Exodus 26:1-37 TLB

[1] "Make the tabernacle-tent from ten colored sheets of fine linen, 42 feet long and 6 feet wide, dyed blue, purple, and scarlet, with figures of Guardian Angels embroidered on them. [3] Join five sheets end to end for each side of the tent, forming two long pieces, one for each side. [4] Use loops at the edges to join these two long pieces together side by side. There are to be fifty loops on each side, opposite each other. [6] Then make fifty gold clasps to fasten the loops together, so that the Tabernacle, the dwelling place of God, becomes a single unit. [7] "The roof of the Tabernacle is made of goats' hair tarpaulins. There are to be eleven of these tarpaulins, each 45 feet across and 6 feet wide. [9] Connect five of these tarpaulins into one wide section; and use the other six for another wide section. (The sixth tarpaulin will hang down to form a curtain across the front of the sacred tent.) [10] Use fifty loops along the edges of each of these two wide pieces, to join them together with fifty bronze clasps. Thus the two widths become one. [12] There will be a 1 1/2-foot length of this roof covering hanging down from the back of the tent, [13] and a 1 1/2-foot length at the front. [14] On top of these blankets is placed a layer of rams' skins, dyed red, and over them a top layer of goatskins. This completes the roof covering. [15] "The framework of the sacred tent shall be made from acacia wood, each frame piece being 15 feet high and 2 1/4 feet wide, standing upright, [17] with grooves on each side to mortise into the next upright piece. [18] Twenty of these frames will form the south side of the sacred tent, with forty silver bases for the frames to fit into-two bases under each piece of the frame. [20] On the north side there will also be twenty of these frames, [21] with their forty silver bases, two bases for each frame, one under each edge. [22] On the west side there will be six frames, [23] and two frames at each corner. [24] These corner frames will be connected at the bottom and top with clasps. [25] So, in all, there will be eight frames on that end of the building with sixteen silver bases for the frames-two bases under each frame. [26] "Make bars of acacia wood to run across the frames, five bars on each side of the Tabernacle. Also five bars for the rear of the building, facing westward. [28] The middle bar, halfway up the frames, runs all the way from end to end of the Tabernacle. [29] Overlay the frames with gold, and make gold rings to hold the bars; and also overlay the bars with gold. [30] Set up this Tabernacle-tent in the manner I showed you on the mountain. [31] "Inside the Tabernacle, make a curtain from fine linen, with blue, purple, and scarlet Guardian Angels embroidered into the cloth. [32] Hang this curtain on gold hooks set into four pillars made from acacia wood overlaid with gold. The pillars are to be set in silver bases. [33] Behind this curtain place the Ark containing the stone tablets engraved with God's laws. The curtain will separate the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. [34] "Now install the mercy place-the golden lid of the Ark-in the Most Holy Place. [35] Place the table and lampstand across the room from each other on the outer side of the veil, the lampstand on the south and the table on the north. [36] "As a screen for the door of the sacred tent, make another curtain from fine linen, skillfully embroidered in blue, purple, and scarlet. [37] Hang this curtain on gold hooks set into posts made from acacia wood overlaid with gold. The posts are to rest on bronze bases.