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1 “Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker.
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Make the dwelling with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and deep red yarns. Work figures of winged heavenly creatures into their design.
2 All the curtains are to be the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.
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Each curtain should be forty-two feet long and each curtain six feet wide. All the curtains should be the same size.
3 Join five of the curtains together, and do the same with the other five.
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Five curtains will be joined to each other as one set, while the other five curtains will be joined together as a second set.
4 Make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and do the same with the end curtain in the other set.
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Make loops of blue thread on the edge of the outer curtain in the first set. Do the same on the edge of the outer curtain in the second set.
5 Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.
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Make fifty loops on the one curtain in the first set and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set. The loops should be opposite each other.
6 Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.
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Then make fifty gold clasps. Join the curtains to each other with the clasps so that the dwelling becomes one whole structure.
7 “Make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether.
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You should also make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the dwelling. Make eleven curtains.
8 All eleven curtains are to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
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Each curtain should be forty-five feet long and each curtain six feet wide. The eleven curtains should all be the same size.
9 Join five of the curtains together into one set and the other six into another set. Fold the sixth curtain double at the front of the tent.
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Join five of the curtains together, and join the six other curtains together. Double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tent.
10 Make 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.
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Make fifty loops on the edge of the outer curtain in one set and fifty loops on the edge of the outer curtain in the second set.
11 Then make fifty bronze clasps and put them in the loops to fasten the tent together as a unit.
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Make fifty copper clasps. Put the clasps into the loops and join the tent together so that it becomes one whole structure.
12 As for the additional length of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over is to hang down at the rear of the tabernacle.
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The extra cloth that is left over from the tent curtains, that is, the half curtain that remains, should hang over the back of the dwelling.
13 The tent curtains will be a cubit longer on both sides; what is left will hang over the sides of the tabernacle so as to cover it.
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Eighteen inches on one side and eighteen inches on the other side of the leftover length of the tent's curtains will hang over the two sides of the dwelling to cover it.
14 Make for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.
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Then for the tent, make a covering of rams' skins dyed red and an outer covering of beaded leather.
15 “Make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
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Make acacia-wood boards to stand upright as a frame for the dwelling.
16 Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,
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Each board will be fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide.
17 with two projections set parallel to each other. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
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Put two pegs on each board for joining them to each other. Do this for all the dwelling's boards.
18 Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle
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Make twenty boards for the dwelling's southern side.
19 and make forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection.
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Then make forty silver bases to go under the twenty boards. There will be two bases under the first board for its two pegs, two bases under the next board for its two pegs, and so on.
20 For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, make twenty frames
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For the dwelling's other side on the north, make twenty boards
21 and forty silver bases—two under each frame.
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and their forty silver bases, two bases under the first board, two bases under the next board, and so on.
22 Make six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,
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For the back of the dwelling on the west, make six boards.
23 and make two frames for the corners at the far end.
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Make two additional boards for the dwelling's rear corners.
24 At these two corners they must be double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both shall be like that.
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They should be spread out at the bottom but joined together at the top with one ring. In this way, these two boards will form the two corners.
25 So there will be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
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And so there will be eight boards with their sixteen silver bases, two bases under the first board, two bases under the next board, and so on.
26 “Also make crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
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You should also make acacia-wood bars: five for the boards on one side of the dwelling,
27 five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.
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five bars for the boards on the other side of the dwelling, and five bars for the boards on the back wall of the dwelling on the west.
28 The center crossbar is to extend from end to end at the middle of the frames.
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The middle bar, halfway up the boards, should run from one end to the other.
29 Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
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Cover the boards with gold. Make gold rings to house the bars. Cover the bars with gold.
30 “Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.
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Then set up the dwelling according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain.
31 “Make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.
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Make a veil of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and of fine twisted linen. Work figures of winged heavenly creatures into its design.
32 Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.
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Hang it on four acacia-wood posts covered in gold. They should have gold hooks and stand on four silver bases.
33 Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
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Hang the veil under the clasps, and put the chest containing the covenant there behind the veil. The veil will separate for you the holy from the holiest space.
34 Put the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law in the Most Holy Place.
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Place the gold cover on the chest containing the covenant in the holiest space.
35 Place the table outside the curtain on the north side of the tabernacle and put the lampstand opposite it on the south side.
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Place the table outside the veil, and set the lampstand opposite the table by the south wall of the dwelling. Place the table by the north wall.
36 “For the entrance to the tent make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer.
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Make a screen for the tent's entrance of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and of fine twisted linen, decorated with needlework.
37 Make gold hooks for this curtain and five posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold. And cast five bronze bases for them.
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Make five acacia-wood posts for the screen. Cover the posts with gold. Their hooks should be gold. Cast five copper bases for the posts.
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