The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 And you are to make a House for me, with ten curtains of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman.
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"Make the interior of the sacred Tent, the Tent of my presence, out of ten pieces of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool. Embroider them with figures of winged creatures.
2 Every curtain is to be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.
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Make each piece the same size, 14 yards long and 2 yards wide.
3 Five curtains are to be joined together, and the other five are to be joined together.
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Sew five of them together in one set, and do the same with the other five.
4 And you are to put twists of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group of five, and on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group of five;
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Make loops of blue cloth on the edge of the outside piece in each set.
5 Fifty twists on one curtain and fifty on the other, the twists to be opposite one another.
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Put fifty loops on the first piece of the first set and fifty loops matching them on the last piece of the second set.
6 Then make fifty gold hooks, joining the curtains together by the hooks, and in this way the House will be made.
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Make fifty gold hooks with which to join the two sets into one piece.
7 And you are to make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the House, eleven curtains.
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"Make a cover for the Tent out of eleven pieces of cloth made of goats' hair.
8 Every curtain is to be thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.
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Make them all the same size, 15 yards long and 2 yards wide.
9 Five of these curtains are to be joined together, and the other six are to be joined together, the sixth being folded over to make a hanging in front of the tent.
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Sew five of them together in one set, and the other six in another set. Fold the sixth piece double over the front of the Tent.
10 And you are to put fifty twists of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of one group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the other group.
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Put fifty loops on the edge of the last piece of one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other set.
11 Then make fifty brass hooks and put the hooks into the twists, joining the tent together to make it one.
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Make fifty bronze hooks and put them in the loops to join the two sets so as to form one cover.
12 And the folded part which is over of the curtains of the tent, the half-curtain which is folded back, will be hanging down over the back of the House.
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Hang the extra half piece over the back of the Tent.
13 And the cubit which is over of the ten curtains at the sides will be hanging over the two sides of the House as a cover.
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The extra half yard on each side of the length is to hang over the sides of the Tent to cover it.
14 And then you are to make a cover for the tent, of sheepskins coloured red, and a cover of leather over that.
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"Make two more coverings, one of rams' skin dyed red and the other of fine leather, to serve as the outer cover.
15 And you are to make upright boards of hard wood for the House.
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"Make upright frames for the Tent out of acacia wood.
16 Every board is to be ten cubits high and a cubit and a half wide.
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Each frame is to be 15 feet long and 27 inches wide,
17 Every board is to be joined to the one nearest to it by two tongues, and so for every board in the House.
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with two matching projections, so that the frames can be joined together. All the frames are to have these projections.
18 These are the boards needed for the house; twenty boards for the south side,
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Make twenty frames for the south side
19 With forty silver bases under the twenty boards, two bases under every board to take its tongues.
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and forty silver bases to go under them, two bases under each frame to hold its two projections.
20 And twenty boards for the second side of the house on the north,
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Make twenty frames for the north side of the Tent
21 With their forty silver bases, two under every board.
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and forty silver bases, two under each frame.
22 And six boards for the back of the House on the west,
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For the back of the Tent on the west, make six frames,
23 With two boards for the angles of the House at the back.
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and two frames for the corners.
24 The two are to be joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, forming the two angles.
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These corner frames are to be joined at the bottom and connected all the way to the top. The two frames that form the two corners are to be made in this way.
25 So there are to be eight boards, with their sixteen silver bases, two bases under every board.
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So there will be eight frames with their sixteen silver bases, two under each frame.
26 And make rods of the same wood, five for the boards on the one side,
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"Make fifteen crossbars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the Tent,
27 And five for the boards on the other side of the House, and five for the west side of the House at the back.
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five for the frames on the other side, and five for the frames on the west end, at the back.
28 And the middle rod is to go through the rings of all the boards from end to end.
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The middle crossbar, set halfway up the frames, is to extend from one end of the Tent to the other.
29 And the boards are to be plated with gold, having gold rings for the rods to go through: and the rods are to be plated with gold.
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Cover the frames with gold and fit them with gold rings to hold the crossbars, which are also to be covered with gold.
30 And you are to make the House from the design which you saw on the mountain.
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Set up the Tent according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.
31 And you are to make a veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman:
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"Make a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool. Embroider it with figures of winged creatures.
32 Hanging it by gold hooks from four pillars of wood, plated with gold and fixed in silver bases.
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Hang it on four posts of acacia wood covered with gold, fitted with hooks, and set in four silver bases.
33 And you are to put up the veil under the hooks, and put inside it the ark of the law: the veil is to be a division between the holy place and the most holy.
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Place the curtain under the row of hooks in the roof of the Tent, and put behind the curtain the Covenant Box containing the two stone tablets. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
34 You are to put the cover on the ark of the law, inside the most holy place.
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Put the lid on the Covenant Box.
35 And outside the veil you are to put the table, and the support for the lights opposite the table on the south side of the House; and the table is to be on the north side.
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Outside the Most Holy Place put the table against the north side of the Tent and the lampstand against the south side.
36 And you are to make a curtain for the doorway of the Tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red.
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"For the entrance of the Tent make a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and decorated with embroidery.
37 And make five pillars for the curtain, of hard wood plated with gold; their hooks are to be of gold and their bases of brass
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For this curtain make five posts of acacia wood covered with gold and fitted with gold hooks; make five bronze bases for these posts.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.