that.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:25 - So there will be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:26 - “Also make crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:27 - five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:28 - The center crossbar is to extend from end to end at the middle of the frames.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:29 - Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:30 - “Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - “Make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:32 - Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:33 - Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:34 - Put the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law in the Most Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - Place the table outside the curtain on the north side of the tabernacle and put the lampstand opposite it on the south side.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - “For the entrance to the tent make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - Make gold hooks for this curtain and five posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold. And cast five bronze bases for them.
NIV Footnotes
That is, about 42 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide
That is, about 45 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide
That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals (see 25:5)
That is, about 15 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide or about 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide
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