Exodus 36
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Exodus 36:8-35

8All those who were skilled among the workers made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by expert hands.

9All the curtains were the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.

10They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five.

11Then they made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and the same was done with the end curtain in the other set.

12They also made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.

13Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.

14They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether.

15All eleven curtains were the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

16They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set.

17Then they made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set.

18They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit.

19Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.

20They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

21Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,

22with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

23They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle

24and made forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection.

25For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames

26and forty silver bases—two under each frame.

27They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,

28and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end.

29At these two corners the frames were double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both were made alike.

30So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

31They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

32five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.

33They made the center crossbar so that it extended from end to end at the middle of the frames.

34They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

35They made the curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.

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