Exodus 36:20-38

20They used acacia wood to make the boards that would hold up the tabernacle.

21Each board was 4 metres high and 65 centimetres wide.

22Each board had two wooden pegs, beside each other. They made all the boards for the tabernacle like this.

23They made 20 boards for the south side of the tabernacle.

24They used silver to make 40 heavy bases to hold up the boards. Two bases would hold up each board. The pegs on the boards fitted into holes in the bases.

25They made 20 boards for the north side of the tabernacle.

26They made 40 silver bases, two bases under each board.

27They made six boards for the west side, at the back of the tabernacle.

28They made two boards for the corners at the back of the tabernacle.

29They fixed the two boards together, from the bottom to the top. They used a ring to fix them together at the top. They made both corners in the same way.

30So there were eight boards at the back of the tabernacle and 16 silver bases, two bases under each board.

31They used acacia wood to make bars to fix across the boards. They made five bars for the south side of the tabernacle,

32five bars for the north side, and five bars for the west side at the back of the tabernacle.

33The bar that would go across the centre of the boards would reach from one end of the tabernacle to the other end.

34They used gold to cover the boards and to make rings for the boards. The rings would hold the bars in place across the boards. They also covered the wooden bars with gold.

35The workers used blue, purple and red material, and good linen to make a special curtain. A worker used special skills to make pictures of cherubs on it.

36They used gold rings to hang the curtain from four poles of acacia wood. They covered the poles with gold. They made four silver bases to hold the poles.

37They made a curtain for the entrance of the tent. They used blue, purple and red material and good linen to make it. A worker used special skills to make it, so that it looked beautiful.

38They made five poles to hold up this curtain. They fixed gold hooks to the poles. They covered the tops of the poles with gold. But they used bronze to make five bases to hold up the poles.