The curtains of the tabernacle
1And you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains: finely woven linen, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim worked into them by a skilled craftsman. 2Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains shall be the same size. 3Five curtains shall be joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be joined to one another. 4Make loops of blue yarn along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and do the same on the edge of the end curtain in the second set. 5Make fifty loops on the one curtain, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set, so that the loops line up with one another. 6Make fifty gold clasps and join the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle becomes one whole. 7Make curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; make eleven curtains. 8Each curtain shall be thirty cubits long and four cubits wide; the eleven curtains shall all be the same size. 9Join five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves, and fold the sixth curtain double at the front of the tent. 10Make fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain of the first set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain of the second set. 11Make fifty bronze clasps, put the clasps through the loops, and join the tent together so that it becomes one whole. 12The overhanging part left over from the curtains of the tent — the extra half curtain — shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle. 13The cubit on one side and the cubit on the other, left over in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang down over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and that, to cover it. 14Make a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red, and above that a covering of fine leather.
The frames and crossbars
15Make the frames for the tabernacle out of acacia wood, standing upright. 16Each frame shall be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. 17Each frame shall have two tenons, set parallel to each other; make all the frames of the tabernacle this way. 18Make the frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side. 19Make forty silver bases to go under the twenty frames — two bases under each frame, one under each of its two tenons. 20For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, twenty frames, 21and their forty silver bases — two bases under each frame. 22For the rear of the tabernacle, to the west, make six frames, 23and make two frames for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear. 24They shall be joined at the bottom and fit together at the top into a single ring; so it shall be for both of them — they shall form the two corners. 25There shall be eight frames, with their silver bases — sixteen bases, two under each frame. 26Make crossbars of acacia wood — five for the frames on the one side of the tabernacle, 27five crossbars for the frames on the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for the frames at the rear of the tabernacle, to the west. 28The middle crossbar shall run through the center of the frames from end to end. 29Overlay the frames with gold, make their rings of gold to hold the crossbars, and overlay the crossbars with gold. 30Set up the tabernacle according to the plan you were shown on the mountain.
The veil and the screen
31Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely woven linen, worked with cherubim by a skilled craftsman. 32Hang it on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold, with gold hooks, standing on four silver bases. 33Hang the veil under the clasps, and bring the ark of the testimony in there, behind the veil; the veil shall separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place for you. 34Put the atonement cover on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place. 35Place the table outside the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle; put the table on the north side. 36Make a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely woven linen, the work of an embroiderer. 37Make five posts of acacia wood for the screen, overlay them with gold, with hooks of gold, and cast five bronze bases for them.
