Exodus 36:8-38

The Making of the Tabernacle

⁸ And every wise-hearted man among those that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of twined byssus, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubim of artistic work did he make them. ⁹ The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits—one measure for all the curtains. ¹⁰ And he coupled five of the curtains one to another, and [the other] five curtains coupled he one to another. ¹¹ And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain at the edge of the coupling; he did likewise in the edge of the outermost curtain in the other coupling. ¹² He made fifty loops in one curtain, and he made fifty loops at the end of the curtain that was in the other coupling: the loops were opposite to one another. ¹³ And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle became one.

¹⁴ And he made curtains of goats' [hair] for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains did he make them. ¹⁵ The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of one curtain—one measure for the eleven curtains. ¹⁶ And he coupled five of the curtains by themselves, and six of the curtains by themselves. ¹⁷ And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain in the other coupling. ¹⁸ And he made fifty clasps of copper to couple the tent, that it might be one. ¹⁹ And he made a covering for the tent [of] rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above [that]. ²⁰ And he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia-wood, standing up; ²¹ ten cubits the length of the boards, and one cubit and a half the breadth of one board; ²² two tenons in one board, connected one with the other: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. ²³ And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward; ²⁴ and he made forty bases of silver under the twenty boards, two bases under one board, for its two tenons, and two bases under another board for its two tenons. ²⁵ And for the other side of the tabernacle, on the side toward the north, he made twenty boards, ²⁶ and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one board, and two bases under another board. ²⁷ And at the rear of the tabernacle, westward, he made six boards; ²⁸ and he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear; ²⁹ and they were joined beneath, and were coupled together at the top thereof into one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners; ³⁰ and there were eight boards, and their silver bases: sixteen bases, under every board two bases. ³¹ —And he made bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, ³² and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle at the rear, westward. ³³ And he made the middle bar in the midst of the boards reach from one end to the other. ³⁴ And he overlaid the boards with gold; and made their rings of gold [as] receptacles for the bars; and overlaid the bars with gold.

³⁵ And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus: of artistic work he made it [with] cherubim. ³⁶ And he made four pillars of acacia[-wood] for it, and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four bases of silver. ³⁷ And he made a curtain for the entrance of the tent of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus, of embroidery; ³⁸ and its five pillars with their hooks; and he overlaid their capitals and their connecting-rods with gold; and their five bases were of copper.