Exodus 26
26
Curtains and Coverings for the Sacred Tent
(Exodus 36.8-19)
The Lord said to Moses:
1The top of the sacred tent must be made from ten pieces of the finest linen, woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered with figures of winged creatures. 2Make each piece twelve meters long and two meters wide 3and sew them together into two panels with five sections each. 4-6Put 50 loops of blue cloth along one of the wider sides of each panel, then fasten the two panels at the loops with 50 gold hooks.
7-8As the material for protecting the tent, use goat hair to weave eleven sections of cloth 13 meters by 2 meters each. 9Sew five of the sections together to make one panel. Then sew the other six together to make a second panel, and fold the sixth section double over the front of the tent. 10Put 50 loops along one of the wider sides of each panel 11and fasten the two panels at the loops with 50 bronze hooks. 12-13The panel of goat hair will be a meter longer than the tent itself, so fold 50 centimeters of the material behind the tent and on each side as a protective covering. 14Make two more coverings—one with tanned ram skins and the other with fine leather.
The Framework for the Sacred Tent
(Exodus 36.20-34)
The Lord said:
15Build a framework of acacia wood for the walls of the sacred tent. 16Make each frame 4 meters high and 66 centimeters wide 17with two wooden pegs near the bottom. 18-21Place two silver stands under each frame with sockets for the pegs, so the frames can be joined together. Put 20 of these frames along the south side and 20 more along the north. 22For the back wall along the west side use six frames 23-24with two more at the southwest and northwest corners. Make certain that these corner frames are joined from top to bottom. 25Altogether, this back wall will have eight frames with two silver stands under each one.
26-27Make five crossbars for each of the wooden frames, 28with the center crossbar running the full length of the wall. 29Cover the frames and the crossbars with gold and attach gold rings to the frames to run the crossbars through. 30Then set up the tent in the way I showed you on the mountain.
The Curtain inside the Sacred Tent
(Exodus 36.35-38)
The Lord said:
31-33 #
He 6.19; 9.3-5. Make a curtain to separate the holy place from the most holy place. Use fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool, and embroidered with figures of winged creatures. Cover four acacia wood posts with gold and set them each on a silver stand. Then fasten gold hooks to the posts and hang the curtain there.
34Inside the most holy place, put the sacred chest that has the place of mercy on its lid.#26.34 place of mercy on its lid: It was believed that God had his earthly throne on the lid of the sacred chest, and from this place he showed mercy to his people. 35Outside the most holy place, as you face the curtain, put the table for the sacred bread on the right side and the gold lampstand on the left.
36For the entrance to the tent, use a piece of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered with fancy needlework. 37Cover five acacia wood posts with gold and set them each on a bronze stand. Then put gold hooks on the posts and hang the curtain there.
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Exodus 26
26
The Tent
(Exodus 36:8–38)
1 ⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Make the inner tent with ten sheets made from fine linen yarn. Take violet, purple, and bright red yarn, and creatively work an angel #26:1 Or “a cherubim.” design into the fabric. 2Each sheet will be 42 feet long and 6 feet wide—all the same size. 3Five of the sheets must be sewn together, and the other five must also be sewn together. 4Make 50 violet loops along the edge of the end sheet in each set, 5placing the loops opposite each other. 6Make 50 gold fasteners. Use them to link the ⌞two sets of⌟ sheets together so that the tent is a single unit.
7“Make 11 sheets of goats’ hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent. 8Each of the 11 sheets will be 45 feet long and 6 feet wide. 9Sew five of the sheets together into one set and the remaining six into another set. Fold the sixth sheet in half ⌞to hang⌟ in front of the tent. 10Make 50 loops along the edge of the end sheet in each set. 11Make 50 bronze fasteners, and put them through the loops to link the inner tent together as a single unit. 12The remaining half-sheet should hang over the back of the inner tent. 13There will be 18 inches left over on each side because of the length of the outer tent’s sheets. That part should hang over each side in order to cover the inner tent. 14Make a cover of rams’ skins that have been dyed red for the outer tent. Over that put a cover made of fine leather.
15“Make a framework out of acacia wood for the inner tent. 16Each frame is to be 15 feet long and 27 inches wide, 17with two identical pegs. Make all the frames for the inner tent the same way. 18Make 20 frames for the south side of the inner tent. 19Then make 40 silver sockets at the bottom of the 20 frames, two sockets at the bottom of each frame for the two pegs. 20For the north side of the inner tent ⌞make⌟ 20 frames 21and 40 silver sockets, two at the bottom of each frame. 22Make six frames for the far end, the west side. 23Make two frames for ⌞each of⌟ the corners at the far end of the inner tent. 24These will be held together at the bottom and held tightly at the top by a single ring.#26:24 Or “These are to be separated at the bottom but held together at the top by a single ring.” Both corner frames will be made this way. 25There will be eight frames with 16 silver sockets, two at the bottom of each frame.
26“Make crossbars out of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the inner tent, 27five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the far end of the inner tent, the west side. 28The middle crossbar will run from one end to the other, halfway up the frames. 29Cover the frames with gold, make gold rings to hold the crossbars, and cover the crossbars with gold.
30“Set up the inner tent according to the plans you were shown on the mountain.
31“Make a canopy of violet, purple, and bright red yarn. Creatively work an angel design into fine linen yarn. 32Use gold hooks to hang it on four posts of acacia wood covered with gold, standing in four silver sockets. 33Hang the canopy from the fasteners in the ceiling, and put the ark containing the words of my promise under it. The canopy will mark off the most holy place from the holy place. 34Put the throne of mercy that is on the ark in the most holy place.
35“Place the table outside the canopy on the north side of the inner tent, and put the lamp stand opposite the table on the south side.
36“For the entrance of the outer tent, make a screen out of fine linen yarn, embroidered with violet, purple, and bright red yarn. 37Make five posts of acacia wood for the screen and cover them with gold. Make gold hooks for this screen. Cast five bronze bases for the posts.”
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