Exodus 26:1-37 NLT

[1] "Make the Tabernacle from ten curtains of finely woven linen. Decorate the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim. [2] These ten curtains must all be exactly the same size-42 feet long and 6 feet wide. [3] Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, then join the other five into a second long curtain. [4] Put loops of blue yarn along the edge of the last curtain in each set. [5] The fifty loops along the edge of one curtain are to match the fifty loops along the edge of the other curtain. [6] Then make fifty gold clasps and fasten the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle will be made of one continuous piece. [7] "Make eleven curtains of goat-hair cloth to serve as a tent covering for the Tabernacle. [8] These eleven curtains must all be exactly the same size-45 feet long and 6 feet wide. [9] Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, and join the other six into a second long curtain. Allow 3 feet of material from the second set of curtains to hang over the front of the sacred tent. [10] Make fifty loops for one edge of each large curtain. [11] Then make fifty bronze clasps, and fasten the loops of the long curtains with the clasps. In this way, the tent covering will be made of one continuous piece. [12] The remaining 3 feet of this tent covering will be left to hang over the back of the Tabernacle. [13] Allow 18 inches of remaining material to hang down over each side, so the Tabernacle is completely covered. [14] Complete the tent covering with a protective layer of tanned ram skins and a layer of fine goatskin leather. [15] "For the framework of the Tabernacle, construct frames of acacia wood. [16] Each frame must be 15 feet high and 27 inches wide, [17] with two pegs under each frame. Make all the frames identical. [18] Make twenty of these frames to support the curtains on the south side of the Tabernacle. [19] Also make forty silver bases-two bases under each frame, with the pegs fitting securely into the bases. [20] For the north side of the Tabernacle, make another twenty frames, [21] with their forty silver bases, two bases under each frame. [22] Make six frames for the rear-the west side of the Tabernacle- [23] along with two additional frames to reinforce the rear corners of the Tabernacle. [24] These corner frames will be matched at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with a single ring, forming a single corner unit. Make both of these corner units the same way. [25] So there will be eight frames at the rear of the Tabernacle, set in sixteen silver bases-two bases under each frame. [26] "Make crossbars of acacia wood to link the frames, five crossbars for the north side of the Tabernacle [27] and five for the south side. Also make five crossbars for the rear of the Tabernacle, which will face west. [28] The middle crossbar, attached halfway up the frames, will run all the way from one end of the Tabernacle to the other. [29] Overlay the frames with gold, and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Overlay the crossbars with gold as well. [30] "Set up this Tabernacle according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain. [31] "For the inside of the Tabernacle, make a special curtain of finely woven linen. Decorate it with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim. [32] Hang this curtain on gold hooks attached to four posts of acacia wood. Overlay the posts with gold, and set them in four silver bases. [33] Hang the inner curtain from clasps, and put the Ark of the Covenant in the room behind it. This curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. [34] "Then put the Ark's cover-the place of atonement-on top of the Ark of the Covenant inside the Most Holy Place. [35] Place the table outside the inner curtain on the north side of the Tabernacle, and place the lampstand across the room on the south side. [36] "Make another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent. Make it of finely woven linen and embroider it with exquisite designs, using blue, purple, and scarlet thread. [37] Craft five posts from acacia wood. Overlay them with gold, and hang the curtain from them with gold hooks. Cast five bronze bases for the posts.