Exodus 26:1-9

1 “Make the Tabernacle from ten curtains of finely woven linen. Decorate the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
2 These ten curtains must all be exactly the same size—42 feet long and 6 feet wide.
3 Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, then join the other five into a second long curtain.
4 Put loops of blue yarn along the edge of the last curtain in each set.
5 The fifty loops along the edge of one curtain are to match the fifty loops along the edge of the other curtain.
6 Then make fifty gold clasps and fasten the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle will be made of one continuous piece.
7 “Make eleven curtains of goat-hair cloth to serve as a tent covering for the Tabernacle.
8 These eleven curtains must all be exactly the same size—45 feet long and 6 feet wide.
9 Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, and join the other six into a second long curtain. Allow 3 feet of material from the second set of curtains to hang over the front of the sacred tent.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Hebrew 28 cubits [12.9 meters] long and 4 cubits [1.8 meters] wide.
  • [b]. Hebrew 30 cubits [13.8 meters] long and 4 cubits [1.8 meters] wide.
  • [c]. Hebrew Double over the sixth sheet at the front.
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