New American Standard Bible 2020

Exodus 26:1-16

1“1Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and 2violet, purple, and scarlet material; you shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer. 2The length of each curtain shall be 3twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have 4the same measurements. 3Five curtains shall be 5joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be 6joined to one another. 4You shall make loops of violet on the edge of the 7outermost curtain in the first set, and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second 8set. 5You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops on the 9edge of the curtain that is in the second 10set; the loops shall be opposite each other. 6You shall also make fifty clasps of gold, and 11join the curtains to one another with the clasps so that the 12tabernacle will be a unit.

7“Then 13you shall make curtains of goats’ hair as a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains in all. 8The length of each curtain shall be 14thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have 15the same measurements. 9You shall 16join five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain 17at the front of the tent. 10You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the 18curtain that is outermost in the first 19set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second 20set.

11“You shall also make fifty clasps of 21bronze, and you shall put the clasps into the loops and 22join the tent together so that it will be 23a unit. 12The 24overhanging part that is left over in the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that is left over, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. 13The 25cubit on one side and the cubit on the other, of what is left over in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on one side and on the other, to cover it. 14And 26you shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins 27dyed red and a covering of 28fine leather above.

15“Then you shall make 29the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright. 16 30Ten cubits shall be the length of 31each board and one and a half cubits the width of each board.

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Notes

1. Exodus 26:1 Ex 36:8-19 ↩
2. Exodus 26:1 Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch ↩
3. Exodus 26:2 About 42 ft. long and 6 ft. wide or 13 m and 1.8 m ↩
4. Exodus 26:2 Lit one measure ↩
5. Exodus 26:3 Or coupled ↩
6. Exodus 26:3 Or coupled ↩
7. Exodus 26:4 Lit one curtain from the end in the coupling ↩
8. Exodus 26:4 Lit coupling ↩
9. Exodus 26:5 Lit end ↩
10. Exodus 26:5 Lit coupling ↩
11. Exodus 26:6 Or couple ↩
12. Exodus 26:6 Or dwelling place, and so throughout the ch ↩
13. Exodus 26:7 Ex 36:14 ↩
14. Exodus 26:8 About 45 ft. long and 6 ft. wide or 13.5 m and 1.8 m ↩
15. Exodus 26:8 Lit one measure ↩
16. Exodus 26:9 Or couple ↩
17. Exodus 26:9 Lit toward the front of the face of the tent ↩
18. Exodus 26:10 Lit one curtain ↩
19. Exodus 26:10 Lit coupling ↩
20. Exodus 26:10 Lit coupling ↩
21. Exodus 26:11 Or copper ↩
22. Exodus 26:11 Or couple ↩
23. Exodus 26:11 Lit one ↩
24. Exodus 26:12 Lit excess ↩
25. Exodus 26:13 About 18 in. or about 45 cm ↩
26. Exodus 26:14 Ex 36:19 ↩
27. Exodus 26:14 Or tanned ↩
28. Exodus 26:14 Meaning of the Heb uncertain ↩
29. Exodus 26:15 Ex 36:20-34 ↩
30. Exodus 26:16 About 15 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide or 4.6 m and 68 cm ↩
31. Exodus 26:16 Lit the ↩

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